Last Wednesday, Her Majesty The Queen conducted the State Opening of Parliament following the general election. The central focus of The Queen’s Speech setting out the government’s programme for the next two years was the legislation required to deliver Britain’s exit from the European Union. In Kent, we live on the frontier between Britain and […]
The Grenfell Tower fire in North Kensington in London will surely been seen as one of the greatest civil disasters in this country since the Second World War. Alongside other disasters like Hillsborough and Aberfan, it was tragic both for the large loss and life, and because it was avoidable. A full public inquiry will […]
Since the election a number of people have written to me asking how, as a Conservative MP who voted for equal marriage, and as a Catholic whose father was born in Dublin, I could support my party governing in partnership the Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland (DUP). First, let’s look at the numbers: There […]