Sex, spies… and the truth about my hair: Cameron sacked Michael Fabricant as Tory vice-chairman for being so indiscreet. But has he learnt his lesson? Not on your life! By Jane Fryer Which of the following statements about Michael Fabricant, Conservative MP for Lichfield, is true? A: He was expelled at gunpoint from the Soviet […]
Michael Fabricant has asked a written Parliamentary Question to the Prime Minister about Stephen Sutton, the Burntwood lad who has raised over £3 million for cancer charities. Here is the Question and the Prime Minister’s reply as it appears in Hansard: Michael Fabricant: “To ask the Prime Minister what representations he has received on the […]
Despite efforts by Michael Fabricant and other Members of Parliament, the cross-Party alliance of the Coalition and Labour won the day at a vote near midnight on Monday 28th April and the £50 billion HS2 Bill passed its first vote in the House of Commons with a massive majority. “The result was very disappointing, but […]
Petitioners for changes of route to HS2 Phase 1 now have until the deadline of Friday 16th May (for local authorities – except parish councils – and businesses) and Friday 23rd May inclusive for all others to file their petitions. Each Petition must be deposited with the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons […]
Celebrate peace by letting Ireland join the Commonwealth Ireland should join the Commonwealth following the Queen’s dinner with Martin McGuinness, says Michael Fabricant By Matthew Holehouse, Political Correspondent Ireland should join the Commonwealth in the wake of Martin McGuinness? dinner with the Queen as a signal to the world of peaceful reconciliation, a senior Conservative […]
Michael Fabricant: Llamas, incest, bestiality, and the demise of the Tories? Deputy Chairman OLIVER WRIGHT Michael Fabricant is perched on the edge of his House of Commons desk clutching a small black ukulele and grinning for The Independent?s photographer. He doesn?t look much like a man who has just been summarily sacked by the Prime […]
Absolutely Fabricant: the sacked Tory vice-chair who’s whipping up a Twitterstorm He?s the maverick, wild-haired Tory vice-chair who was summarily sacked this week, and has since whipped up a Twitterstorm. Rosamund Urwin asks where next for Mad Fab ? Strictly? Keep your hair on: ?The REAL reason for my sacking was anti-blond bias in the […]
Michael Fabricant says: “On Thursday 3rd April, the Leader of the House, Andrew Lansley, announced the date in the House of Commons on which the Second Reading of the High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill will be debated. It will be on 28th April and this will be the first time MPs will have the […]
When Michael Fabricant had to visit The Bowling Green pub in Lichfield on Friday (4th April) on “official business”, he says he was “almost killed” crossing the road. The Bowling Green pub and the attached bowling green are on a large traffic island surrounded by busy roads. “I went there by foot” says Michael “and […]
In a BBC Radio interview, the Prime Minister has guaranteed funding for the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire “for as long as I am Prime Minister”. This follows Michael Fabricant highlighting the halting of the MOD grant which was replaced with a small one-off payment from banking fines. See http://www.michael.fabricant.mp.co.uk/news-001111.ihtml David Cameron said in the […]