Delays to the Rwanda Bill continue to run their course.

But soon we will enter a period of consequences.

The lesson of this saga is that when it comes to safeguarding our security, there can be no half measures.

Me in The Telegraph on leaving the ECHR:
telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/1…

The ECHR has been stretched beyond recognition by activist judges that treat the convention as a ‘living instrument’.

It now consistently undermines the UK’s security interests.

Much like the doomed 2015 EU renegotiations, meaningful reform is a fantasy.

We must leave.

This is chilling.

The mayor has banned conservatives who articulate the view of millions of people from meeting because he doesn’t like their opinions.

Meanwhile the Labour Party laugh at these Putin-esque tactics.

Anyone who believes in freedom of speech should be concerned.

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Now more than ever, we must stand with Israel.

For over 70 years, Israel’s very existence has been threatened. Tonight, Iran attacks Israel as their leaders have promised for so long.

Thinking of our military personnel in the region and the people of Israel tonight.

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Pleased to support Ben Houchen and the Teesside Conservatives team.

Ben’s record of delivery has been first rate: bringing business investment, infrastructure, jobs and pride to the Tees Valley.

Mazel tov Lily.

Your life continues to be an inspiration.

What a difference a can do Conservative mayor makes:

Andy has smashed his housing targets, regenerated hundreds of brownfield sites and created thousands of jobs in the process.

Compare that to Sadiq Khan’s dismal catalogue of missed targets in London. There’s no contest.

This is the latest example of the expansionist doctrine practised by the justices of the Strasbourg Court.

By viewing the ECHR as a “living document” they continually stretch its reach in ways no signatory ever agreed to.

It’s profoundly undemocratic.
bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

This is ludicrous.

America isn’t a party to the ECHR - does that play into Putin’s hands? Of course not.

New Labour’s disastrous energy policy is what really did:
theguardian.com/uk/2003/jun/26…

We don't talk enough about the role of demographics in driving tax and spending.

My new post looks at how demographics helped Mrs Thatcher, but have left politicians since 2010 trying to run up the down escalator financially: A quick🧵:

A beautiful neighbourhood, thousands of homes, accompanying infrastructure, hundreds of jobs.

Build it.