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Craig Mackinlay MP

@cmackinlay

2 years

A huge supporter #CovidVaccine but opposed to #VaccinePassport & any mandation in a free society. It comes as no surprise that I’ll vote against these measures. Evidence not there to start down the lockdown road again. ‘Just in case’ isn’t good enough to destroy more jobs & lives

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5 years

I gave my views on the Benn/Surrender Act forcefully in @HouseofCommons Chamber this afternoon. The Benn Act will go down in history as the most shameful contrived attempt to delay, frustrate & stop #Brexit . #GENow #StandUp4Brexit

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4 years

A powerful & well written piece by my colleague @IoWBobSeely on the quiet revolution being implemented in #HongKong .

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@ConHome

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From @IoWBobSeely : While we are distracted by the virus, China prepares to seize Hong Kong – and crush freedom

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I’ve had an increasing number of emails regarding this matching my own concerns about this odd @WHO proposal that seems to have just appeared. I’d welcome a statement from @sajidjavid @DHSCgovuk to explain what this means & 🇬🇧 approach to it.

Rt Hon Steve Baker MP FRSA 🗽

@SteveBakerFRSA

2 years

I just tabled a written question to @sajidjavid and @DHSCgovuk , asking for both a written and an oral statement on the UK's negotiating position in relation to the proposed international agreement on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response under the auspices of @WHO

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No Mr Juncker, you and your pals created a perpetual economic crisis across much of the #EU , a lost generation of youth unemployment, destitution & upheaval for millions forced to leave families to find work abroad. You took over & destroyed #Greece , a country I’ve always loved.

Jean-Claude Juncker

@JunckerEU

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In creating the #euro , we turned an improbable aspiration into a daily reality for millions of Europeans. The banknotes in our pockets are worth far more than the numbers written on them. They are the tangible symbol of a united Europe. #ECBForum

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3 years

I was pleased to be one of the 63 @Conservatives #MPs who signed this letter #COVID19 #Road2Recovery

Mark Harper

@Mark_J_Harper

3 years

63 Conservative MPs sign our letter to the PM 👇 👉 Vaccine = immunity from lockdowns & restrictions 👉 All pupils back in school 8 March 👉 Hospitality open by Easter 👉 No legislative restrictions after top 9 vulnerable groups protected #Road2Recovery starts here 🇬🇧

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A spiteful act by opposition MPs to not allow the normal @Conservatives Conference #CPC19 . The Conference continues but much of the £32m boost to #Manchester economy will be lost. #Shameful

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1 year

I have the main ‘Comment’ piece in @Daily_Express today. We’ve allowed the left to take over the establishment and haven’t noticed. Tony Blair started the chumocracy appointments & we’ve failed to get it back into fair balance. #SueGraygate blows the lid on an long simmering pot.

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5 years

A superb montage of clips. I’m now branded ‘extreme’ for simply staying true to what all these people had promised and their analysis of what the #Brexit vote would mean and what the 2017 manifestos of @Conservatives & @UKLabour agreed to honour. #staytrue #StandUp4Brexit

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We should be leaving the EU today. But because of promise-breaking Remain politicians, it's not happening. Remember these broken promises the next time they ask for your vote.

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2 years

I’d always respected @thesundaytimes but they’re running fishing operation #MPs who’ve had #LevellingUp grant ‘suggesting’ it’s given/denied on basis of votes/loyalty. An odd idea in my case as I’ve been notably rebellious over past yr. Poor behaviour. I’d expect better

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3 years

The proper place to receive new evidence and analysis #COVID19 is @HouseofCommons . What does the mutation mean? I appreciate govt has to act fast in some instances but the new #Tier4 what it means & why, must be debated and voted upon. There is no option but to #RecallParliament

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On Thursday 28 September I was rushed into hospital with the potential for sepsis. This was indeed correct and I was placed into an induced coma with multiple organ failures. Treatment has been exemplary by all NHS staff and I can’t thank them enough. I am now on a slow road to

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5 years

I’m sure nobody will be surprised to note that I will be voting tonight to keep #NoDeal on the table. Anything else represents an unbelievably foolish approach to a negotiation. Are we really prepared to say to the EU - offer us anything, at any price and we’ll meekly comply?

