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 […]
Daily Telegraph MICHAEL FABRICANT So let’s get this clear! I campaigned for Brexit in the Referendum and I want out! This was borne from when I was in exporting and found that the French and other – mainly southern – European countries wanted bribes like some developing nation to buy from us. And I was […]
Toronto Star MICHAEL FABRICANT Sun., July 1, 2018 Although I am a British Member of Parliament, I will be celebrating Canada Day. Once a British dominion, Canada has matured into a vibrant, prosperous country. In the U.K., we are proud to call Canadians our friends. British MP Michael Fabricant, right, on a hike […]
Britain should pull out of the biased body, which has routinely failed to promote human rights Daily Telegraph MICHAEL FABRICANT In questions to the Foreign Secretary in the House of Commons Chamber yesterday (Tuesday 26th June 2018), I told Boris Johnson: “The President of the United States has called out the UN Human Rights Council for what […]
Daily Telegraph MICHAEL FABRICANT Remain in the Customs Union? I don’t think so! Back in 2012 when I was Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party, I had a major falling out with David Cameron over UKIP when he was PM. For some years, I had coordinated the Parliamentary Party’s campaigning effort and I had […]
Daily Telegraph MICHAEL FABRICANT I remember my last break up. Things were getting tense between us. We would have flare-ups. At times, frustrations boiled over. Tempers exploded on both sides. We decided to separate. We never really did get on. Of course we had to agree on what was mine and what was not […]
It’s time to stand up to the relentless scapegoating of Israel As the diplomatic fallout from the attempted assassination of a former Russian agent in Salisbury rages on, a familiar pattern of deranged conspiracy is emerging. Beyond the predictable rush from certain political figures to exonerate Russia’s involvement, a number of assorted cranks from […]
Corbyn’s Latest Brexit Position Betrays The Very Spirit Of Internationalism That He And Labour Claim To Hold So Dear In his landmark Brexit speech on Monday, Jeremy Corbyn announced that Labour would seek to keep Britain in a Customs Union with the EU after Brexit and, in doing so, be “internationalist”. Yet Corbyn’s latest […]
Prohibition Has Failed – We Need A Radical New Drug Policy This issue however goes far beyond medicinal marijuana. Our whole approach to drugs is flawed Our approach to drugs is broken. Not only does it not work, it directly causes suffering that could otherwise be avoided. Yesterday in the Commons, an Urgent Question […]