Imran Khan was due to join a Zoom call with Conservative MPs when, without warning, Pakistan's telecoms authorities cut off internet connections to his compound.
As a friend of Pakistani democracy I’m pushing for the release of political prisoners and orderly and free elections.
I have no problem with
@GaryLineker
using free speech to make his points. However, when it comes to
#RemembranceSunday
his comments show a lack of understanding.
#Remembrance
weekend is for the country, and for those of us who served, to remember those who never came back with…
It is beggars belief that the Govt is going to stand idly by whilst Nexperia, a Chinese-controlled company, attempts to take over Britain’s largest microchip factory (NWF). It's another example of Whitehall’s failure to think strategically when it comes to critical industries.
Beijing has just brought the full force of the so-called National Security Law down on the heads of three teenagers. This is the true face of authoritarian China
@ipacglobal
@DominicRaab
#NOW
Yanni Ho is being taken from her home and becomes the 3rd member of
@studentlocalism
arrested tonight. Ho's hands were at her back and covered by a cloth. Ho's mother also boarded a seven seater to follow her daughter.
Unfortunately this is what we’ve walked into this morning. All opposition candidates must condemn such intimidation & criminal behaviour. I have news for these democracy-hating thugs: this will never stop us from campaigning & delivering a
@Conservatives
majority government 💙
What was the point of the
#lockdown
if, as we come out, we end up with tighter restrictions than before lockdown? We aren’t even waiting to learn what the effect of the lockdown has been before rushing into these changes. MP’s have called for a full cost/benefit analysis... 1/2
1) Dangerous moments in politics happen when the opinion of the political class coalesces & all debate is ended. So it has been with the new religion of Net Zero. Under this banner, whilst virtue-signalling, the UK has allowed North sea oil & gas exploration to nigh on disappear.
'Calling it a 'Surrender Act' is not an incitement of violence, it is a description, an adjective of what it does. It surrenders power to the EU.'
Ian Duncan Smith speaks on the Brexit war of words after Boris was accused of using 'dangerous' language in the Commons.
#GMB
We don’t need lectures on the Northern Ireland peace deal from presidential candidate
@JoeBiden
. If I were him I would worry more about the need for a peace deal in the USA to tackle the killing and rioting before lecturing other sovereign nations...
Alongside Australia, Canada, New Zealand & US we have made clear our grave concern at the postponement of Hong Kong’s elections & unjust disqualification of opposition candidates. Authorities must uphold democratic rights & freedoms enshrined in Basic Law
It's right for the UK to suspend extradition treaty with
#HongKong
. There's evidence of individual officials in China involved in forced sterilisations of
#Uighur
women, today I asked
@DominicRaab
to look at this urgently & look into sanctions against CE of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam.
The Prime Minister has instructed officials to draw up plans that would see China’s involvement in the UK's
#5G
network reduced to zero. Boris Johnson to reduce
#Huawei
role in Britain’s 5G network in the wake of coronavirus outbreak
I don't agree with Philip Hammond's comment that it is 'impossible' to leave the EU on 31st Oct. With respect to the present Chancellor, he has sounded that message of doom from day one.
#ProjectFear
#Brexit
#StandUp4Brexit
Boris Johnson refuses to sign Brexit extension request and instead sends photocopy, saying: 'This is not my letter, it's Parliament's'' | via
@telegraph
Boris Johnson has spent months promising we'd leave the EU today. The failure to do so is his and his alone. Labour will get Brexit sorted by giving the people the final say within six months with the choice of a credible leave deal or remain. And we'll carry out what you decide.
As George Orwell famously didn’t say, “The more a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.” Is this the beginning of the end for our toxic woke culture? via
@Telegraph
As one of seven sanctioned MPs in Parliament by the Chinese government for exposing the terrible genocide in Xinjiang, and who are regularly attacked online by Chinese 'Wolf Warriors' (low level Chinese intelligence operatives), I'm calling for greater clarity over David…
‘That’s a conflict! I want to know how that is to be settled.’