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@cmackinlay

5 years

Couldn’t agree more with @KateHoeyMP . The @ElectoralCommUK has made too many mistakes, hounded too many innocent people (I should know), given too much incorrect advice, changed its mind repeatedly, made interpretations of the law ‘on the hoof’. It has no further worth.

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@cmackinlay

5 years

The howling Left :’It’s a coup’. This @Conservatives government :’If that’s your fear then let’s have an election.’ The howling left: ‘No.’

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@cmackinlay

5 years

I’ve never met @yanisvaroufakis (despite trying to); his politics are way different to mine but his experience of #EU treatment of #Greece is a testament to how the organisation chews up the democracy of nations. Why do the majority of @HouseofCommons want to stay in this sham?

BBC Question Time

@bbcquestiontime

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‘This is a deal that a nation signs only after having been defeated at war’ Economist @yanisvaroufakis criticises Theresa May on Brexit. #bbcqt

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5 years

Brexit activist Darren Grimes wins appeal against £20,000 Electoral Commission fine. Good on you ⁦ @darrengrimes_ ⁩ pleased to have given you some moral support at court this week. Once more the ⁦ @ElectoralCommUK ⁩ shows itself wanting.

Brexit activist Darren Grimes wins appeal against £20,000 Electoral Commission fine

Brexit activist Darren Grimes has won an appeal against a £20,000 fine imposed by the Electoral Commission for his activity during the 2016 Brexit referendum.

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@cmackinlay

1 year

From #Kent car dealer today: “I won’t sell secondhand EVs, why would I want liability of a battery that fails under guarantee?” He quoted electric Ford Mustang Mach E. Price new £52k…price of replacement battery £26k. Are we creating throwaway products with no 2nd hand value?

Net Zero Watch

@NetZeroWatch

1 year

“We are lumbered with unfeasible targets to ban petrol and diesel — instead we need pragmatic solutions such as e-fuels… We’ll need petrol, diesel, e-fuels and the internal combustion engine for many decades to come.” @iainmartin1 #CostOfNetZero 👉

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Electricity this am from #windpower 1.93% of demand. Solar 7%, nuclear 19%, gas 51%. Based on a low demand of just 27GW (in winter this is commonly 45GW). This is without a tripling of electricity need for motive power, home heating & industry under #NetZero plan. #Doomedtofail

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@cmackinlay

3 years

I was pleased to sign this. To cast a free nation into ongoing restrictions needs holistic data that includes the impact on other health conditions, the effect on the economy, likely to be generational, and be based upon unimpeachably sound data. #COVID

Mark Harper

@Mark_J_Harper

3 years

✍️ Read the full letter signed by me and my Conservative colleagues, 70 of us, calling on the Government to demonstrate the necessity and proportionality of any new restrictions from 2 December 👇

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5 years

I couldn’t in good conscience vote for #WA meaning an unbreakable ‘Backstop’ of a #CU & #SingleMarket compliance. I listened to arguments that we could end up with worse; it’d struggle to be so. I’ve been against this #Brino since Chequers. I intend always to honour what I say.

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@cmackinlay

5 years

I’m appalled at the way #Parliament voted tonight. 75% of MPs voted for Art 50 process on 1st Feb 2017. EU treaties might not be an easy read, but Art 50 is quite simple - we leave after 2 yrs, deal or #NoDeal . We’ve just given away our most powerful bargaining chip. #Pathetic

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@cmackinlay

2 years

If a 🇩🇪 ‘Green’ Minister can promote & deliver this, bringing immediate relief to consumers, then a 🇬🇧 @Conservatives one most surely can? Time to suspend the environmental levies on energy bills. #CostOfNetZero

Nick Gutteridge

@nickgutteridge

2 years

Germany set to abolish renewables levy on electricity bills to help people with spiralling energy costs, says the country's Green economic affairs minister. It had already been slashed by 43% in October last year. Interesting in context of UK debate too.

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Capital invested in 🇬🇧 wind farms approx £50bn. This morning, power output under 1% of our needs. I’m not opposed to any energy plan that works but this #renewables plan clearly doesn’t cut it. Gas supplying 58%, nuclear 19% (much being permanently turned off in July), solar 9%.

