Scott Mann

MP for North Cornwall 2015-2024.

[Scott Mann @scottmann4NC]

@pritipatel has long provided the solutions to the British people’s priorities. I saw her determination whilst I was the Home Office Whip.

She has the record, values her colleagues, and is robust in defending the values of Conservatism.

She speaks for thousands of grassroots members across the country. I’m backing her.

#UniteToWin🇬🇧 @Unite_To_Win

[Unite To Win with Priti Patel @Unite_To_Win]

🚨BREAKING: Former MP Scott Mann is backing Priti to #UniteToWin🇬🇧

[Scott Mann @scottmann4NC]

It's time to sign off on social media for a while.

Over the next few weeks, my team and I will be winding down our office, and ensuring that all our ongoing casework is transferred to the new MP for North Cornwall.

I'll be making sure that this process is carried out smoothly, and I will also do my best to ensure that the new MP is fully briefed about ongoing projects that are important to the community, such as the Camelford Bypass.

Best wishes to you all.

[Scott Mann @scottmann4NC]

My very best wishes to @JohnnyMercerUK, Felicity and the children.

As MP for North Cornwall, I saw the real and positive impact of the work Johnny did as our first-ever Veteran's Minister.

From the wider scope of veterans affairs nationally to individual cases that he intervened in, Johnny has been a true champion for the men and women who served.

He has left a legacy that I hope our 6 new MPs will benefit from, as they now support and represent the 30,000-strong veterans community across #Cornwall.

@OpKernow

[Johnny Mercer @JohnnyMercerUK]

As the smoke clears on the events of this week, I just wanted to say a huge thank you to everybody who has supported me over the last ten years.

Becoming a public figure has never been natural for me. I had a cause that wouldn’t release its grip, that burnt itself deep into my soul as a young man. I had to become somebody in order to fight politically for those of my generation who desperately needed it after a war in Afghanistan which casts shadows to this day.

I am proud of what we have done. We have dragged veterans affairs in the United Kingdom from a sympathy driven, charity led, well intended but often fatally competitive and disorganised effort, into a more professional, collaborative, veteran focussed Government supported system, which I know – because I have the letters – saves and changes the lives of those special souls who have sacrificed for the Nation, precisely who I came into public life to help.

To those who feel I didn’t do enough, yes – I focussed on some areas more than others. Veterans’ rights, mental healthcare, rough sleeping, prosthetics and of course protecting Northern Ireland veterans. I was unsuccessful in some areas too – some issues remained outside my control, like Vets UK and compensation. I wear all the criticism. I did my best and often felt broken myself in the process. I am comfortable I could not have done more in the time and political space that I had. The opportunity for others to step up is always there.

I felt enormous imposter syndrome daily, but always thought I owed it to those who never made it back from those Afghanistan years, and those for whom life had become a daily struggle, to press ahead - whatever the cost. Those of us who survived unscarred are lucky – nothing more; I thought that every day I went to work.

I do want veterans to remember that we are not victims. We are privileged – we enjoy that “flavour of life because we have fought for it, that the protected shall never know”. It is a privilege to try and emulate our predecessors from battlefields past, but it ultimately is not an entitlement, and veterans must not become too hard to help.

You will note already that, despite his explicit personal promises in the election campaign, Keir Starmer has not appointed a veterans minister to his Cabinet. If you understand what Veterans need from their Government, this matters very much. The step change in programmes like Op FORTITUDE, Op COURAGE, Op RESTORE, Op NOVA, Op PROSPER and all the others, were because I had that cross-Government capability and position – outside of the MoD. Those now in power, paraded around by Starmer for their various military experiences, must mark themselves on how they too now actually change the lives of those who need them in the serving and veteran community.

I have fought hard for Plymouth, a City that has shaped me since I was a teenager and will always be my ‘home port’. I thank everybody who came out to vote for me last week, sincerely and deeply. I know in the current climate how hard that was. I am so proud of my office team, and my campaign team for their unstinting loyalty and commitment to Plymouth.

Finally I must thank my wife, Felicity. She is the rock upon which I am built. Both during my time in the military, and subsequently in public life, she has sought to protect me always, and has the scars to prove it. As the saying goes, we are of course “bloodied, but unbowed”.

See you soon.

Johnny.

[Scott Mann @scottmann4NC]

@thedartingnerd Top night, still have the shirt. I'm a bit greyer now though 😆

[Scott Mann @scottmann4NC]

@ArghhTom @hugh_aitch @DC_Police Actually we didn't. There was just no monitoring until the previous @Conservatives govt.

[Scott Mann @scottmann4NC]

Very pleased to learn that Craig's record of service will continue in the other place. Congratulations, @cmackinlay.

[Craig Mackinlay @cmackinlay]

I am overwhelmed at being elevated to @UKHouseofLords. My heartfelt thanks to @RishiSunak for my inclusion on the dissolution Honours List. This gives me a platform to campaign for #sepsis #limbloss and for appropriate #prosthetics (as well as sensible #NetZero).
The Bionic MP changes into the Bionic Lord.

[Scott Mann @scottmann4NC]

@LeeTrewhela It has been rough over the years. Lee, thank you for always giving us a fair shake. You held the MPs to account, and rightly so, but you've always given us the chance to respond and give our side.

[Scott Mann @scottmann4NC]

@PutinMicropenis @BenMaguireNC It's pointless debating this, the people have had their say. My point is that Ben won the election and I hope everybody gives him a fair shake now that he is our MP.

[Scott Mann @scottmann4NC]

Thank you to everyone who voted for me yesterday. It has been an honour to represent North Cornwall for the last nine years.

I would like to extend my best wishes to our new MP @BenMaguireNC along with his husband & family, as they start their journey in Westminster.

We share political differences, but we must now come together for our community.

[Scott Mann @scottmann4NC]

@CGSLtd @AndrewPPPhD @DC_Police I agree and I have been on record to say that all parties and candidates should be respected.

[Scott Mann @scottmann4NC]

@LoganChown17 @DC_Police You can direct message me, Logan.

[Scott Mann @scottmann4NC]

@AndrewPPPhD @DC_Police They were on private land with the owners permission.

[Scott Mann @scottmann4NC]

@evphil Nothing wrong with being a postie mate. @RoyalMail staff are the best.

[Scott Mann @scottmann4NC]

Look at this boy!

[Scott Mann @scottmann4NC]

All across North Cornwall today!

#Kilkhampton #Bude #Camelford #Bodmin

[Scott Mann @scottmann4NC]

@JamesCleverly Looking good, and you're not too bad yourself Clev! Thank you for your message last night!

[Scott Mann @scottmann4NC]

Getting fueled up!

[Scott Mann @scottmann4NC]

#Plymouth #MoorView #VoteJohnnyMercer

[Johnny Mercer @JohnnyMercerUK]

Elections are about choices, and today is about character and record of achievement.

Authenticity, decency and integrity are the values that matter to us in Plymouth; they are the hallmarks of my time as your MP.

But there is so much more to do. Please come out and vote for me today so we can continue this amazing journey together!