Chair of @CommonsLiaison Ctee and MP for Harwich & North Essex. RTs not endorsements. I do not respond to Twitter messages. Please contact me via my website.
Jan 23, 2022 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
Clear that @MarosSefcovic+@EU_Commission are digging in, ignoring fundamental facts: that the #NIProtocol cannot be a permanent agreement any more than the rest of WA; and it is not protecting the peace process, but destroying it. telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/…… 1/12
The#NIProtocol does not carry the support of both communities in NI and is therefore undermining the #GoodFridayAgreement and the peace process; and is leading to the end of power sharing in NI (“societal dislocation”)… 2/12
Jan 18, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
I am taking soundings from colleagues about whether I should stand for the @CommonsDefence committee, now that Julian Lewis is to stand down... I am finding very strong support. @Conservatives@ConHome
I have backing from across the party: former defence secretaries @PennyMordaunt@LiamFox ; former defence ministers Philip @Dunne4Ludlow and Sir Mike Penning; from David Cameron’s former Chief Whip @Mark_J_Harper and from former Conservative Leader IDS.