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1 year

Electricity demand this evening 40.66GW. Will need to be 5x this supply if we electrify everything from home heating/cooking, transport & industry. Temperature -2C. Snowing heavily across much of the country. #Renewables wind, a not so dynamic 0.76GW, 1.87%. #Justsaying

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2 years

Over 40,000 #Channel dinghy crossings 2022. Observations: 🇫🇷 French could stop every beach launch, we’ve offered personnel & high tech kit to help - refused. Germany & Sweden have accepted zero refugee applications from #Albania - EU applicant, NATO, Council of Europe country.

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5 years

News tonight - Labour’s new policy is for 2nd #EUReferendum . What part of a democratic vote is not being understood? I will oppose any attempt for a 2nd referendum seeking to drag us back into the EU. The people of #SouthThanet voted to leave by 2:1. We now need to get on with it

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@cmackinlay

8 years

This letter puts issue of our £350m weekly payment to the EU in simple terms. Do pass it on. #EUref #VoteLeave

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@cmackinlay

3 years

And our independence begins. Dividend of #Brexit . Protection of our environment starts now.

Charles Clover

@CRHClover

3 years

BREAKING NEWS FROM DEFRA

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1 year

Sorry to see @BorisJohnson resignation from @HouseofCommons . A huge mandate for #Brexit with a majority not seen in a generation, dedication across #Covid , global leadership #Ukraine war & a man I call a friend. A political colossus bringing millions of voters to @Conservatives

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5 years

I voted against Labour’s latest Parliamentary shenanigans to stop #Brexit . A brazen attempt to take over the Order Paper on 25th June with a view to daisy chaining into new Bills to delay, frustrate & stop Brexit. Thankfully it was defeated. We will deliver for the 17.4 million.

Sky News

@SkyNews

5 years

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn fails in a cross-party effort to seize control of the House of Commons agenda and then legislate against no deal. Get more on this story here:

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5 years

As #Brexit votes roll in, my MP colleagues @HouseofCommons need to wake up & deliver #Brexit . We shouldn’t have needed to ask again, answer is same. I’ve voted continually to deliver on #WTO terms if #Brussels intransigence continues. Out by 31/10, no ifs, no buts, no compromises

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3 years

Live animal exports to be banned in England & Wales - am delighted. I’ve joined campaigners at #Ramsgate as often as I can over years. This foul trade has been a stain on our community. A true #Brexit dividend that I promised @Conservatives would deliver.

Live animal exports to be banned in England and Wales

The environment secretary says the ban could be in place by the end of 2021 in a move away from EU rules.

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@cmackinlay

5 years

Looks like disgraceful Benn/ #SurrenderAct has delivered what the #Brexit blockers intended -a foul & unwanted extension. So be it; gives us the time that wasn’t available to the #PM to reopen the #WA and get changes to #NIProtocol to the satisfaction of @duponline . #Silverlining

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@cmackinlay

1 year

My question to ⁦ @10DowningStreet ⁩ #PMQ highlighting sham ‘consultation’ by ⁦ @MayorofLondon ⁩ expanding #ULEZ against wishes of outer #London residents & true taxation without representation levied against #SouthThanet drivers & all in home counties.

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@cmackinlay

5 years

We have a great field of @Conservatives standing for the leadership election. For me @BorisJohnson has the right qualifications for the job. A proper #Brexit , a towering reputation for results & electoral success. He has my support. #BackBoris #StandUp4Brexit

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@cmackinlay

5 years

Confirmation if any were needed that anyone against the EU ‘project’ is treated as a heretic. We Brexiteers have always had a plan, it’s an advanced FTA, co-operation on things that matter, but freedom to set our own laws & take our place as a global player. It’s they that refuse

Lord Ashcroft

@LordAshcroft

5 years

For many this will harden their view to leave the EU...

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@cmackinlay

4 years

This chaos in #London #whitehall tonight has nothing to do with protests at events in the USA, this is just wanton violence & criminality. Disgraceful.

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@cmackinlay

2 years

The package of measures @trussliz is proposing gives @Conservatives a fresh start to grow the economy with lower taxes, cutting burdensome regulations & properly removing #EU rules and laws & delivering #Brexit dividends. Has my 🗳

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@cmackinlay

3 years

Which one do you fancy? 2 years ago, scientists say global warming increases wind speeds - good for turbine energy. Now global warming blamed for global ‘wind-stilling’ making for less wind production. Yes, I’m confused too!

