Danger isn?t confined to London, which is why we must arm the police by Michael Fabricant, Conservative MP for Lichfield As with any terror attack, the murder of Keith Palmer, an unarmed police officer, by Khalid Masood will be reviewed by the police and intelligence services. Kneejerk reactions are rarely helpful. But by one of […]
If an armed terrorist goes on a rampage, British police should be ready – and armed by Michael Fabricant former Conservative Vice Chairman, Campaigning With MI5 telling us that the threat level still remains at ‘Severe’ – second only to the top state of alert – I told the Home Secretary on Monday that many […]
Michael Fabricant has weighed into the Rugby Football Union’s decision to exclude the Lichfield Ladies rugby team from the Women’s Super League. Michael says: “I have written to Ian Ritchey, the Chief Executive of the RFU in Twickenham, asking his Board to reconsider their decision to restrict the Women’s Super League to just 10 teams […]
Last night in the Guildhall in the City of Lichfield (Friday 3rd March), the Erasmus Darwin Academy (Burntwood), Friary School (Lichfield), John Taylor High School (Barton under Needwood), and King Edward VI School (Lichfield) all competed for cups in the Michael Fabricant and Arthur Price of England Schools Speaking Competition. All four teams of 3 […]
The Conservatives may be about to wipe Labour off the map in the North, as the SNP did in Scotland by Michael Fabricant former Conservative Vice Chairman, Campaigning The Conservative victory in Copeland is truly historic. Not since 1982 has a Government in power won a Parliamentary seat from its main Opposition in Parliament ? […]
Michael Fabricant met with officials from Network Rail and London Midland trains today in Westminster to see their initial plans for disabled access at Lichfield Trent Valley station. “Two lifts will be installed at either side of the West Coast Main line so that both platforms and the cross-city line platform will all be connected. […]
A Message To The Luvvies – If You Can?t Say Anything Constructive, Don?t Say Anything At All by Michael Fabricant With a celebrity TV show host having taken up residence in the White House, it is perhaps fitting that celebrities now pontificate on politics more than ever before. Thanks largely to Twitter and other forms […]
“Business rates will be falling in the Lichfield Parliamentary constituency” says Michael Fabricant. “This is good news for local traders – the last thing local businesses want now is increased overheads. On average, business in Lichfield District will see their business rates fall by 3.2% while in East Staffordshire it will fall by just under […]
If the Church of England continues to smother liberal Anglicans, it is heading for a split The Telegraph Thursday February 16th, 2017 by Michael Fabricant MP Is it time for the Church of England to come out of the closet as a fully-fledged liberal institution and reject the less inclusive elements of Christianity? Apparently not. […]
“For over 40 years, Staffordshire schools have had a raw deal on funding getting less per pupil than most other areas” says Michael Fabricant. “We have always been in the bottom 20 areas because historically, in the 1960s and before then, Staffordshire just spent less on our schools. “But for the first time, the Government […]