The Conservative chair of the defence select committee is facing a no confidence vote over a tweet which appeared to praise the progress of Afghanistan under Taliban rule. Tobias Ellwood, MP for Bournemouth East and a former soldier, deleted the tweet on Wednesday night after telling TalkTV: “I got it wrong”. » Read More
The much respected Tobias Ellwood MP has the Tory Party whip removed because he was with the President of Moldova and was unable to secure return travel back to the… The post Ellwood has whip removed for failing ‘to vote in support of’ Boris because he was ‘with the President of Moldova’ appeared first on…
Conservative MP John Baron asked an urgent question in which he stressed to foreign minister Vicky Ford that “there remains around 180 British Council contractors in Afghanistan”, 85 of which the UK has classified at “very high risk”. Baron highlighted to Ford the issue that the government’s new application service for these individuals will have…
Chair of the defence select committee Tobias Ellwood asked for a statement on the UK and Nato’s support of Ukraine. Minister Leo Docherty laid out the “political and practical support” and described the UK’s commitment to the alliance and European security as “unconditional”. When asked by shadow secretary John Healey about the size of the…
A senior British military commander has said that should NATO be attacked they have “the ability to blunt a Russian attack” and the UK is fully equipped to fight a… The post NATO has ‘the ability to blunt a Russian attack’ and the UK is fully equipped to go to war with Russia appeared first…