Renewable energy: Rise in global wind speed to boost green power

Rising winds could increase energy production from turbines by a third over the next decade.

www.bbc.com

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@cmackinlay

4 years

The #EU didn’t get (or demand) control of other countries internal affairs when concluding #FTA with #Canada #SouthKorea #Japan . EU countries fishing fleets didn’t get access to the Grand Banks. We left EU on 31st Jan 2020. We’re your biggest market, you have trade surplus. #Daft

Global Vision

@GlobalVision_UK

4 years

Confirming the continued stand-off EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier has stated, “without a clear and effective ‘level playing field’ framework, without a balanced fisheries agreement, there will not be any possible agreement on our economic and trading partnership.“

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3 years

This is not right. Is this really what Covid rules & restrictions have brought us to with heavy police response? We’re a free country. People came together to remember a life senselessly & cruelly taken #SarahEverard

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@cmackinlay

4 years

I voted against #Lockdown2 this afternoon. I did not feel the human and financial cost of another closedown of the economy had been properly considered & also much wrong with the regulations #Golf #Worship and the #Wilkinsons conundrum of closing non-essential shops #SouthThanet

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@cmackinlay

2 years

As @Conservatives leadership papers lan #SouthThanet , I’m declaring for Liz Truss @trussliz . She’ll move quickly on realising #Brexit dividends of deregulation, offer immediate help on fuel bills suspending #Greenlevy & unwind new #Tax hikes #CorporationTax & #NIC . A great offer.

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@cmackinlay

5 years

Lots of chat about #CustomsUnion at the moment. It’s the worst of all worlds meaning no chance of international trade deals & is no #Brexit . #Turkey experience is a case in point. Just wish fellow MPs would take the time to understand its realities.

We must break free from the EU on trade after Brexit - because if you're not at the table, you must...

I VOTED Remain in 2016, but the British people spoke clearly: they wanted us to leave the European Union. So we must make Brexit work. We’ve heard about all the difficulties leaving the EU presents…

www.thesun.co.uk

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@cmackinlay

3 years

I concur with this request. #Road2Recovery . I’m elected to make tough decisions for my constituents #SouthThanet . I need proper data to make these decisions that will affect so many across #COVID19 , other health issues, the economy & personal liberty.

Rt Hon Steve Baker MP FRSA 🗽

@SteveBakerFRSA

3 years

MPs are glad to share in the burden of decision. That's why we need the information necessary to show the Government's restrictions will do more good than harm, in full and in time. It is a modest request. #Road2Recovery

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3 years

The ERG Plenary meeting has concluded. Huge thanks to @SirBillCash & the #StarChamber for their work. The ERG officers have recommended that we should support this deal as it respects British Sovereignty. Here's to a bright future for a post #Brexit UK. A great start for 2021.

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@cmackinlay

2 years

I asked Home Sec @pritipatel to make an open & generous offer to French counterpart @GDarmanin to supply @UKBorder officers & Army to assist in securing dinghy launch sites in France, similar to the welcomed help given to Poland. She replied that the offer had already been made.

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@cmackinlay

6 years

This is a devastating assessment of the #Brexit divorce deal from an institution broadly pro EU in its outlook. Whatever your vote in #Brexitreferendum this should be read.

Rt Hon Steve Baker MP FRSA 🗽

@SteveBakerFRSA

6 years

Extraordinary from pro-EU ⁦ @business ⁩ / ⁦ @Brexit ⁩, “The agreement makes Britain a perpetual subordinate” No MP should vote for this rubbish

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2 years

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@cmackinlay

5 years

This is the reality of #Backstop and perpetual ‘close alignment’. For this and many other reasons, I cannot support the #BrexitDeal . Live animal exports are a stain on any concept of decency & hugely focussed on port of #Ramgate . Tell me #SouthThanet that you support me.

