Diary - Rwanda Bill back in the Commons Wednesday, 17 April, 2024 Today, the Rwanda Bill was back in the Commons, the Lords having sent back two further amendments. The PM had hoped they'd stop playing ping pong, but it seemed that we'd have to look at this Bill again on Monday. A lot to catch up on having been away for two days at a funeral and a Defence Committee visit. An interesting virtual surgery session at 1100 took longer than expected as the case was... Diary
Diary - Boris and Jeremy to now slug it out 20th June 2019 Final day before we know who the final two are in the race for the top job in politics. Spent the first part of the morning on constituency business and then... Diary
Diary - Rory Stewart is knocked out of the race to become PM 19th June 2019 Now down to five contenders for the crown. I don't think the TV debate did anyone any favours, but Rory Stewart's performance stalled badly. Morning in the... Diary
Diary - my good colleague Dominic Raab falls out of the race 18th June 2019 Another intriguing day, ending with one of the leadership contenders being voted out. After a busy morning working on constituency matters, I went out for lunch... Diary
Diary - helping veterans with job interviews 17th June 2019 Back to the Commons for a further round of hustings as the remaining leadership contenders battle it out. Today I had the pleasurable task of taking part in a... Diary
W2W - protests erupt in Hong Kong 14th June 2019 I FIRST visited Hong Kong in 1982 while serving in the army. The people were generous, gentle and happy under British rule. But time was always running down for... Articles
Article in BrexitCentral - Joining a functionless “Parliament” by Ben Habib MEP 13th June 2019 As I hurtled towards the big EU machine on the Eurostar from London St Pancras, I had initially intended this post-induction piece to be a light-hearted... Articles
Diary - three down and seven to go 13th June 2019 All eyes are fixed on the fight for the top job in politics. And today the result of the first ballot was announced at midday. Boris Johnson has proved to be... Diary
Letter - general licence update for controlling wild birds from the Environment Secretary, Michael Gove 13th June 2019 I am writing to confirm that tomorrow three new interim general licences will be issued for the killing or taking of certain wild birds in England. On 4th May... Westminster News
Diary - supporting Boris at his launch 12th June 2019 Well, you could never say politics was boring right now. After a run through the park, I headed off to 3 Carlton House Terrace for Boris' launch, which was due... Diary