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Vladimir Putin is a warmongering dictator who has mercilessly waged an unprovoked war of imperialist aggression against Ukraine for four years.
The Russian people, too, continue to suffer the economic and human cost of Putin’s deadly vanity project.
Now is the time to tighten the vice and bring an end to the horrors of this war.
Read my latest in the Telegraph👇
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(1/2) I have worked with @patel4witham for almost 20yrs. In that time, I have always known her to be courteous, diligent and fair. Today's attack in @HouseofCommons by @jeremycorbyn is a nakedly partisan act from a failed and discredited politician.
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We are welcome in France if we have had 2 jabs as they cover all the main variants = good sense. If we have had 2 jabs, we have to isolate on return from France to UK = no sense. French @UEFA official comes to UK and does not have isolate = 2nd class citizens in our own country.
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BREAKING: Our negotiators have just initialled a trade agreement with Iceland & Norway for the European Economic Area. This is the 2nd biggest agreement we're rolling over and trade with EEA is worth nearly £30bn. This is on top of the agreement we’ve signed with Liechtenstein.
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1/ As a former GP, I’ve seen the agony of patients dying in pain. We all want peaceful, painless deaths for our loved ones. But the Assisted Dying Bill crosses an ethical red line—with dangerous consequences for patient safety and the moral fabric of society. 🧵
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Revolting that the same media outlets who most despised Dominic Cummings now accept every word that he says.#
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Distinct feel of @patel4witham critics hunting as a hungry pack. Opportunistic coalition of the faceless and the useless. Great to see the Prime Minister @BorisJohnson sticking by her.
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Following yesterday's accusations by @AlexSalmond against @NicolaSturgeon's govt, I asked in the @HouseofCommons what mechanisms we have to ensure that the conduct of the Scottish Government does not bring politics in the whole of the United Kingdom into international disrepute.
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BREAKING: UK and Switzerland sign agreement to continue tariff-free trade, worth more than £29bn last year. Delivering certainty for 🇬🇧 and 🇨🇭 businesses #FreeTradeUK
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Since the UK left the EU, France has grown 8.8%, Britain 8.7%, Germany 8.1% and Italy 6.1%.
Unemployment has reduced from 4.7% to 3.9% - adding 1 million jobs.
By July 2022, our exports to the EU were not just the highest since Brexit but the highest ever.
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Today in the @HouseofCommons I asked what the best mechanism would be to Investigate the claims by the Auditor-General that of £9.7 billion allocated by UK taxpayers, only 7 billion had been spent on Covid related measures by the @theSNP Scottish Government.
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RIP the Scottish Enlightenment with the @theSNP's shameful and sinister Hate Crime Bill.
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Disappointing to see @DavidLammy @UKLabour talking down a trading relationship worth £30bn. This agreement will protect jobs and provide businesses with continuity. There are some people who would rather see the UK fail than Brexit succeed.
STOP THE PRESS: After Brexit we can continue trading with Iceland (population 338,000), Liechtenstein (population 37,000) and Norway (population 5 million) - all of which are already trading partners. This changes everything.
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🇬🇧 exports to the 🇪🇺 rose for the third consecutive month to £16.4bn in April, the highest monthly level in current prices since comparable records began in 1997. Now much higher than before #Brexit. Notable silence from those who said it would be a disaster for UK business.
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I have loyally supported every @Conservatives Leader since 1992. However, today I am withdrawing my support for the Prime Minister. @BorisJohnson's leadership is untenable. My letter👇
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I am honoured to have been nominated by @BorisJohnson to be a candidate to lead the @wto . I believe that if we want to keep the WTO relevant and vibrant our task is clear: Update. Strengthen and Reform. We must ensure that global trade works for everyone. gov.uk/government/news/uk-no…
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Coordinated, unattributable and anonymous briefing against @pritipatel this evening. Clearly out to get one of our best Cabinet performers who is always tough but professional.
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As a former NHS doctor, it makes me sad and angry to see doctors involved in action which I believe to be unethical and unforgivable, given the harm being done to patients and the NHS itself
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China is at a crossroads, it can either be part of the international community or risk becoming a pariah state #HongKong
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We must approach the trans issue with rationality, because facts matter. The value of a particular view is not determined by the strength by which it is held, but by reference to science and empiricism.
Read the full article below 👇
telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06…
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Disgraceful that on such a sensitive subject the @BBC uses someone so clearly partisan and fails to inform viewers.