#StandUp4Brexit

@StandUp4Brexit

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‘ @BorisJohnson : If we sign May’s backstop, The British Government will be powerless to end the “barbaric” practise of live animal transport - that sees terrified calves trapped in the dark for over 100 hours. #StandUp4Brexit #BinTheBackStop

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@cmackinlay

5 years

Pretty daft thing to do (sit in an empty chamber) whilst Parliament is #Prorogued . Never mind that we’d be in Conference recess by now anyway (as every year for past 80 years). I’m at work, where it counts #SouthThanet constituency.

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@cmackinlay

3 years

£100Bn just for London’s residential property to reach #NetZero . Not my figures, not figures created by a group concerned about #CostofNetZero , but by a group of #London councils. And for just 14% of 🇬🇧 housing stock. To save 0.02% of global CO2. You read it right.

Net Zero Watch

@NetZeroWatch

3 years

“This latest cost estimate for Net Zero (just for housing and just for London) shows that the Climate Change Committee misled MPs when they claimed the cost of #NetZero would be much lower” Dr Benny Peiser Read more:

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@cmackinlay

5 years

Huge congratulations to my friend & colleague @johnredwood on his #knighthood . A parliamentarian of integrity, vision & clarity. Well deserved for years of devoted public service.

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@cmackinlay

5 years

I voted down Govt’s Withdrawal Ag tonight. I want a good deal & best possible relations with EU friends, but a deal has to work both ways & be fair. The WA has many flaws with the unamended #Backstop a trap we’d never be free of; the public would rightly not forgive us for #BRINO

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@cmackinlay

4 years

Very supportive of this stance. The #EU have not used best endeavours to get to an Agreement. Looks to me like they had no intention of an #FTA without control of our fish, our taxes (under level playing field) & submission to their politicised court. #WalkAway @10DowningStreet

BBC Politics

@BBCPolitics

4 years

"I've concluded we should get ready for January 1 with arrangements that are more like Australia's" PM Boris Johnson says the EU summit seems to have ruled out a Canada-style deal - based on free trade - for the UK

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5 years

An uplifting, no nonsense speech as @BorisJohnson arrives to @10DowningStreet . This administration will bring life back into UK politics & a new trust with #Brexit delivered by 31/10/19 & new policies for the benefit of all. #Cracking

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@cmackinlay

1 year

Doubt our 🇬🇧 1% amounts to little more than a rounding error. Perhaps he could knock on the door of China…India…Indonesia…Nigeria, etc, etc. How is it an educated & erudite man can believe this hyperbole?

Sky News

@SkyNews

1 year

In a controversial move, the United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has called on polluting developed countries like the UK to fast forward net-zero targets by a decade to 2040, warning the "climate time bomb is ticking". Latest:

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@cmackinlay

5 years

What will this mad place do today? Virtually certain to be bad with 2/3rds or more opposed to #Brexit This day of ‘indicative votes’ is a sham & should never be taking place. Even more mad is that the Speaker will choose which ‘indicative votes’ are allowed! #StandUp4Brexit

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@cmackinlay

2 years

I don’t know Dominic Cummings at all well but our paths crossed during #VoteLeave campaign 2016. It is a conundrum that in 2020 & the #BarnardCastle incident he was pilloried by all & MSM as not believable but is now held up as a sage and oracle of truth. He surely can’t be both.

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@cmackinlay

3 years

Is it just me or has the new phenomenon of getting offended, upset & outraged at practically anything become daft, if not discredited now?

KCL forced to apologise after staff outrage over Prince Philip email

King’s College London has been forced to apologise after an email bulletin featuring a picture of Prince Philip upset staff.

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@cmackinlay

2 years

On back of huge energy price rise, #energysecurity must be a primary aim of government. We need to maximise domestic #gas & accelerate nuclear. By all means have #renewables in the mix but they simply can’t plug short to medium term gap. This is reality time. #Drillforvictory

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@cmackinlay

2 years

Biomass - result of cutting down trees in 🇺🇸, pelleting wood & transport 3,500 miles across Atlantic on a diesel 🚢 then burning it in an old fashioned furnace in 🇬🇧 is giving 7.7% of elec this am. We call this #Green and give it a zero #CO2 output. Yes, the policy is that daft.

