A recent YouGov survey ranks Lichfield 38th most popular out of 57 British cities. York and Bath came top while Bradford came bottom. “This survey reflects the knowledge the interviewees had of the cities which they ranked and most certainly not the beauty or the reality of the situation” says Michael Fabricant. “When I have […]
The Telegraph MICHAEL FABRICANT Perhaps one of the most bizarre aspects of the post-Brexit political debate is how Leavers and Remainers have been divided into two neat, homogeneous groups of crude stereotypes. Leavers: working-class and salt-of-the-Earth but backward looking reactionaries who live in deprived seaside towns. Naturally, they read the tabloids and don’t like […]
Michael Fabricant has praised the Environment Agency who have taken immediate action to save fish in the Tame and the Anker rivers. “The Agency started to receive reports of dead fish over the weekend and they took immediate action to save the fish stock” says Michael. “The fish were dying through lack of oxygen in […]
“While the Council cannot be blamed for developers U&I’s inability to find commercial funding for the Friarsgate project, it will be the Council to blame if it now doesn’t step up a notch to initiate immediate remedial works and a embark on a realistic plan for the future” says Michael Fabricant. “The Council was quite […]
New planning rules have at last given ancient trees and woodlands the highest possible protection from development. “At the present time, the clear and immediate danger to ancient woodlands, particularly in Staffordshire, comes from HS2 which is set to destroy or partially destroy Ravenshaw Wood, Roundhill Wood, Fulfen, Hanch Wood and John’s Gorse and many […]
Michael Fabricant has welcomed the proposed route of HS4 though doubts it will ever be built. “HS2 not only desecrates previously unblemished countryside destroying scenery, wild habitats and irreplaceable ancient woodlands, it also is one of the most disconnected rail routes devised” says Michael Fabricant. “When I voted against HS2 in Parliament, I pointed out […]
The Telegraph MICHAEL FABRICANT Hard as it is to believe, Parliament has sailed through even rougher waters than these My colleague Sir Nicholas Soames tweeted this week: “I don’t think in my 35 years as an MP that I have ever known such a truly unpleasant and deeply uncertain time in the House”. Although not as […]
Michael Fabricant suggests that the Trump visit protests are a little hypocritical as there have been no similar large protests when despots who have imprisoned thousands of political prisoners have visited the UK. And he comes up with an unorthodox suggestion for bringing down the the Trump Baby Blimp! Open video and then scroll forward […]
The Telegraph MICHAEL FABRICANT “Cooler air will be flowing across Britain marking some respite from the current heatwave,” said the weather forecaster this morning. “But it will be getting hot again at the end of the week.” If ever the weather were an analogy for the Conservative Party, this was it. Last night as we […]
The Guardian Michael Fabricant So have we Brexiteers got everything we wanted in the Chequers deal? The short answer is ‘No’. Not if Brexiteers expected the cleanest of breaks from Europe. But it probably was never going to be that way if we wanted to continue to trade seamlessly with the EU. ‘The biggest problem […]