Children should be taught about the perils of Twitter or they won’t get a job Michael Fabricant, the vice-chairman of the Conservative party said that young people should know that what they write on social networks will affect their future job prospects By Georgia Graham, Political Correspondent Children should be warmed of the dangers and […]
England?s grievances would be addressed by a new Act of Union By Michael Fabricant Devolution has changed the relationship between England and Scotland, so a new Act is needed to reinforce the bond The spires of Lichfield Cathedral in the heart of my Staffordshire constituency look out across the very middle of middle England ? […]
Opinion by Michael Fabricant MP. DOUBLE-DIP RECESSION FEAR So now it?s official. Not only was Gordon Brown seriously wrong when he claimed ?No more return to Boom and Bust?, but we now know that Britain is in the deepest and longest recession in modern history. Britain?s economy is still shrinking a full six months after […]
Opinion by Michael Fabricant MP. CONSEQUENCE OF LISBON TREATY Not satisfied with the first vote, when Ireland voted a resounding ?No?, the Republic has its second vote on the Lisbon Treaty on 2nd October. If they vote ?No? again, there will presumably be third and fourth votes until Europe gets its way. This is carrying […]
Opinion by Michael Fabricant MP. CANDIDATE AND POLICY UNTRUTHS You would have thought Labour would have learned by past experience. But they have not. Chloe Smith with Edward Timpson who won 14 months earlier. Fourteen months ago, I was part of the Conservative By Election Team that won the safe Labour seat of Crewe & […]
Opinion by Michael Fabricant MP. CYNICISM ABOUT MPs BRINGS RISK OF EXTREMISM Despite major changes that have hastily been made to the rules under which MPs? expenses can now be claimed, the matter has not been closed down. The sustained attack on the House of Commons and on ?anyone-in-authority? carries great dangers. Low poll turnouts, […]
Opinion by Michael Fabricant MP. ‘SAVE THE WORLD’ BROWN BANKING ON ECONOMY Budget Day: The day that New Labour finally died. ?1.4 trillion pounds of borrowing and decades of debt. With some polls showing an 18% Conservative lead, it could be melt down time for Labour MPs across the midlands. Or is it? I do […]
Opinion by Michael Fabricant MP. REMOVE FEAR FROM NHS STAFF The NHS must change. When two constituents came to see me about the state of the hospital in which they work ? not Stafford – complete with a dossier of photographs, they were terrified to leave it with me as they believed their jobs would […]
Opinion by Michael Fabricant MP. CAMERON POLICY TO GAIN RESPECT It was sleaze they say ?wot done it for the Tories? back in 1997. I am not so sure about that. The Conservatives were running out of steam by 1992 and in-fighting was rife. Had it not been for fear of electing Neil Kinnock as […]
Opinion by Michael Fabricant MP. PM?s ARROGANCE IS MISPLACED Are we ?Reykjavik-on-Thames?? The British economy officially sank into recession on Friday. We all knew it was coming. The political narrative repeated by Gordon Brown and his ministers is that this is ?a global problem?, that Britain is best placed to recover from it due to […]