Sir Iain Duncan Smith questions David Cameron’s appointment as Foreign Secretary, claiming his relationship with China is a conflict of interest.
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Sad truth is after 40 yrs of membership the
#EU
has eaten into the soul of much of the establishment, from the Trade Unions to the BBC. People, who once believed in democracy, are now determined to disregard the biggest vote in our history via
@Telegraph
For the President of the Supreme Court this is fundamentally injudicious of her - she’s opened herself to the question, who judges the judges? Lady Hale 'revelling' in Supreme Court judgment, say critics, in row over 'girly swots' remark' | via
@telegraph
The Sino-British Joint Decl gives Britain a unique role in guaranteeing Hong Kong’s freedoms since its handover to China in 1997. Abdicating this responsibility now would be a historic mistake & a real betrayal of our promises to the people of Hong Kong
‘Leftwing people find it very hard to get on with rightwing people, because they believe that they are evil. Whereas I have no problem getting on with leftwing people, because I simply believe that they are mistaken.’
RIP
#RogerScruton
Our politics now reduced to Parliament vs the people
@BorisJohnson
stands with the people & mustn’t deflect from determination to deliver
#Brexit
by 31st Oct. On the other side, the hard-core Remainers, who dismiss the sovereign will of those who elect us. If they win we all lose
Those who leaked this tired old document need to recognise that we are beyond scare stories and into finally delivering
#Brexit
by 31st Oct
#StandUp4Brexit
B R E A K I N G: A statement on the
#YellowHammer
leak from
@MPIainDS
and
@OwenPaterson
“This operation yellow hammer leak is the version of what the contingency executive put together.” 1/6
Boris needs a good explanation for these Tiers or he will lose both his MPs and the country. The onerous new rules will have a disastrous effect on business and public morale. Where is the economic analysis we were promised?
Since the PM announced the Queen’s Speech, the BBC’s bias has been totally unacceptable
✖️On the day, BBC News interviewed 13 pro Remain commentators in a row
✖️Of the 18 Brexit related guests on the BBC R4 Today show since, 83% were in favour of Remain
At taxpayers’ expense..
Yet again Labour and the other opposition parties have run away from a
#GeneralElection
by failing to vote tonight.
@BorisJohnson
made the case to get
#Brexit
done as the British people voted for in 2016. Labour have chosen to block Brexit & a
#GeneralElection
again & again...
It's right for the UK to suspend extradition treaty with
#HongKong
. There's evidence of individual officials in China involved in forced sterilisations of
#Uighur
women, today I asked
@DominicRaab
to look at this urgently & look into sanctions against CE of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam.
Perhaps we should simply hang a sign at the entrance of the City of London saying, ‘For Sale, oligarchs and autocrats welcome.'
The revelations about the Lord Mayor’s links to China should be a matter of genuine concern. What is now very clear is that China poses a systemic…
Just as the country begins to emerge from a terrible year, comes the tragic news that HRH Prince Philip has died. War hero, brilliant consort to the Queen - a man of humour and intelligence. It is a sad day for the whole nation. My thoughts & prayers are with HM Queen & family.
Hong Kong police tackled a 12-year old girl to the ground and arrested her on Sunday amid protests against delayed parliamentary elections.
She was later charged for allegedly violating coronavirus social distancing rules.
Read more:
This is the West's most dangerous moment since the end of the Cold War.
Hamas’s brutal murder of at least 1,400 Israeli citizens and the taking of over 200 hostages a month ago was on a scale not seen before in
#Israel
.
It seems clear that the Iranian Republican Guard (IRGC) –…
I have every confidence in Lord Frost & the Prime Minister who are basing
#Brexit
trade talk negotiations on a manifesto which won an 80 seat majority at the general election. The British people voted for a sovereign departure... 1/2
My thoughts & prayers are with my friend
@BorisJohnson
, his fiancée
@carriesymonds
& family - wishing him a speedy recovery to get well soon. The PM is receiving excellent care. Thanks to all NHS staff for their hard work & dedication looking after us all
I’ve joined MPs from all parties to call for annual 'Queen Elizabeth Day' bank holiday.
