Rt Hon Nigel Evans

8 times elected as MP for The Glorious Ribble Valley. 1992-2024. Elected Deputy Speaker of the Commons twice.

[Rt Hon Nigel Evans @nigelmp]

David nails it!

[Alex Wickham @alexwickham]

***EXCLUSIVE by @MishalHusain***

David Cameron says Britain should NOT rejoin the EU

The former prime minister warns Andy Burnham that starting a conversation about rejoining would be “very long and painful”

Speaking in a Bloomberg interview, Cameron urges Burnham not to trigger another “decade-long debate about whether should be in or out.” He also says the UK should not enter a customs union with the EU

As the PM who led the Remain campaign in 2016, Cameron’s intervention will be seen as significant. He says Britain’s economic problems aren’t due to Brexit

“Today, instead of launching an argument about rejoining, which I think would be a very long and painful argument, and who knows where it would end up, instead of that, focus on how do we be the best friend, best neighbour, best partner,” Cameron says

The former PM also warns Burnham that talking about Britain rejoining could hamper future negotiations

“If you start endlessly producing this idea that we’re actually on a path to rejoining, I think you’re in danger of getting a less good partnership deal because of course the EU countries will just think: well, these guys are gonna rejoin anyway, so what’s the point in giving them a good partnership deal… If you’re not going to, you know, commit to trying to make the partnership stronger because you’re flirting with rejoining, I think there’s some dangers there,” Cameron says

“I don’t think actually necessarily joining a customs union is the right answer. If you look at the economic problems we have today, I don’t really think they’ve got anything to do with Brexit at all. I mean, our economic problems are we are overspending, over-borrowing, over-taxing, over-regulated, and far too much being spent on working age welfare. Those are a set of problems that have nothing to do with Brexit. We need a government that actually gets spending under control, gets taxes down, helps entrepreneurs, deals with our borrowing problem, reforms the welfare, and massively deregulates so we can build houses, build infrastructure. None of those have got anything to do with Europe. So that’s sort of, in a way, that’s my point. Do we really want to go into another decade-long debate about whether we should be in or out, when actually we should deal with our own problems while making the partnership model work?”

“I fought the campaign to stay in on an amended basis, and I obviously wanted to win that campaign. I was desperately disappointed that we lost that campaign. But I’m a democrat, a believer in democracy. We voted to leave, and I think the right thing now is to try and become, you know, not just neighbors, partners, and friends of the EU, but the best friends, the best neighbors, the best partners. And I think we can make that work”

Story by @ChaplainChloe: https://t.co/gKPvWA9LAu

[Rt Hon Nigel Evans @nigelmp]

@vivjones10 Yes I knew- great actor. I spoke to his brother flying home to uk after he had attended Richard’s funeral

[Rt Hon Nigel Evans @nigelmp]

@politicshome Always got on well with Bryan- and he would always exchange pleasantries- one of the good guys!

[Rt Hon Nigel Evans @nigelmp]

My last night at 68!!!! With the legend who is Colonel Bob Stewart!

[Rt Hon Nigel Evans @nigelmp]

Ribble Valley voted leave! We meant it!

[Rt Hon Nigel Evans @nigelmp]

David got it right- what a blast from the past!

[Sly U @SlyForTheRight]

🚨 DAVID CAMERON WAS COOKING EVEN BACK THEN! 😂

A throwback video of him taking a swipe at Ed Miliband’s friendship with Russell Brand is now doing the rounds.

You’ve got to give it to David. THE MAN KNEW HOW TO DELIVER A POLITICAL PUNCHLINE! 😂

[Rt Hon Nigel Evans @nigelmp]

Cross party respects in Longridge today-

[Kevin Horkin MBE @KevinHorkin]

Very moving Remembrance procession and service at Longridge

[Rt Hon Nigel Evans @nigelmp]

Paying my respects and remembering the fallen at Longridge today.

[Kevin Horkin MBE @KevinHorkin]

We will Remember them

[Rt Hon Nigel Evans @nigelmp]

Net zero madness !

[Rt Hon Nigel Evans @nigelmp]

@ScottyDoge No- the great legendary Dorothy Cosgrove !

[Rt Hon Nigel Evans @nigelmp]

Early birthday celebrations at Rum Fox, Grindleton at the heart of the Ribble Valley.

[Rt Hon Nigel Evans @nigelmp]

Pendleton shows its respect to the fallen.

[Rt Hon Nigel Evans @nigelmp]

Kemi nails it yet again……

[LBC @LBC]

'It's not normal!'

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch asks why 'we cannot staff the NHS with home-grown people?'

[Rt Hon Nigel Evans @nigelmp]

Lovely to see the master of comedy tonight…. Jim is an old mate and he puts up with me just great !!!! Nick Nick!

[Rt Hon Nigel Evans @nigelmp]

And maybe add live on benefits, never worked in private sector, Believe profit is a dirty word, read the Daily Mirror or The Guardian, We can really narrow this definition down……

[Camilla Tominey @CamillaTominey]

#PMQs Asked whether she agrees Emma Reynolds that employers aren't working people, Louise Haigh says Labour are for "people who don't have savings" and "rely on good public services". Is this a new definition of "working people"?

[Rt Hon Nigel Evans @nigelmp]

Er what about the out of control debt , spending and borrowing Prime Minister- maybe start with the big things that are crippling our country!

[Guido Fawkes @GuidoFawkes]

EXC: Labour to Consult on Banning Sachets in Britain https://t.co/UWFJ7n8zLb

[Rt Hon Nigel Evans @nigelmp]

Definitely worth a listen- I don’t think we’ve ever had a more accessible leader and way more accessible than the leaders of other parties!

[Iain Dale 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 ⚒️ @IainDale]

Conservative leader @Kemibadenoch will be taking calls this evening on @LBC.

Watch via the @LBC app, GlobalPlayer or the @LBC Youtube Channel.

[Rt Hon Nigel Evans @nigelmp]

This is very exciting…… Kemi and her team, new policies and taking the right approach is paying dividends.

[Rt Hon Nigel Evans @nigelmp]

Amazing own goal by Labour- when I ran my business for 10 years I worked with my team- and we were all working people!!!!!

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

Labour’s Treasury Minister admitted she doesn’t think employers are working people.

No wonder. The entire Cabinet has less private-sector experience combined than our Shadow Chancellor.

They’re no longer the Labour Party. They’re the Welfare Party.

[Rt Hon Nigel Evans @nigelmp]

@JAHeale Tim is superb