Category: GOVE, Rt Hon Michael, MP (Tory MP for Surrey Heath)
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Conservative Leadership 2019
18th June 2019On Saturday, I attended a meeting of the National Conservative Convention in my capacity as Chairman of Basildon & Billericay Conservative Association and sat in on a hustings for the upcoming Conservative leadership election, attended by all six of the remaining candidates and I thought I would share my recollections and thoughts about the occasion.…
- Basildon & Billericay (constituency)
- BRADY, Sir Graham, MP (Tory MP for Altrincham & Sale West and Chair, 1922 Cttee)
- Brexit
- CAMERON, Rt Hon David (fmr. Tory PM)
- CHURCHILL, Rt Hon Sir Winston, KG &c (late Tory PM)
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- CORBYN, Rt Hon Jeremy, MP (Leader of the Opposition & Labour MP for Islington North)
- DAVIS, Rt Hon David, MP (Tory MP for Haltemprice & Howden)
- GOVE, Rt Hon Michael, MP (Tory MP for Surrey Heath)
- HAGUE of RICHMOND, William, Lord (Tory peer)
- HARRY (Henry), HRH The Duke of Sussex, KCVO
- HESELTINE, Michael Lord, CH (Tory peer)
- HOWARD of LYMPNE, Michael, Lord, CH QC (Tory peer)
- HUNT, Admiral Sir Nicholas, GCB LVO DL
- HUNT, Rt Hon Jeremy, MP (Tory MP for South West Surrey)
- JAVID, Rt Hon Sajid, MP (Tory MP for Bromsgrove)
- JOHNSON, Rt Hon Boris, MP (Tory MP for Uxbridge & South Ruislip)
- JOHNSON, Stanley (fmr Tory MEP)
- Labour Party
- MACKENZIE, Cllr Luke (Con, Pitsea SE)
- MALTHOUSE, Kit, MP (Tory MP for NW Hants)
- MAY, Rt Hon Theresa, MP (Prime Minister)
- MERKEL, Angela (Chancellor of Germany)
- MI6 (Secret Intelligence Service)
- National Conservative Convention
- OSBORNE, Rt Hon George, CH (fmr. Tory Chancellor)
- RAAB, Rt Hon Dominic, MP (Tory MP for Esher & Walton)
- South Basildon & East Thurrock (constituency)
- STEWART, Brian, CMG
- STEWART, Rt Hon Rory, OBE MP (Tory MP for Penrith & The Border)
- STOCKTON, Harold, 1st Earl of, OM FRS (Harold Macmillan) (late Tory PM)
- STURGEON, Rt Hon Nicola, MSP (SNP First Minister of Scotland)
- THATCHER, Margaret, Baroness, LG OM (late Tory PM)
- Uncategorised
- WILLIAM, HRH The Duke of Cambridge, KG &c
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Thanks, Dave!
18th July 2016I must begin this blog with my customary apology for the length of time it has taken to write it. A number of people have complained that I have not yet written up the Full Council meeting of 7th July, well over a week ago, including no less a figure than Cllr David Harrison (WI,…
- BLAIR, Rt Hon Tony (fmr. Labour PM)
- BROWN, Rt Hon Gordon (fmr. Labour PM)
- Buckingham Palace
- CAMERON, Elwen
- CAMERON, Florence
- CAMERON, Nancy
- CAMERON, Rt Hon David (fmr. Tory PM)
- CAMERON, Samantha
- CLARKE, Rt Hon Kenneth, CH QC MP (Tory MP for Rushcliffe)
- Corporation Tax
- DAVIS, Rt Hon David, MP (Tory MP for Haltemprice & Howden)
- Downing Street
- DUNCAN SMITH, Rt Hon Iain, MP (Tory MP for Chingford & Woodford Green)
- Europe
- European Exchange Rate Mechanism
- European Union
- G8
- GOVE, Rt Hon Michael, MP (Tory MP for Surrey Heath)
- HARRISON, Cllr David (WInd, Wickford Park)
- HOWARD of LYMPNE, Michael, Lord, CH QC (Tory peer)
- Keynesianism
- Labour Party
- LEADSOM, Rt Hon Andrea, MP (Tory MP for South Northamptonshire)
- Liberal Democrats
- MAY, Philip
- MAY, Rt Hon Theresa, MP (Prime Minister)
- National Insurance
- One Nation Conservatism
- PMQs
- QUEEN, HM The
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Why I'm backing Leadsom for PM
3rd July 2016I used my last blog to explain why I had taken the decision to vote Leave in the EU referendum on 23rd June and I just want to start this one by saying how delighted I was by the result. I always tend to treat voting in a rather theatrical manner but for this one…
- 1922 Committee
- BARLEY, Emily (Chair, Conservatives for Liberty)
- BARON, John, MP (Tory MP for Basildon & Billericay)
- Basildon, Borough of
- BLUNKETT, David, Lord, PC (Labour peer)
- CAMERON, Rt Hon David (fmr. Tory PM)
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- Conservatives for Liberty
- CRABB, Rt Hon Stephen, MP (Tory MP for Preseli Pembrokeshire)
- Data Retention Investigatory Powers Act (2014)
- European Arrest Warrant
- European Union
- FOX, Rt Hon Dr Liam, MP (Tory MP for North Somerset)
- GOVE, Rt Hon Michael, MP (Tory MP for Surrey Heath)
- JOHNSON, Rt Hon Boris, MP (Tory MP for Uxbridge & South Ruislip)
- LEADSOM, Rt Hon Andrea, MP (Tory MP for South Northamptonshire)
- MAY, Rt Hon Theresa, MP (Prime Minister)
- Referendum
- WERRITTY, Adam
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My position on Grammar Schools
22nd February 2016Below is the full text of my speech at the meeting of Full Council on 11th February 2016 on the Grammar Schools motion: Almost everyone but the most ardent Left-wingers generally acknowledge there have been problems with our comprehensive education system – they just haven’t been able, historically, to agree on a way to combat…
- ADONIS, Andrew, Lord (Labour peer)
- Billericay School
- BLAIR, Rt Hon Tony (fmr. Labour PM)
- CROSLAND, Rt Hon Anthony (late Labour MP)
- GOVE, Rt Hon Michael, MP (Tory MP for Surrey Heath)
- Government
- Grammar Schools
- Labour Party
- London School of Economics
- Southend High School for Boys
- WILSON of RIEVAULX, Harold, Lord, KG (late Labour PM)