#TheQueen
MPs from across the party divide want the Government to name a day when the country will come together each year to celebrate her reign.
Remainers have tried every trick in the book for three years to thwart
#Brexit
but now they are on the receiving they just can’t take it. Well, the remainers have had their time and now as the British people voted to leave we must deliver Brexit by the 31st Oct
#StandUp4Brexit
Former
@UKSupremeCourt
Justice, Lord Sumption on
#NewsNight
Q: In your view, does [Gina Miller] have a case?
A: It’s a very, very long shot... there are huge difficulties in the way of an application like that.
Q: In your view, is what Boris Johnson
did lawful?
A: Yes
🔎 THE FACTS: Prime Minister
@BorisJohnson
has repeatedly made it clear that the NHS is not for sale – under no circumstances would we we agree to any free trade deal that puts the NHS on the table.
#GetBrexitDone
RT this 👇
This letter from
#Huawei
is hubristic & arrogant. To try & use this terrible
#CoronavirusPandemic
with its roots in China & their information suppression, as an opportunity to promote Huawei’s interests in the UK is disgraceful. 1/3
It appears that
@Disney
worked with a Chinese Gov security agency in
#Xinjiang
province where over 1m people mostly Muslim
#Uighurs
are thought to be detained, and a part of China where the Chinese Gov stands accused of serious human rights abuses. 1/2
I’m concerned a group of my colleagues, many ministers, have said they might vote against a
@BorisJohnson
government in a vote of confidence. No matter how much you are at odds with your party, you support it in a vote of confidence.
#DUDE
Congratulations
@BorisJohnson
- I’m pleased this result was so emphatic. With over 50% of the MP’s & 66% of the membership, Boris can now focus on delivering Brexit by the 31st Oct, uniting the UK to focus on domestic issues & in time defeat the Marxist beliefs of Jeremy Corbyn.
1) We thought democracy was triumphant. We failed to realise that the idea of totalitarianism—of brutality and oppression—exists & will go on existing. Unless we fight them wherever they exist, they will rise again. This axis of totalitarianism supports itself across the board.
The national lockdown may be ending next week, but the plan to introduce a toughened-up three-tier system to replace doesn’t sound like any meaningful let up in the devastating restrictions the country faces. Figures show the virus was coming under control.. 1/2
‼️WOW‼️ Bruce Aylward/
@WHO
did an interview with HK's
@rthk_news
& when asked about
#Taiwan
he pretended not to hear the question. The journalist asks again & he hangs up!
She calls back & he said "Well, we've already talked about China."
ENJOY+SHARE THE MADNESS!
#CoronaVirus
There are so many like Hilary Benn who promised not to have another referendum & said they would support the result of the 2016 referendum, and have done a ‘U’ turn campaigning to stay in the EU. That defines hypocrisy.
Whilst the UK wants to have a good trade relationship with the EU as a sovereign state, the EU has different ideas. They want our money and they want to stop us being a competitor. The Withdrawal Agreement (WA) we signed last year sadly helps them. (1/3)
There are significant balancing requirements to make note of here, which were that senior civil servants did not do their jobs
@pritipatel
didn't just erupt, there were problems that were forcing her to the point where she simply couldn't get the job done.
If every country had been alerted earlier by China &
@WHO
that
#coronavirus
virus was spreading/becoming a global emergency, all countries could've been ahead in terms of planning to deal with it. Scientific advice has changed during an unprecedented crisis as more data available
Tory MP Iain Duncan Smith has claimed the world did not initially realise the extent of the
#coronavirus
outbreak as China "suppressed and hid information", and the WHO did not make countries aware that it was likely to spread globally.
#COVID19
latest:
Co-operating with Corbyn is something no
@Conservatives
should countenance given all he stands for. I urge my colleagues to reconsider their actions, step away from Corbyn and give
@BorisJohnson
the scope to get that deal.
