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Rt Hon Sir Grant Shapps

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Former: United Kingdom Defence Secretary | Energy and Net Zero Secretary | Business Secretary | Home Secretary | Transport Secretary

Welwyn Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Joined March 2008
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Not before time. And very welcome!.
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Last night Russia launched its biggest aerial attack on Ukraine yet, firing nearly 730 drones and around a dozen ballistic and cruise missiles. WAKE UP WORLD!.
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.@realDonaldTrump finally concedes his “great relationship” with Putin couldn’t buy a ceasefire. Good - personal chemistry ends where artillery starts. The West’s job: out-produce, out-finance, out-last Putin’s war machine.
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Spot on, @BenHouchen. 🇬🇧. Britain’s challenges call for Conservative determination and know-how - that’s exactly what @ConsrvTogethr is delivering as we champion the candidates and ideas that keep our country moving forward.
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As Employment Secretary, Trade and Industry Secretary, and Party Chairman, Norman Tebbit was at the heart of the Thatcher governments – principled, direct, and fiercely committed to public service. Having served as both Party Chairman and Business Secretary (successor to DTI),
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Labour-run York council is wrong to strip equipment from #ArmedForcesDay. Britain must stand tall, not cower for fear of ‘offence’, and show the kit that keeps us safe.
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Since Thursday's Trump <> Putin call, the two biggest nights of aerial terror have hit Kyiv - each the largest strikes yet. Time for @realDonaldTrump to see he's being played by Putin. 🇺🇦 Ukraine must get air‑defence NOW. The world mustn't ignore a European democracy under siege.
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📉 STARMER SINKS 📉. One year on and Starmer’s ratings are still in freefall - almost 100 points below where Blair stood at this stage. Brits asked for delivery; Labour dished up disappointment. See the chart 👇 #StarmerSlump
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52 weeks. 52 Labour fiascos 📉. Scroll the disaster diary below and ask yourself: can Britain stomach week 53? ⬇️
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This isn't protest - it's sabotage. Damaging RAF jets is an attack on UK national security. If you target our frontline defences, expect the full force of the law - as these saboteurs are now finding out.
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I fought Just Stop Oil and Insulate Britain in Government. Now the same hard-core activists are back as Palestine Action:. * Same people. * Same law-breaking playbook. * Same chaos. The only thing that worked before was jail. Nothing less will stop their lawbreaking now.
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Labour now labelling voters “grafting realists” & “striving moderates”. Next they’ll be hunting for the “quiet bat people”. Straight out of #TheThickOfIt. Read the script in real life:
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Bizarre how Glastonbury’s artists-turned-activists chant against Israel but stay completely silent on what Hamas does to Palestinians: cancelled elections, crushed dissent, abused women, tortured critics, stolen aid, used kids as shields. Useful idiots for a terrorist regime.
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It’s not the U-turns or the chaos that should worry No.10 — it’s that the back benches have now had a taste of rebellion. That’s the real problem. And it’s not going away.
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🇬🇧 The debanking of our Defence Sector by British banks is unpatriotic, naïve & scandalous. With real threats facing Europe, hiding behind hollow ESG excuses is a betrayal. Bankers, shareholders, government - get a grip & start backing Britain’s security.
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I began work on this as Defence Secretary — and strongly support it. Tactical nukes fill the gap between a Storm Shadow strike and full-blown Trident. They restore credible deterrence without jumping straight to Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD).
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Iran’s "attack" on the US base in Qatar was the most courteous battle in history—telegraphed, harmless, pure theatre. Now with a weakened Iran and a ceasefire in sight, there’s a rare opportunity to make the Middle East safer. The UK should’ve done more to shape it.
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France, the UK and Germany all called for “restraint” overnight. But this is in fact dangerously naïve. This isn’t the Cold War— where mutually assured destruction (MAD) prevented anyone using the bomb. The usual deterrents don’t apply when Iran’s theocracy welcomes martyrdom.
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I don’t often agree with Trump, but destroying Iran’s nuclear sites was absolutely the right call. The IRGC wants Israel wiped off the map. Tehran arms Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis & militias. Iran fuels Middle East chaos. Starmer’s calls for ‘restraint’ were dangerously naive.
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Storming an RAF base isn’t protest - it’s a national security breach. The blame lies squarely with these reckless activists, but ministers must now explain how on earth it was allowed to happen. A full security review is the bare minimum.
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