Winter fuel payments...
Grooming gangs inquiry...
Family Farm Tax...
Phones in schools...
Chagos surrender...
U16s on social media...
Now killing ponies.
It doesn't matter who leads this rubbish government, the @Conservatives will keep forcing it to u-turn and do the right thing
🚙 Driving test wait times are UP a month since @UKLabour came to power
🚐 2/3 of driving test centres are now at max capacity
🥀 Labour’s failure is stopping people getting jobs, choosing the education & training that’s right for them
🔵 @KemiBadenoch & @Conservatives plan for drivers would deliver 200,000 more tests a year
🙏 Please will Labour steal our proposals, end their war on motorists & help deliver for people
It doesn't really matter who the Labour leader is, they'll still be a big government lefty - though which particular brand of leftism if Andy Burnham becomes leader is uncertain given his previous stances.
As I said at Party Conference last year...
Labour have no plan for welfare - and their job crushing policies are only making this crisis worse.
My colleague Peter Bedford challenged Pat MacFadden on this Government's failure to get Britain working and off welfare.
Today at DPMQs, Shadow Energy Secretary @ClaireCoutinho made it clear why the Aberdeen South by-election is so important. The by-election in Makerfield is about one man’s job. But Aberdeen South is about thousands of people’s jobs.
A vote for Conservative Douglas Lumsden tomorrow, is a vote to stand up for North Sea workers, protect our energy security, and back the people who power our country. Meanwhile Labour and the SNP are more interested in hammering the industry, leaving the people of Aberdeen to pay the price.
It’s time to send the SNP and Labour a message. Vote Douglas Lumsden.
Prime agricultural land should be used to grow food. Not solar panels.
Today, I submitted my Private Members Bill to protect this high value land because food security is national security.
No sane person supports massacring hundreds of Dartmoor ponies.
It’s time to reign in out of control quangos like Natural England.
They’ve lost the plot. We need to return to common sense! 👇
Labour’s botched steel tariffs risk destroying businesses that supply our defence industry.
We live in a dangerous world, this is playing with fire.
They will wipe out supply chains and hit British exports like F1 and aerospace. It’s time for a U-turn.
A message for every Reform voter and every councillor who worked hard to get elected: your own party doesn’t “give a rat ass” about you.
That’s the view from the top of Reform, not mine. Extraordinary.
On #ThankATeacherDay, I want to thank all teachers, support staff and nursery staff whose dedication makes such a difference to children’s lives every day. Today I met my old English teacher, Mr Abbott, who supported & encouraged me at school. He inspired a love of learning & gave me the confidence to believe I could achieve more. That’s what so many teachers across the country do every day, so thank you!
Sarah is spot on. We need honest conversations without fear of being labelled racist or causing offence. Protecting children must always take priority. We need to be willing to confront uncomfortable truths, learn from past mistakes, and act on those lessons.
The Prime Minister asked Ed Miliband to help fund the defence of our nation.
Nothing could be more serious.
Ed refused to even meet with him.
Why didn’t Keir sack him?
It’s Conservative vs SNP in Aberdeen South.
With just two days to go, the choice is clear.
Vote @DLumsden_MSP to beat the SNP and send Labour a message that their war on oil and gas must end.
This horrific case raises serious questions given Oldham’s safeguarding failures. I’ve written to the Minister seeking answers. The review must be unflinching. We’ve seen in grooming gangs cases & in the Sara Sharif case warning signs ignored when fear of offence gets in the way.