Ignore the hyperbole. This is not Maastricht v2.0. It?s completely different. I was there! says Michael Fabricant MP, the Conservative MP for Lichfield and former Senior Government Whip. Whenever any political historian needs to reference internecine political trench warfare, they think of the 12 months of debate and bloodshed in the House of Commons which […]
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 […]
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, […]
The SNP, not Labour, is the real Opposition in the Commons Jeremy Corbyn’s tired party isn’t a match for the feisty Nationalists in Westminster by Michael Fabricant MP The Scottish National Party are now proving themselves to be a real heavyweight force in Westminster. Their emphatic election to Parliament in May 2015 – taking 56 […]
THE REFERENDUM ? A GREEK TRAGEDY Who has ?betrayed? whom? by Michael Fabricant Behind the raw politics of Sunday’s referendum in Greece is a very real human tragedy. Over the past 5 years, Greece has lost a staggering 26% of its economy. Bizarrely, if debt were removed and its economy were starting from an unencumbered […]
The Telegraph June 26th, 2015 Having to hitch rides and borrow other people’s jets when travelling abroad is embarrassing. Where’s our national pride? Look, I know we can’t afford the £38.5bn rail upgrade, we are living through tough times. We may all be in it together, but the Queen flying to Germany on […]
The EU referendum is a race against time The longer we have to wait for the vote, the harder it will be to convince the public to stay in By Michael Fabricant It is becoming a race against time. The publication of "Change or Go" by Business for Britain earlier this week is a game […]
It’s the economy that will decide the EU referendum Celebrity endorsements will not cut the mustard: Dominic Cummings needs articulate business people to make a case for leaving the EU By Michael Fabricant In a packed Division Lobby last week, a senior colleague and a former chairman of an influential Select Committee whispered in my […]