WATCH | Brexiteer
@MPIainDS
exposes the hypocrite John Major for his "crocodile tears" on prorogation, and slams hardline Remoaner protesters for showing their true, vile colours yesterday. The pro-EU mobs are growing desperate as we get closer to October 31!
Julia to SNP MP Ian Blackford: "I find it extraordinary you think it's outrageous Westminster has any say in the running of Scotland but you think it's acceptable for the German Chancellor to offer deadlines to the British Prime Minister."
@JuliaHB1
|
@IanBlackfordMP
In
#HongKong
decent people are being arrested on trumped up charges using the National Security Law, some facing life imprisonment. The sole purpose of these arrests is to stop them calling for freedom & democracy. I have one question: why isn't this being reported by the UK..1/2
The establishment has to recognise that if the British people are given a vote on an issue, we have to deliver on that result. Prime Minister
@BorisJohnson
stands four square with the people & mustn’t be deflected from his determination to deliver
#Brexit
by 31st Oct.
“I've been on the street talking to people. There's no question that when you promise the British people you will act on the result of the vote back in 2016, and parliament goes on saying ‘no’, this is the fuel that feeds the anger, and therefore it has to be resolved”
@MPIainDS
Boris Johnson must now act. He cannot allow the economy to slip into a damaging recession. The UK tax rate is too high, Boris must now cut taxes on the squeezed middle while he increases support for the poorest. It's time to be bold and deliver.
I’ve known
@IanAustin1965
for years & clashed with him at times, he is no Tory. What he said about Corbyn on
@BBCBreakfast
was moving & he has my respect. He is right, this election is about right & wrong. Corbyn poses a clear & present threat to our country
#VoteConservative2019
The former Labour MP Ian Austin is standing down at the general election and has urged voters to follow him in backing the Conservatives. Jeremy Corbyn is “completely unfit” to be prime minister, he told The Times.
This is deeply worrying. Video appears to show a Hong Kong pro-democracy protestor dragged into the Chinese Consulate grounds in Manchester and beaten. I trust
@suellabraverman
will look into this urgently.
Shocking video spreading on HK Telegram channels showing someone from the PRC Consulate in Manchester kicking down pro-democracy signs.
A protestor then appears to have been dragged behind the Consulate gates and beaten by consulate staff.
It’s our duty to call out the Chinese Govt’s human rights abuse in
#HongKong
& the genocide of the
#Uyghurs
. Those of us who live free lives under the rule of law must speak for those who have no voice. If that brings the anger of China down on me, I’ll wear that badge of honour.
My question to
@DominicRaab
just now regarding the introduction of the Global Human Rights sanctions regime & if this could apply to Carrie Lam
#hongkong
#StandTogether
'You shut down every newspaper and website that is critical of your rule, but not the stalls where bat soup is sold’ You are endangering the world': German tabloid goes to war with China | The Spectator
Pro-Hamas protesters are vile people and should be arrested. We cannot allow these protestors to get away with such hate-filled bile. Over the weekend the usual suspects erupted onto our streets to claim that
#Israel
and the Jewish people were responsible for human rights abuses.…
Two weeks ago, the young activist
#AndyLi
was arrested under the new national security law Beijing imposed on
#HongKong
. His crime? Peacefully promoting democracy in his country – without ever once condoning violence.... via
@MailOnline
Where is the modelling for the societal consequences of lockdown? We have allowed skewed data to distract us from the devastating collateral damage of restrictions, particularly on education.
When faced with police officers being injured
@SadiqKhan
shows no leadership as Mayor of London whatsoever. He doesn't support the police at all, and instead of being on their side he is on their backs.
London is in trouble.
@SadiqKhan
has wasted billions, while investment in transport and housing has dried up.
And today he admitted he would prefer to sack police officers than his press officers.
Just as the capital faces a new summer of crime.
The data underpinning lockdown has "unravelled in the last few days".
There is good evidence across the board the ‘Tier’ system is beginning to work. Full lockdown is not a ‘circuit breaker’ it’s a ‘business breaker’. This is a big decision which damages lives. 1/2