BBC Six O’Clock News Expert is Brexit & Boris Hating, Fanatical Remain Campaigning, Hardline Centrist order-order.com/2021/01/27/b…
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If the @UKLabour Leader, Sir @Keir_Starmer, cannot condemn this tweet, then he is not fit to be Leader of the Opposition. #Bristol 👇
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For a 2nd year running, @Forbes has ranked the UK as the most business friendly country in the world. This is more evidence of the fundamental strength of our economy and undermines those who would talk our economic prospects down forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenha…
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There were always some ‘senior ministers’ who preferred a Swiss solution post-Brexit. That was not our settled policy. Time to put these ideas to bed and get on with the job in hand.
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Signed a trade agreement today with Pacific Islands which will avoid around £19m of tariff duties on UK imports from 🇫🇯 Fiji & 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea. This will support vital jobs in the Commonwealth as part of our commitment to reduce poverty through trade.
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Like Hamas and Hezbollah, the Polisario Front is an Iranian proxy organisation. For the sake of our Moroccan allies, Western governments must move quickly to designate this group a terrorist organisation.
Read the Hudson Institute report outlining why:
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BREAKING News from @Davos: 🇬🇧 and 🇮🇱 have agreed in principle a UK-Israel agreement. Here is the video of Eli Cohen (Israel’s Minister of the Economy) and I making the announcement at @wef. @netanyahu #FreeTradeIsGREAT #FreeTrade #WEF2019 #wef #wef19
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Hard core of yobs dragging down Bristol's reputation in the eyes of the world. How does this look to the investors we need to create jobs and prosperity? What the hard left can't get through the ballot box they will try through violence and intimidation.
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Those who believe in free speech need to stand with @jk_rowling, and call out the haters for what they are.
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Assisted suicide legislation crosses an ethical red line, putting the vulnerable at risk. Lessons from Canada & elsewhere show the ‘slippery slope’ is real. Instead, we must invest in better palliative care—not create a National Death Service. independent.co.uk/voices/ass…
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Liz Truss is quite right to urge Government departments to quit @stonewalluk employment scheme. No place for them given their recent attitudes and behaviour. @trussliz @GEOgovuk @tradegovuk thetimes.co.uk/article/liz-t…
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Touching tributes to our friend Sir David Amess today. Of course, we must improve civility in politics as in society as a whole. But the real issue is the threat that radicalised terrorists pose to innocent citizens, whether MPs or not.
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BREAKING NEWS: The #DownSyndromeBill has today received Royal Assent, meaning it has become law in this country. The Bill will ensure that those with #DownSyndrome get access to the services they require. @NDSPolicyGroup
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Today, Sir Keir meets Macron to discuss which freedoms he would concede to the EU if he were PM. By stealth and arrogance, he seeks to undermine the will of the British people. You cannot trust Starmer with Brexit.
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As I asked PM @RishiSunak in the @HouseofCommons this afternoon, why are Iran Air still operating out of Heathrow? Why are Iranian banks still operating out of London? More must be done to counter the Iranian regime’s influence and malign intentions.
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(2/2) Priti Patel is an excellent Home Secretary who deserves the support of all her colleagues. She certainly has mine. @ukhomeoffice @Conservatives
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.@RoryStewartUK keeps asking what the tariff regime for no deal Brexit would be – I published them back in March:
gov.uk/government/news/tempo… #HastobeHunt #C4Debate
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The IMF has upgraded the UK’s growth forecast to 0.4%. In contrast, Germany is on course to shrink by 0.3%
Britain’s unemployment is at historic lows of 4%, whilst German unemployment is at 5.7%
Is Brexit responsible for German decline? It’s time we stop talking Britain down.
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End of a political era and the beginning of another. No more remainers and leavers, just rejoiners and those of us who believe in making a success of the UK’s independence as a truly #GlobalBritain. #Brexit
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I am pleased the @dailymirror website is highlighting the issue of online abuse towards MPs, following the tragic murder of Sir David Amess. Therefore, I would be interested to know what they think about this tweet sent by one of their cartoonists. mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/it… 👇
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UK exports to the rest of the world have outstripped UK exports to EU for the 9th year running.