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@cmackinlay

5 years

Another evening of shambolic ‘indicative votes’ but with some choices judged out of order by the Speaker before we start. My view is that this is not what @HouseofCommons should be doing. My votes and decisions tonight are easy. #StandUp4Brexit

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@cmackinlay

5 years

Powerful letter from many former Cabinet members. Tells succinctly what is wrong with a #CustomsUnion with #EU . We’d have no trade policy, no say & would be a tradeable plaything for the EU. Madness. #NodealwithLabour

Greg Hands

@GregHands

5 years

13 ex-Cabinet & Sir Graham Brady letter to the PM: “A Customs Union Brexit deal with Labour is both bad policy and bad politics”. Letter in full here.

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5 years

Great piece. Classic @Jacob_Rees_Mogg at his finest.

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@cmackinlay

5 years

Obviously yet to see #WAB in its ‘new’ form, but it will merely be a re-hash into UK statutory form of the foul #WithdrawalAgreement . I voted against #WA1 #WA2 & #WA3 . The WAB will create potential for a #CustomsUnion & #2ndReferendum . I will not support it. #StandUp4Brexit

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@cmackinlay

5 years

#Notguilty

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@cmackinlay

5 years

I’m disgusted. A #Brexit dividend of the ability to stop this foul trade out of #Ramsgate delayed again. #EndLiveExports

Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation

@ConservativeAWF

5 years

We are sorry to report that 3 lorries of sheep & calves from Scotland are expected to sail from Ramsgate Port this Friday, 12th April, at 8am in the morning. We urge @michaelgove to end live exports for slaughter & fattening #EndLiveExports #StopLiveTransports

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Craig Mackinlay MP

@cmackinlay

3 years

I’ll drink to that! Substituting just one bottle of wine this month for one from #Australia will send a clear signal that we stand together & won’t be bullied. #SolidaritywithAustralia

Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC)

@ipacglobal

3 years

#SolidaritywithAustralia 🍷🇦🇺

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Craig Mackinlay MP

@cmackinlay

5 years

Today we see again most unusual constitutional abuse of Parliamentary norms. This Bill, being pushed thru in 4 hrs won’t returm power to #Parliament , it delivers UK into the power and control of the EU. No sensible Remain voter, let alone a #Leave voter, can think it acceptable.

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@cmackinlay

5 years

Currently in the @HouseofCommons ‘No’ lobby voting against any #Article50 extension. With usual colleagues fighting for common sense. #StandUp4Brexit

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@cmackinlay

8 years

Snap polls clear - Leave won tonight. Hope trumps fear. #bbcdebate #VoteLeave

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@cmackinlay

5 years

Couldn’t agree more. I hope (forlornly) that opposition MPs will listen. Remember the leaflet? ‘This is your decision, the government will implement what you decide.’ I will always stand up for the 64% of #SouthThanet residents who voted #Brexit

Guido Fawkes

@GuidoFawkes

5 years

Snap Poll: Vast Majority Want Parliament to Get On With Brexit

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Craig Mackinlay MP

@cmackinlay

3 years

I’m saddened #SouthThanet #Kent put into new #Tier4 . I feel for independent traders who’ll have geared up for #Christmas & for families looking forward to brief respite for festive season. We’ve been in lockdown for 6wks & no improvement. I remain unmoved that they’re the answer.

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@cmackinlay

4 years

Pleased to support the #InternalMarketBill at 2nd reading last night. Overwhelmingly carried to protect the internal market of the UK while the EU continues to prevaricate over a future #FTA . This is an insurance policy for the #UK family. My speech here.

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@cmackinlay

5 years

Detailed work went into these documents at the core of a workable plan to deliver proper #Brexit . It’s a managed and mutually beneficial transition to a strong independent future for the UK allowing us freedom on the global stage whilst respecting the concerns of the EU. #whynot

Rt Hon Steve Baker MP FRSA 🗽

@SteveBakerFRSA

5 years

Reflecting that we have already done our homework on how to leave after rejecting the Withdrawal Agreement:

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Craig Mackinlay MP

@cmackinlay

1 year

Well worth 2 min read. Many ask why I devote time to 🇬🇧 energy policy & concern about #renewableenergy ? It’s intermittency (=unreliability) & cost. I wish #NetZero ambitions could lead us to a new nirvana but they practically can’t & won’t. #Dunkelflaute

Renewables won’t keep us warm this winter

The cold snap is exposing the limits of wind and solar – and the insanity of the green agenda.

www.spiked-online.com

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Craig Mackinlay MP

@cmackinlay

3 years

Couldn’t agree more. With at least 50+ years of gas under our feet, international gas prices at highest in history, reliance on #Russian gas is pure lunacy. Whatever your view on #NetZero fossil fuels will be part of our energy mix for decades. Better to have domestic security.

