By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Protests seldom occur in step to a marching beat — but that was exactly what happened when veterans of the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers paraded down Whitehall today. There is video footage here; the photo above is taken from Manchester Evening News website. They were there not […]
A fortnight since his piece on ConHome musing on why the Prime Minister had not replied to his June EU referendum letter, John Baron MP writes after finally receiving a response. He is the MP for Billericay Two weeks ago I reflected on why people put off responding to letters. Could it be, I asked, […]
John Baron MP is the MP for Basildon and Billericay and a Member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee The contradictory statements on Afghanistan by Justine Greening in the House of Commons on Thursday and those by Philip Hammond whilst visiting our troops suggests Government policy remains confused. Talk of nation-building and women’s rights does not […]
John Baron MP is the Member of Parliament for Basildon and Billericay and a Member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee. In June, John Baron delivered a letter to No 10 co-signed by 100 Conservative MPs calling for an EU referendum. Two and a half months later, despite numerous prompts, there has still been no reply. […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Philip Hammond's statement to the House this afternoon announcing cuts to the Army was bound to be a challenging time for the Secretary of State for Defence. The announcement signals the beginning of a long transformation for the Army, and jobs will undoubtedly be lost as a result of the […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Between Liam Fox's speech this morning, and David Cameron's statement to the House about his European Council meeting (at 3.30pm), a number of backbench Tories have voiced their mixed feelings about the Prime Minister's referendum intervention. Peter Bone (Wellingborough), appearing on Sky News, said: "A lot of people think […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Appearing on the BBC News channel this morning, John Baron MP – who authored the letter urging David Cameron to place a commitment to hold an EU referendum on the Statute Book before the next general election – expressed his mixed feelings about this morning's article in the Sunday Telegraph from […]
John Baron is the Member of Parliament for Basildon and Billericay. A former soldier and member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, he resigned from the shadow frontbench to vote against the Iraq War, opposed our intervention in Afghanistan, and was the only Tory MP to vote against the Libyan intervention. We can all agree that the […]
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter 8.45pm Update by Matthew Barrett: I have now learned which candidates are being backed by the traditional organisations on the right of the Conservative Party, such as the No Turning Back group. I have highlighted these in purple. *** The following have been returned unopposed:- Chairman: GRAHAM BRADY Vice-Chairman: CHARLES […]
John Baron is the Member of Parliament for Basildon and Billericay. Before entering Parliament, John managed portfolios for charities, pension funds and private clients, and was a director of two City fund management groups. He now writes a regular column for the FT’s Investors’ Chronicle. The Eurozone crisis continues to unfold. The economic news goes […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter Philip Cowley and Mark Stuart of the University of Nottingham have released a new pamplet - "The Bumper Book of Coalition Rebellions", which documents the 239 backbench rebellions so far in this Parliament, in which 544 votes have been held. The pamplet takes us from the first rebellion, on the government’s […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter In my series profiling groups of Tory MPs, most groups I've looked at have been mostly or wholly composed of 2010 intake MPs. The next group is bit different, as it was founded more than 25 years ago. The No Turning Back group has a proud history of celebrating and […]
Yesterday in a five hour debate MPs discussed the law on assisted suicide. Extracts from some of the contributions from Conservative MPs are pasted below. Jacob Rees-Mogg: "We have to legislate for the weak and vulnerable, and for those who have nobody to defend them. Yes, of course we can all cite examples of intelligent, […]
John Baron MP is a member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee. He opposed our involvement in Afghanistan, has been critical of policy ever since, and was the only Conservative to vote against Government policy in the first ever vote on Afghanistan in 2010. No-one can question the professionalism and sacrifice of our troops in […]
John Baron is the Member of Parliament for Basildon and Billericay and a Member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee. It has been abundantly clear for some years now that NATO forces, despite winning individual skirmishes, are nevertheless losing the ‘long game’ in Afghanistan. Opinion-formers on all sides of the debate – not least the Secretary […]