Cadets and their Commanding Officer, Flt Lt (VR) Chris Kelly, from the 1206 Mercian Air Training Corps Squadron visited No 10 Downing Street and Parliament with their Squadron President, Michael Fabricant, last week. “This year is the 75th anniversary of the air cadets forming and to celebrate this, the Staffordshire Wing has created a relay […]
Michael Fabricant: The seven psychological flaws of Remain campaigners During dinner, a friend of mine described how he is being treated for anxiety disorder by his longstanding psychotherapist. He is encouraged to identify his ?inaccurate? thoughts, which are usually used to reinforce negative thinking or emotions, and refute them in his mind over and over […]
The Third and final Reading of the High Speed Rail Bill (HS2) was passed in the Commons last night (23rd March) with 399 MPs – including Conservative, Labour, and SNP MPs – voting for the Bill and just 42, including Michael Fabricant, against: a majority of 357. The Bill now passes to the House of […]
In a short debate in the House of Commons on the Marine Environment, Michael Fabricant pointed out the dangers to wildlife, inland too, and referred to the pools in Lichfield. He told the House “Nothing is more heart-breaking than walking along a coast—or even in Lichfield, right in the middle of the nation, where we […]
Amidst all the excitement of Budget Day (16th March), Michael Fabricant got to question the Prime Minister about the economy in the West Midlands at Prime Minister’s Questions. Here’s how Hansard has reported it:- West Midlands: Economy and Public Sector Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con): What assessment has he made of the (a) performance of the […]
The Government has today (10th March 2016) tabled the final stage of the HS2 Bill (Phase 1 from London to Birmingham and Lichfield) and Michael Fabricant has tabled a formal reasoned amendment to the Third Reading which would annul the Bill if passed. The text of the Government’s motion and Michael’s amendment as it appears […]
Michael Fabricant welcomed the consultation announced today (7th March) which could, at long last, address the unfairness of funding between schools in Staffordshire and those in other parts of the country. In the House of Commons today (7th March), Michael reminded the Education Secretary of State that this has been a “long open wound”: Michael […]
Much improved weekend service Additional weekday morning train to London Euston Key Friday evening train from London to run five days a week Lichfield Trent Valley is one of the big winners in details of Virgin Trains’ summer timetable announced today. A number of additional stops will be added to Virgin Trains’ current service form […]
The team from John Taylor High School in Barton under Needwood won the Parliamentary Michael Fabricant-Arthur Price of England Schools Speaking Competition 2016 when it was held on Friday night (26th February) in the Guildhall, Lichfield. Lewis Coles from Chase Terrace Technology College won Best Overall Speaker. “Five local schools took part this year” says […]
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 […]