Matt Ridley

@mattwridley

3 years

“we must stop pussy-footing around, and get fracking. Even if we have hundreds of fracking pads, they are nothing like as ugly as windmills, and they can be dismantled as soon as the gas is extracted.” Well said, @BorisJohnson (in 2013).

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Craig Mackinlay MP

@cmackinlay

5 years

Today I’m declaring support for @BorisJohnson to be @Conservatives Leader & #PM . My poll of #SouthThanet members returned 65% for him. A clean #Brexit with drive for a new global Britain, Conservative values & that unique electoral appeal that he brings. @BackBoris #BackBoris

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@cmackinlay

10 months

This would not have been possible without #Brexit . Under #EU membership no #UK trade Minister would be allowed to discuss, let alone sign such a wide reaching deal. Membership of EU single market & customs union put this out of reach. #CPTPP means lower prices for consumers, new

Kemi Badenoch

@KemiBadenoch

10 months

I have just formally signed the UK’s entry into CPTPP in Auckland, New Zealand 🤝 This will be a big boost for British businesses and open up huge opportunities and unparalleled access to a market of over 500 million people in the Indo-Pacific and beyond 🇬🇧📈

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@cmackinlay

3 years

The #EU vaccine war shows the petty nationalist & cruel streak running through the wretched organisation. Willing to tear up contracts, trash the Good Friday Agreement #GFA & invoke #Article16 of the #NIprotocol to make up for their gross inefficiencies to save their failed Union

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@cmackinlay

2 years

Superb appointment. Congratulations @Jacob_Rees_Mogg

UK Prime Minister

@10DowningStreet

2 years

The Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP @Jacob_Rees_Mogg has been appointed Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy @BEISGovUK . #Reshuffle

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@cmackinlay

2 years

The #ICE new car ban 2030 even more incoherent on back of #Electricity cost to charge #EV ; cost of driving 400 miles- petrol car c£50, ECar c£150. Price of EVs rocket in yr by 30%, now 80% more than equiv ICE. The rare elements (mainly Chinese controlled) are scarce. @FairFuelUK

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Craig Mackinlay MP

@cmackinlay

5 years

Behaviour in @HouseofCommons last night was shameful. If Labour MPs think this behaviour is acceptable in #Parliament , imagine them in government? Bring on #GE2019 .

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@cmackinlay

6 years

Look hard, can u see ‘hard border’ between non-EU country, Switzerland & EU state, France? This photo of the border. Can’t see it- because there isn’t one; technical solutions, common-sense & trust works very adequately. What’s the problem with NI & Eire border? There isn’t one.

Chris Philp MP

@CPhilpOfficial

6 years

This is what EU Customs Union border can look like - Flughafenstrasse in Basel on Swiss (not in CU) French (in CU) border. There is a little sign and a small camera of the kind seen on every high street. There are technical solutions to ensuring no hard border NI/RoI

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Craig Mackinlay MP

@cmackinlay

5 years

Can’t be clearer than that. Labour now a Remain Party. 5 million Labour voters chose #Brexit in the 2016 #EUReferendum , Labour leadership has now told them they’re not wanted. All welcome at @Conservatives . #BackBoris @BackBoris

CCHQ Press

@CCHQPress

5 years

Emily Thornberry today endorsing @UKLabour as a party for remain - ignoring the 17.4 million people who voted to leave the EU

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Craig Mackinlay MP

@cmackinlay

1 year

All credit to Matt @Telegraph for a great cartoon. Gets it in one, explaining simply more than a 1,000 words ever can. #Stopthe2030 ban.

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@cmackinlay

1 year

Pity we flattened most #coalpower stations 🇬🇧 just to show our virtuousness on dash to #NetZero . Germany kept most of theirs mothballed ‘just in case’. Never mind, we can pay inflated electricity prices to import coal produced interconnector electricity (if they’ve any spare).

