The Prime Minister Theresa May has called a general election for 8 June. I have put myself forward to be the Conservative candidate, and - subject to the proper local procedures - I am thoroughly looking forward to putting the choice to our voters in Esher & Walton constituency. In less than a year, Theresa […]
Read MoreI’ve written a column for The Daily Telegraph today, getting behind the UK Government’s efforts to tackle Syrian President Assad, and face down the Russian bully, Vladimir Putin. You can access the article here.
Read MoreI joined a discussion on the Today Programme this morning making the case that post-Brexit Britain can boost trade, but also strengthen other areas of social policy including wildlife and environmental protection. You can listen here from 2h48m in.
Read MoreFor all the predictable doom and gloom in the media that accompanied the beginning of Brexit negotiations, for anyone patient enough to read the EU’s draft negotiating guidelines, Brussels’ opening negotiating position is far brighter than expected. I look at the detail of the EU guidelines in a column for Conservative Home today. You can read it here.
Read MoreYesterday, after a momentous week in politics, I appeared on Iain Dale’s Brexit Briefing alongside Jeremy Browne (former Lib Dem Minister, now the City’s Special Representative to the EU) to recap the week’s news. You can listen here.
Read MoreI’ve written a column for The Daily Telegraph today arguing that we should start Brexit negotiations with economic self-confidence and political ambition, and must stay resolutely focused on securing a ‘win-win’ deal, which is good for every corner of the UK, and our European friends. You can access the article here.
Read MoreI have received many messages of support, since yesterday’s gutless attack on Westminster Bridge and Parliament itself. I am very grateful. My House of Commons team and I are all fine, and we are getting straight back to work. It was a shocking day, and above all my thoughts and prayers are with the family […]
Read MoreI have contributed a piece for Conservative Home’s series of columns on the forthcoming Budget, on 8 March, looking at a menu of possible savings in spending that could be made, in order to give Theresa May’s government extra financial headway for its priorities - whether that is alleviating pressure on social care, or easing […]
Read MoreI have written a column for The Daily Telegraph, looking at the government’s patient and assiduous preparation for the start of Brexit negotiations in March. You can access the column here.
Read MoreYesterday, I wrote a column for The Sunday Times making the case for my proposed Magnitsky Amendment to the Criminal Finances Bill. The proposal, backed in Parliament by MPs from eight different political parties, would target those involved in profiting from serious human rights abuses, so they can’t launder their blood money through British banks, properties […]
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