The Telegraph 22 January 2019 When Theresa May rose to answer Prime Minister’s Questions the day after the unprecedented defeat of her deal last week, the atmosphere was flat. Even the later debate on the no confidence motion – normally a high voltage affair – was low key, bar the rumbustious summing up by Michael […]
The Telegraph 14th January 2019 United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Woody Johnson CREDIT: ALASTAIR GRANT /AFP Woody Johnson has stiffened my resolve not to vote for the Withdrawal Agreement. Let me explain. Last month, the Prime Minister and I sat down in her private office in the House of Commons; a dark room, completed in […]
On National Pothole Day, £8,899,000 has been allocated to Staffordshire County Council (Stoke on Trent receives an additional £1,055,00) to improve the condition of roads. Michael Fabricant says “With 15 January being National Pothole Day, I am delighted that Staffordshire will be receiving this funding boost of £8,899.000 to improve roads and eliminate potholes. “This […]
Michael Fabricant asked the Prime Minister today (Wednesday 9th January) whether the existing freight line between Lichfield Trent Valley station and Burton could be upgraded to relieve congestion on the busy A38 trunk road. (See the Hansard record of the questions and answers below). Commenting afterwards Michael says “Stations could be added to serve Alrewas […]
The Telegraph Saturday 5th January 2019 Tories are warming to the idea of Brexit without an Agreement – and even the EU plans to make it work On Wednesday next week, with just 79 days before Brexit is due, MPs will commence the debate on whether to accept Theresa May’s Withdrawal Agreement. The […]
Conservative Home 1st January 2019 One of the many old jokes in the Carry On films is: “where is all your get up and go?” The answer comes: “it got up and went.” It seems, sometimes, that half the population feels that way, when I read some of the more depressing letters and articles […]
Daily Telegraph 13 December 2018 In politics, timing is everything. And, with less than four months until we leave the EU and no obvious successor in place standing out as a popular alternative to Theresa May, the timing of Wednesday’s vote of no confidence could not have been worse for those who have sought to […]
On Saturday 8th December, Michael Fabricant met local residents who face danger each day as they drive into and from the A38. “It’s like having a house driveway which leads directly onto the M1 with no ramp!” says Michael. “Every day residents have to drive onto the A38 in the face of traffic often travelling […]
Lichfield Mercury 6th December 2018 Before I became an MP, a friend and I started a company from scratch which supplied broadcasting equipment and services to radio and tv stations. We eventually ended up supplying broadcasters in 48 countries around the world. Some were in Britain and the rest of Europe while many others were […]
A £2.3 million scheme which will deliver new lifts and footbridge by Spring 2019 was visited by Lichfield’s MP, Michael Fabricant, today (7th December 2018). Michael Fabricant says “Having campaigned for years for this improvement, I was very pleased to see that work has begun and to meet with Network Rail who showed me where […]