National Grid ESO

@NationalGridESO

1 year

We've issued a notification to warm two winter contingency coal units. This measure should give the public confidence in Monday’s energy supply. (1/3)

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Craig Mackinlay MP

@cmackinlay

5 years

An obvious point, well made. The #WithdrawalAgreement is there for all to see and understand. It has been decisively and rightly rejected by the UK electorate. A new PM needs to see this, understand this and rip up this hated deal & move forward with a proper #Brexit .

John Redwood

@johnredwood

5 years

The dreadful Conservative election result is a decisive rejection of Mrs May's Withdrawal Treaty. Only the Conservatives offered the draft Treaty. Anyone wanting it would have voted Conservative.

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Craig Mackinlay MP

@cmackinlay

3 years

Utterly loopy. Coal imported (mainly Russian), 🇷🇺 also limiting supply for build up of gas reserves over Summer period across Europe & all the while we effectively ban domestic #fracked gas & talk about stopping new North Sea exploration. Wind just won’t do it. #CostofNetZero

BBC News (UK)

@BBCNews

3 years

UK fires up coal power plant as gas prices soar

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Craig Mackinlay MP

@cmackinlay

4 years

I’ve devoted 28yrs, more than 1/2 my life for this momentous event of the passage of legislation for #UK to leave the #EU . The UK re-enters the global stage once more as a normal, independent nation. We wish our EU friends every success with their project that was never for us.

Department for Exiting the EU

@DExEUgov

4 years

The Brexit Bill has passed its final parliamentary hurdle. All that's left is for it to be given Royal Assent. We're leaving 🇪🇺 on 31 January.

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Craig Mackinlay MP

@cmackinlay

2 years

29 pages very worthy of the time to read. As @Conservatives we can’t continue the growth of state spending & tax take now in excess of the Blair/Brown years. Big govt cannot solve everything & when it tries to it generally does it badly. @Policy_Exchange @cwforward @DavidGHFrost

Conservative Way Forward

@cwforward

2 years

EU membership narrowed our horizons and they need once again to be widened 🚀 Read more of @DavidGHFrost ’s new report with @Policy_Exchange here 👉

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Craig Mackinlay MP

@cmackinlay

6 years

I’m disgusted that #Ramsgate commercial port, due to EU #Singlemarket rules is powerless to say no to such an appalling #Liveanimalexport trade. It’s unnecessary & must stop. @michaelgove do listen. The thought of an ever extending transition out of #EU membership is unacceptable

Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation

@ConservativeAWF

6 years

Live young calves are being shipped from Ramsgate Port tonight. We urge for a ban on the vile trade of live animal exports for slaughter or fattening

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Craig Mackinlay MP

@cmackinlay

2 years

I ask again, with latest #StormCorrie leaving 30,000 without power, is the dash to full electrification of everything we do - driving, heating, cooking, energy for business really sensible? Third such event across coldest months #CostofNetZero #RealityofNetZero

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Craig Mackinlay MP

@cmackinlay

8 years

My vote is cast, have u voted yet? You can take your postal vote to any local polling station #VoteLeave @vote_leave

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Craig Mackinlay MP

@cmackinlay

5 years

Spoke out on the issue of the ongoing, regular and shameful #liveanimalexports out of Port #Ramsgate at #PMQs . Another shipment tomorrow. The outlawing of long distance travel for livestock must form the backbone of a post #Brexit Agricultural strategy. @ciwf @ConservativeAWF

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Craig Mackinlay MP

@cmackinlay

5 years

External #EU borders between a member state & a non-EU member can be made to work through trusted appliance of rules, existing data collection & compliance. The NI/RoI border issue is conflated nonsense designed merely to frustrate #Brexit . Such an international border below.

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Craig Mackinlay MP

@cmackinlay

4 years

. @Amazon must be laughing their socks off. You want to see how Labour manages economies & crises. Look to #Wales . This response is laughable. Who came up with the command & control list of what is essential & what is not?

Sky News

@SkyNews

4 years

"Non-essential items" have been sealed off in supermarkets in Wales amid government's new coronavirus restrictions. Read more here: