EU referendum: Tory MP Michael Fabricant discusses leaving the EU, in-fighting and the way forward for the splintered Brexit groups by Chris Papadopoullos ?The UK may be 25 miles off the coast of Calais, but culturally it?s 25 miles off the coast of Boston, Massachusetts, or Brisbane, Australia,? says Michael Fabricant, MP for Lichfield and […]
Whips want to gag us, but I will NOT be silenced says former Tory party whip MICHAEL FABRICANT Having spent seven years in the Conservative Whips Office ? in Opposition and in Government ? there isn’t much I don’t know about the political dark arts. So I could not suppress a wry smile a few […]
We will soon be voting on whether or not the UK should remain in the European Union. Like me, David Davis believes Britain is a global trading nation as is constrained by the EU. You can download the report by David Davis on Britain and the European Union here.
Following visiting the Environment Agency Midlands HQ in October last year – see http://www.michael.fabricant.mp.co.uk/news-001174.ihtml – and hearing about the Hanch Tunnel, Michael Fabricant asked to see the Tunnel which travels almost 4 miles beneath Lichfield at a depth of between 10 and a 130 feet underground. It was built 1853 and 1867. “This was a […]
Work/Life Balance? Not for MPs Perhaps it?s my age, but I have taken to giving advice to newbie MPs: Take one weekend off in 3 or 4. Like teachers and university lecturers, MPs get longish holidays. But Unlike most other people MPs generally work solidly at weekends too. Each MP has a different way of […]
Commons People: Why don’t we allow breastfeeding here? We’re used to screaming It was only five years ago that the first nursery in Westminster was built The Conservative MP Michael Fabricant last year went incognito for ‘The Independent’ to chronicle the highs and lows of his life as a candidate fighting the general election. Now, […]
Commenting on the further delay to a decision on the third airport runway in the south-east, Michael Fabricant intervened in a statement being made by the Transport Secretary, Patrick McLoughlin, in the House of Commons yesterday (14th December). Hansard reports: Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con): My right hon. Friend justifies the additional delay by saying, quite […]
Michael Fabricant said in the House of Commons today, 14th December, to the Secretary of State of Communities and Local Government that he has lost confidence in the Staffordshire Fire Authority and that they should combine with the Staffordshire Police under proposals made by Matthew Ellis, Staffordshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner. Hansard reports: Michael Fabricant […]
Michael Fabricant, who attended the Burntwood Christmas Festival held on Saturday 5th December at Sankey’s Corner, has hailed the event “a great success!”. Part of the road by Sankey’s Corner was pedestrianised and opened to amusement rides, a train, and various stalls. The photo shows Michael enjoying a hot mulled wine on the Multiple Sclerosis […]
Speaking in the House of Commons Chamber to the Secretary of State for Transport, Michael Fabricant said: Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con): Once again, my constituents are faced with anguish as they have already faced with phase 1. Phase 2a starts in my constituency as well. I ask my right hon. Friend two specific questions. Will […]