@KemiBadenoch is bright and visionary and has defied all odds to become the leader of the @Conservatives. She will prove to be the saviour of Britain just as Lady Thatcher did.
The best UK politician in a generation, Lord Ashcroft is right @KemiBadenoch
is on course to be the next UK Prime Minister. She has turned the Conservatives back into Conservatives and is the only leader that has and can articulate a clear plan to move the Country forward.
Unless and until wealth creators and risk-takers are not penalised for their success through punitive taxation, and they are deterred from moving themselves and their wealth-creation skills abroad, Britain cannot grow the economy to pay for Social Services. Spending by borrowing is a recipe for eventually strangling the economy.
@MelJStride@JohnHealey_MP
Growth demands a relentless focus on the future.
But I worry Burnham is too focused on the past; in almost every speech, he talks about what should have happened under Thatcher in the 1980s.
This would be like Blair railing against Macmillan, or me blaming Jim Callaghan for the challenges of the 2020s.
The emphasis on the past is even more concerning given that Burnham has abolished the government department most focused on the future.
My column in @thetimes today 👇
https://t.co/BWpSGCQ0hi
@PMOIndia is the most sincere leader who has worked very hard to bring India to the most respectful and remarkable position in the world. He will not rest until he has addressed the issues concerning the students.
PM @narendramodi is now consistently keeping word to youth; backing them with new moves, introducing a raft of empowering policies & taking corrective action wherever needed. He's speaking to GenZ not as a distant leader but with warmth of a friend & wisdom of a grandfather.
@ukhomeoffice@ShabanaMahmood Dear Home Secretary, the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 cannot act as a haven for fugitives and criminals. Please return everyone who is hiding in the UK to face justice back to those countries where they have committed crimes.
@pritipatel
The Next Economy Forum 2026 Concludes Successfully at the House of Lords, UK Parliament Focused on Innovation, Sustainability, and Global Collaboration https://t.co/1YaHWhF9KO
Changing leadership alone cannot alter the nation's fortunes 🇬🇧. It is through policy reforms that this becomes possible. The focus should be on how to retain and attract wealth creators, and how to make it worthwhile for them to take risks for the country. Inheritance tax is a tax paid both during a person's lifetime and after their death. It cannot be fair to penalise those who wish to leave something for their families, giving them a head start in life and easing the burden on the State. @MelJStride
Breakfast, lunch or dinner—Golden Country Baked Beans always deliver rich tomato flavour and comforting satisfaction. 🫘🍅How do you serve yours: on toast, with breakfast or over a baked potato?
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What a great man the Maharaja of Patiala, HH Yadavinder Singh Ji, was!
He was also very kind and benevolent, and he opened refugee camps to receive destitute people from the newly created state of Pakistan, who had lost everything due to religious hatred. My first few days were spent in one of the camps near Gurdwara Dukhnivaran Sahib along with my family, but no father https://t.co/zCxnKDy7v9
Who was assassinated while saving students of DAV School Multan who took a peaceful procession against the partition of India, but got caught in communal riots.
Our father managed to save the student but lost his own life for the unity of India 🇮🇳.
@capt_amarinder@SikhPA
The role of a good Prime Minister @andyburnham is to attract entrepreneurs and wealth creators to the country and not push them away with punitive taxation. Please restore the VAT refund at the ports and airports. Scrap inheritance tax and restore lump sum payment for non-domiciled Britons. @MelJStride
I welcome action to cut the cost of energy which is too high because of Ed Miliband’s policies.
But the question is how will Burnham fund all his new policies without putting up taxes or borrowing even more.
Until yesterday, Darren Jones was in charge of DigitalID and the Chief Secretary to the PM. So if he tells people the DigitalID programme was unfunded, he will know what he’s talking about. It’s only one day into Burnham’s Government and already the explanations are falling apart. You can’t use the funding from an unfunded programme to pay for cheaper bills.
Conservatives have set out our fully funded Cheap Power Plan that will cut family energy bills by £200, including by cutting their VAT. We are paying for that by getting Britain drilling and scrapping Net Zero policies. John Healey should take a look at it and steal our ideas.
Rhetoric changes nothing; not even a new Prime Minister can make much difference.
The country is built by entrepreneurs and risk-takers. If they face punitive taxation, they will leave rather than invest in the economy.
I wish Andy Burnham every success as Prime Minister. But it is my job to hold him to account.
Every announcement he makes should be properly funded. We cannot borrow more money and the tax burden is already too high, so the only answer is spending cuts.
I will work with him in the national interest to find savings from the benefits bill. If we reach agreement, my Conservative MPs will vote for those cuts in Parliament. That's the way to get Britain working.
Sadly, @UKLabour politicians, by handing out benefits more than most for votes, damaged the potential of individuals. They stop working hard and fail to exploit their true potential for their family and country 🇬🇧. Has anyone ever become rich on benefits?
@MelJStride@CPhilpOfficial
At his 3rd try, Andy Burnham has become Prime Minister. Third time lucky for him but I fear unlucky for the rest of us especially after he reminisced about the 1970s in his speech yesterday! The decade that gave us the 3 day week, the IMF bail out, the winter of discontent & when the top marginal tax rate was 98%.
No wonder he talked about hope in your heart, you’ll need it to survive a re run of 1970s- for you certainly won’t have a ‘pound in your pocket.’