4/4. What the Party needs now is leadership with a credible vision for the country, a clear sense of direction, purpose and ambition. Those skills exist within our ranks, and I am confident we can find a leader who has them.
1/4 I have listened carefully to the Prime Minister’s speech. Sir Keir Starmer is a decent, principled and kind man. But his leadership is not working, and it is with genuine regret that I say so.
3/4 Loyalty matters. Loyalty to him, to the Party and to each other. But today loyalty lies with our elected members across the country and with the 1,500 who lost their seats last week. It does not lie in maintaining a course that is not commanding confidence.
@barry_maxey Hi Barry, email received. I have just written to the minister requesting support for you and the other 6,200 constituents in Penrith and Solway, who rely on heating oil.
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Nice to see @MCSavours mention @CommLandTrusts in Penrith and Solway in his maiden speech in the Commons, and @LizziCollinge mention Lune Valley CLT in a debate on rural depopulation. I hope you both write to @mtpennycook to raise this! Our asks -
https://t.co/3tCgtigWVY
MPs will be prevented from taking on second jobs that fail to meet a new test of putting constituents first, under government plans to “turn the page” on an era of sleaze and scandal
https://t.co/fFAyoD6PU6
No @markjenk I'm not. Payroll have been instructed to stop all allowances following my election to parliament. I assume this is what you did with your council allowance when you were elected in 2019.