We had and have those rights without the ECHR. If you don’t trust British voters to make their own laws, just say so

telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202… The Strasbourg Court is setting itself up as a legislator in place of elected governments. The ECHR has been bent out of shape by activists & politicians who want to seem progressive & internationalist by junking both nations and democracy. We should leave

I really respect Sonia, she is a truly thought provoking journalist.I have grappled with the debate on assisted dying before & will lead for the Petitions Committee on 29 April.

It is our duty as politicians to acknowledge the moral complexities of AD and consequences of a law change.

Forget Wantage, Chippenham, Athelney and other lesser points on the map of King Alfred's life, he was of course a son of Pewsey, which is where his statue is and where he returned on Saturday to open the Community Day in the Bouverie Hall

Great to join the new High Sheriff of Wiltshire Dr Olivia Chapple at her investiture on Friday - with John Glen MP and (fittingly) former Big Society minister Nick Hurd - a great appointment to a great job

Agree - v encouraging indication from the PM that we'll put the primacy of UK law (and the security of our borders) first, even if the ECtHR objects

Encouraging. It's difficult to see how illegal immigration will be fixed unless we address the ECHR issue, for reasons I wrote about here:

neilobrien.co.uk/p/illegal-immi…

Well I mean obviously

🎉🌼🌸April Fools! 🌸🌼🎉

Only kidding. Obviously, the people mentioned in the above tweets aren't women at all, but men, every last one of them.

In passing the Scottish Hate Crime Act, Scottish lawmakers seem to have placed higher value on the feelings of men performing their…

Parris's argument is precisely why disabled people fear #euthanasia and #assistedsuicide . They know that the logical end of that argument is to eradicate them. There is historical precedent, and it was the left and liberals - not simply Nazis - who made this argument in the past.