Thames Water ought to be allowed to go bankrupt. It would continue to be run by an administrator, the shareholders would lose their equity but they took too much cash out so deserve no sympathy and the bond holders would face a partial loss. This is capitalism, it wonโt affect
To represent Somerset in Parliament has been a huge honour. Thank you to all those who have helped me since 2010 and my best wishes to Dan Norris in the new seat of North East Somerset and Hanham.
'If you're a white male and you've got insurance with Aviva, they don't like you, they don't want you, and the Chief Executive doesn't approve of you, so why buy your insurance from a company that is hostile?'
Aviva accused of 'racism' for its policy on hiring white males.
Lest we forget.
I was honoured to be able to plant a cross in the Field of Remembrance in New Palace Yard to commemorate the fallen of North East Somerset.
'This student is biologically a girl so i felt it completely appropriate to refer to her by her actual pronouns'
Joshua Sutcliffe was banned from teaching after having been found to have 'misgendered' a pupil.
'There is nothing democratic about the ECHR. The living instrument doctrine is something they've developed without any authority from member states. It makes new rights as it pleases. We can't take charge of migration until we have decided to do it ourselves.'
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โIt was a very exciting day!โ
Sir
@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
shares his joy after receiving his knighthood from Princess Anne earlier today.
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'With the ECHR we have set foreign judges above our Parliament. Does your vote change the law or can you be overruled by an unelected and unaccountable elite? As long as we are in the ECHR, you can be overruled by unelected masters.'
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'We have paved the way for Labour to set a future of high energy bills,
deindustrialisation, loss of jobs and energy insecurity'
Jacob Rees-Mogg laments Labour's North Sea oil ban for making Britain poorer while 'lining the pockets of dictators'.
โIsrael isnโt required under international law to provide anything.โ
Barrister and Director of UK Lawyers for Israel
@UKLFI
states that Israel has a right to defend itself and that it has not committed war crimes.
โInventing a ยฃ22bn black hole while spending ยฃ8bn on green energy that wonโt cut your bills and ยฃ11bn on overseas climate aid is simply dishonest.โ
@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
launches an attack towards โdishonest' Labour, claiming theyโre taking Brits for โfoolsโ to โpick their pocketsโ.
โRwanda has to succeed. All these other points are distractions.โ
@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
says measures to tackle the migrant crisis such as the Bibby Stockholm barge and Ascension Island โdonโt solve the problemโ.
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'Every step Keir has taken, he's revealed himself not to be worthy of the office of PM. Every step has been a breach of some promise or another.'
@BenHabib6
calls on the British people to protest against Keir Starmer to make 'him understand he can't ride roughshod over the UK'.
Should Sir Keir Starmer apologise for abusing the procedures of the House?
"...references by Members [to persons in the galleries]... should not be phrased so as to be in any way intimidating or to seek to influence debate." Erskine May Paragraph 21.30
โPerhaps the lady should have simply stated shouting jihad and the police would have left her alone.โ
Jacob Rees-Mogg complains about the policing of pro-Palestine protests and the treatment of calls for jihad when a ladies silent abortion protest is penalised.
'When even Tony Blair has spoken out against burdening the public with the cost of net zero, you can be sure we are being too hasty with the green agenda.'
@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
reacts to Rishi Sunak issuing new oil and gas licences.
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'Keir Starmer has always been a starry eyed Europhile, he's the champion of the second referendum, and now he wants to do it by stealth'
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SLAMS Keir Starmer's new immigration policy and plans to reopen Brexit negotiations.
'If Britain was wiped out overnight by a meteorite, it would be a bare rounding error in the CO2 ambition.'
Conservative, Craig Mackinlay, discusses the delay to a Government plan to ban oil-fired boilers by 2026.
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'Ultimately as with the 2030 new petrol & diesel ban, and other net zero policies, the burden of the cost once again falls on you. And we will never achieve anything by making ourselves cold and poor.'
@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
MP on the plan to ban boilers in new properties from 2025.
On State of The Nation Tonight from 8pm...ย
๐ช๐บJacob calls for the UK to leave ECHR after France promises biggest crackdown on immigration in 30 years.
๐ฎ๐ฑAnd should the UK be calling for a Israel-Hamas ceasefire? Jacob will be discussing this with Palestinian writer, Mariam
'We are only 1% of the world's emissions, there are no prizes for being the first country in the world to decarbonise.'
Conservative MP, Robert Jenrick, says his primary focus for Britain's energy would be to invest in new nuclear, 'bringing forward' nuclear power.
โItโs high time the Mayor admitted itโs a political, not a scientific, decision.โ
@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
gives his take on the ULEZ expansion and Sadiq Khanโs political motivations.
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'The great unwritten secret of this Government is itโs running the most liberal immigration policy in recent years, possibly in history.'
Paul Goodman discusses the Governmentโs immigration policy.
'These sorts of institutions which are free from scrutiny and democratic accountability always show the same problems - bureaucratic groupthink as they donโt have to justify their decisions to a potentially cold and poor electorate.'
@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
shares his thoughts on COP28