👉 In 2017: £342bn to non-EU, £274bn to EU, @ONS figures confirm
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4/ As a doctor and MP, I fought for the rights of the most vulnerable. This Bill terrifies me—it opens the door to exploitation. Instead, let’s invest in better palliative care and ensure dignity in death, not a "national death service." #AssistedDying
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The West did not “provoke this war“ in Ukraine and it is shocking that Nigel Farage should say so. Sovereign nations have a right to defend themselves and organise their security in a way that they choose and not be dictated to or bullied by Putin’s brutal state.
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The #COVIDVaccination programme in the UK has been a triumph. It is time to swap fear for optimism. Time to start rebuilding our lives and our economy. #COVID @DailyMailUK👇dailymail.co.uk/debate/artic…
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Jeremy Corbyn knows that what he is saying is absolutely untrue. The Labour left have clearly made a conscious decision to keep repeating this lie. So let me be clear yet again – we will not lower UK standards in Trade Agreements. #Marr
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BREAKING NEWS: following ongoing UK government effort, Taiwan is preparing to open its market to British pork for the first time. The agreement is expected to be worth more than £50m to 🇬🇧 farmers over the next 5 years #FreeTradeUK #FoodisGREAT @UKinTaiwan
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I have consistently said that there will be NO lowering of UK Food Standards. To suggest otherwise is completely untrue, false & #FakeNews – such a shame that people pedal rumours and myths that are clearly wrong
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As a medical doctor, I agree with Professor Robert Winston (@UKLabour Member of the @UKHouseofLords), that it is a very sad thing that as a society we have got ourselves into a place where we cannot discuss biological sex without being called transphobic.@ProfRWinston #FreeSpeech
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(1/2) The UK has finally grasped that the Moroccan initiative on Western Sahara is the only game in town and caught up with our American and some European allies. 🇬🇧🇲🇦
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I wholeheartedly agree with @OliverDowden. Freedom only to speak inoffensively is not worth having. Free speech encompass the right to offend. As @Conservatives, the defence of #FreeSpeech must be one of our core values.
We cannot be complacent about defending our values against this painful woke psychodrama. It will take courage to resist it.
Too many have fallen for the idea it is kind or virtuous to submit to these self-righteous dogmas. It is not.
My speech at @Heritage today👇
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BREAKING NEWS: The #DownSyndromeBill has completed its final stage in the @UKHouseofLords, meaning it has now passed both houses of @UKParliament. It will now receive Royal Assent and become an Act, giving people with #DownSyndrome the provisions they have campaigned so long for.
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Delighted to announce that today we approved a continuity trade agreement with the Swiss Federal Council.
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Margaret Thatcher was elected leader of the Conservative Party #OnThisDay in 1975.
She would go on to become one of the defining leaders of our country, ending our economic stagnation and leading us through war. #IronLady @Conservatives.
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True to form @ChukaUmunna spreading #FakeNews! Facts:
Taiwan opens its market to 🇬🇧 pork:
👉Negotiated by HMG, this is specific to the UK, and the result of sustained effort by HMG
👉The market will remain open after 2019
👉Less than half of EU states can export pork to Taiwan
This was negotiated by the EU. The dishonesty at the heart of the Hard Brexiteers spin is transparent for all to see. We need a #PeoplesVote on the Brexit deal.
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(1/4) Last year, I set out my view on staying in the #CustomsUnion with the EU. It would put us in a worse position than we are in today – a complete sell-out of Britain’s national interest and a betrayal of the voters in the referendum. My view hasn’t changed. #Brexit #FreeTrade
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I will support the Prime Minister @theresa_may tonight. This is a totally inappropriate time to have a contest. The country expects us to provide stability not damaging division.
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Great appointment, congratulations @Jacob_Rees_Mogg.
The Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP @Jacob_Rees_Mogg becomes Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency at the @CabinetOfficeUK.
He will be a member of the Cabinet.
ALT The Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP newly appointed a Minister of State (Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government efficiency) in the Cabinet Office. He will be a member of the Cabinet.
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Honoured to be through to the second round of #WTODG selection process. I look forward to continuing to campaign on the issues that matter to @wto members and making the case for global free trade. My sincere thanks to those have supported my campaign so far. #LiamFoxForWTO
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UK & South Korea Trade Agreement: This means that whatever happens with #Brexit, there will be total continuity in trade between our two countries AND the basis for an ambitious future FTA when we leave the EU. @UKinKorea @Nikmehta33 @tradegovukKOR @natalieblackuk @SimonSmithFCO
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The Iranian regimes continued detention of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is disgusting but entirely predictable. The fact they have been elected to the UN Commission on Women's Rights, however, is an obscenity.
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Time to get rid of expensive and unnecessary tests for vaccinated travellers. Policy should be based on safety and data, not damaging risk aversion
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No referendum backsliding - access to the single market does not require free movement. Many countries sell into EU without it
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The ability to issue more visas if and when our economy needs them is exactly what "taking back control" was about. Of course we should do it!
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BREAKING: New @ONS statistics show exports of goods and services at record high. In 2017/18, UK exports grew faster to:
👉Canada, up 12.7%
👉 India, up 31.8%,
👉China, up 15.3%,
than to EU ( up 10%)
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.@NHSuk Test & Trace need to publish figures on how many self isolated test positive. #Pingdemic is in danger of squandering our vaccine dividend. 90% of population have antibodies & high vaccine rates we must see data before we tolerate damaging business viability & job losses.
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.@jeremycorbyn once again deliberately misleading the British people – so let me say clearly yet again, we will not lower standards in Trade Agreements. It’s a shame @UKLabour keep repeating the same old, stale lies.
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3/ Safeguards? A myth. In Canada, assisted dying now includes mental illness, with 35% feeling pressured as a "burden." Oregon allows it for non-terminal conditions like arthritis. This slippery slope puts the most vulnerable at risk of neglect and harm.
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Today I launch the Government’s new Export Strategy to help businesses sell overseas. Increasing🇬🇧 exports will:
⛴️ make the UK economy more resilient
🛳️ boost wages
⛴️ protect jobs
#ExportingIsGREAT #ExportStrategy
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2/ Medicine already allows the "double effect": easing pain, even if life is shortened, is ethical if the intent is to relieve suffering. But this Bill isn’t about easing pain—it’s about intentionally ending lives. That’s a seismic and dangerous shift.
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Prime Minister @BorisJohnson confirmed to me last week at #PMQs that we have one unified @UKCivilService, today I asked @HouseofCommons Speaker @LindsayHoyle_MP which Ministers would answer for the conduct of Civil Servants in Devolved Administrations in the @UKParliament.
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"We must not create internal borders where our families become foreigners. We must not allow the self-serving #nationalists to tear apart all that we have achieved over hundreds of years" - my piece on the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 in the @Daily_Express 👇 #UK express.co.uk/comment/expres…
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Great to hear @realDonaldTrump praise the “very good trading relationship” between our two nations. This follows the signing of a mutual recognition agreement between 🇬🇧 & 🇺🇸 , protecting trade worth £12.8bn. We look forward to boosting our future relationship.
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I welcome the approval of the EU-Japan economic partnership agreement yesterday, which could boost UK GDP by up to £3bn in the long run. Japan is a vocal defender of free trade and this agreement will form the basis of our new, stronger trading relationship as we leave the EU.
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There are some @Conservatives who say that a period in opposition would “do us good”. I was on the frontbench for the whole 13yrs we were in opposition.
I say to them that your worst day in govt is still better than your best day in opposition. @Telegraph👇telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11…
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5 years after I launched the consultation to join the CPTPP, the historic deal has been signed.
The CPTPP gives the UK unfettered access to a market of half a billion people with a combined GDP of £12 trillion - larger than the EU.
Let’s celebrate this great achievement.
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Important step forward for the 🇬🇧 & 🇮🇱 trading relationship. We have just signed the trade continuity agreement rolling over the EU-Israel Free Trade Agreement. A special thanks to my Israeli counterpart @elicoh1 for his hard work in advancing the UK-Israeli trading partnership.
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The Sue Gray affair has not been resolved by Labour. Our Deputy Prime Minister has been forced out. Last month I set out why we need civil service reform (see below 👇). The time has come for us to grasp the nettle.
liamfox.co.uk/news/dr-liam-f…
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Former FM @AlexSalmond accuses @NicolaSturgeon's govt of "the complete breakdown of the necessary barriers which should exist between govt, political party and indeed the prosecution authorities in any country which abides by the rule of law”. The most damning charge imaginable.
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The Prime Minister is right, the EU has a duty to cooperate constructively on our future relationship. Time for European Leaders to show the same respect to our PM that she has shown to them.
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(1/2) Absolutely delighted that the Government have announced they will be supporting my Private Members’ Bill (#DownSyndromeBill). This Bill is a world first and will make a real difference to many lives. #DownSyndrome👇 thetimes.co.uk/article/9142a…
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I will be voting for @RishiSunak as the next leader of the @Conservatives Party and our next Prime Minister. He has the judgement to heal our economy and unite our Party. His calm confidence is just what the UK needs.
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1/3 The Assisted Dying Bill isn’t a safe solution—it’s a slippery slope. No UK parliament can bind its successor. Any limits in the Bill could be amended later to widen its scope, putting vulnerable groups, like those with learning disabilities, at serious risk. 🧵
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Following a multi-million pound win for UK dairy, China has also agreed to allow UK seed potato exports.
🇨🇳 is the world’s largest consumer of potatoes & this deal brings major benefits to Scotland with over 70% of 🇬🇧 potato exports coming from Scottish farms. #FreeTradeUK
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The politically motivated #RailStrikes this week will inflict misery on millions of ordinary people trying to get to work and damage our economy at a difficult time. @UKLabour must condemn this irresponsible, unnecessary and destructive action or be judged unfit for office.
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Whatever public face they put on their illegal regime, the Taliban have already released from prison the most extreme, violent and committed enemies of our country and our allies.
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To leave is to lead. To remain is to follow. Have courage to own your future. #EUref #EUreferendum #VoteLeave #TakeControl #Brexit #ivoted
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It is an honour to have been nominated by @BorisJohnson to be a candidate to lead the @wto. We are not in 'business as usual'. Global trade was contracting even before #COVID19, so a different approach is required for the major challenges we face. #LiamFoxForWTO #WTODG
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.@BorisJohnson is right that it is not the concept of #devolution that is the problem, but the application by an ideologically driven @theSNP government that puts its' obsession with independence ahead of Scottish schools, Scottish hospitals and Scottish jobs.
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A UK Bill of Rights will reinforce the right to freedom of speech and restore some common sense to our justice system.
Our modern Bill of Rights will strengthen the UK tradition of freedom of speech, and better protect the public from dangerous criminals.
We are restoring a health dose of common sense into the justice system. ⤵
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Excellent meeting with Eli Cohen (Israeli Minister for Economy and Industry) yesterday. Absolutely delighted that we have agreed in principle to roll over the EU-Israel FTA as part of our trade continuity programme as we leave the EU.
BREAKING News from @Davos: 🇬🇧 and 🇮🇱 have agreed in principle a UK-Israel agreement. Here is the video of Eli Cohen (Israel’s Minister of the Economy) and I making the announcement at @wef. @netanyahu #FreeTradeIsGREAT #FreeTrade #WEF2019 #wef #wef19
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The ONS reported that in 2021, the UK economy shrank by 1.2%. They now admit Britain actually grew by 0.6%. An upward revision of 1.8%.
The UK has recovered faster than France and Germany.
The doomsayers are proved wrong again. It's time we stop talking Britain down
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Proud to be backing @RishiSunak. His economic judgement, energy and optimism are what our party and our country need to secure a better future.
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On this, Iran’s national day, we should remember the tens of thousands, including children, who have been arrested, tortured or executed by one of the world’s most vicious and inhuman regimes. Their courage will ultimately win their freedom.
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British farmers & food producers will be able to export beef & lamb to Japan for the 1st time in over 20yrs, opening access to one of the world's fastest growing markets. #FreeTradeUK
Another example of DIT trade negotiators banging the drum for top quality 🇬🇧 produce.
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In 2014 #Scotland voted to stay as part of the UK. There is no legal basis to hold #indyref2. The decision outlined by @NicolaSturgeon & @theSNP to hold one is dangerous and wrong. Whatever happened to once in a generation? Guilty of misleading the Scottish people. #Indyref2023
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Terrific to hear @POTUS @realDonaldTrump talk so positively about UK & US Trade tonight at Blenheim Palace #BlenheimPalace #SpecialRelationship
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The UK had the highest economic growth compared to any other G7 country in 2021 and 2022. In July 2022, 🇬🇧 exports to 🇪🇺 were not just the highest since Brexit, but since records began! The Eurozone is in recession. We are not. Let us celebrate our country 🇬🇧 and its achievements
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Why mitigate when you can avoid? My speech this afternoon in the @HouseofCommons on the unnecessary risks of allowing #Huawei into our 5G network.
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The Prime Minister @BorisJohnson clearly understands the frustrations of individuals and businesses with the #coronavirus lockdown, but is clearly determined not to blown off course and risk a second peak with its human and economic costs. #BORISISBACK
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