Delighted to confirm my election as Chairman of
@SuttonTories
! 💙 I have an excellent
#team
to work with, & as our community would expect, in the first instance will be working hard with our Cllrs, MPs & volunteers to support the local & national effort to beat covid-19. 💪
This decision by the Lib/Lab/Green Coalition is a disgrace to good local government & amounts to nothing more than petty politics fired by their wholly unjustifiable distain for
@JeremyClarkson
.
ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED to have been elected as a
#Sutton
Borough Councillor this evening 😁 turning over a 200+ LibDem majority and ending up with a 500+ majority! 💪🙌 And just as delighted that
@ElliotColburn
got elected too!!👬🏳️🌈THANK YOU to everyone that helped us both!🤗
Fantastic evening at Number 10 with the PM & some of
@ElliotColburn
’s lovely colleagues & partners 😊. Almost did a Hugh Grant & danced up the stairs! 🤣 & to the surprise of many, quite a bit of talk about poultry! 🦆🐔🙌
#lucky
.
@PennyMordaunt
is an absolute class act, rightly batting for the PM against the political opportunism of the opposition. We
@Conservatives
stand on a strong record after 12 years in Govt. - great to see Penny at the dispatch box perfectly & eloquently as ever demonstrating why.
Starmer getting the
@PennyMordaunt
treatment today. She is right in calling him out on his bizarre Urgent Question. National interest should come first.
1/2
In May we needlessly lost great Councillors, and lost ground that we must regain.
In Portsmouth
@PennyMordaunt
won her seat from Labour & continues to take the fight to the Lib Dem council. She’s a fighter & a winner, & exactly what we need.
#PutPennyOnTheBallot
#PM4PM
I’ve been encouraged by support from colleagues who want a fresh start, a united party and leadership in the national interest.
I’m running to be the leader of the Conservative Party and your Prime Minister - to unite our country, deliver our pledges and win the next GE.
#PM4PM
Basically I think what Diane is trying to say is:
‘I’m alright Jack. I sent my son to a private school years ago, I don’t believe others should be able to do what I did anymore, so Labour are going to ban them.’
Did I miss anything? 🤷♂️
"I did what I did and I talked about it at the time."
@HackneyAbbott
- who sent her son to a fee-paying school - responds to claims of hypocrisy as Labour consider a crackdown on private schools
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This is bloody brilliant & encapsulates why so many, loyal Tory voters as well as those who need to be convinced to back us again, are telling me
@PennyMordaunt
is the best choice & why I believe she is our best chance at winning the next GE. 🗳
It’s time for
#PM4PM
💙
Coming from a farming background, this is something my family - particularly my Mum! - mentions a lot.
I’m so proud of our
#BritishFarmers
& their record when it comes to animal welfare - this practice is an unnecessary stain on their efforts.
Would also like to give a huge shout out to all of you who have supported
#PM4PM
since
@PennyMordaunt
’s launch just a week ago! I’ve always felt in good company & it’s been great hearing individuals stories about your involvement in politics, the Party & why you backed Penny! 😊
Morning folks!🙋♂️
A quick Duck Tip!🦆
Each day I swim our little ducklings... but don’t tell Elliot it’s in our sink!😅
Why?💁♂️
1. It helps them become waterproof.
2. They clear their airways.
3. & it stops them getting messy bottoms - ducks don’t use toilet role!😅
#CuteAlert
1/2 So grateful to have been elected as the new
@RBConservative
Councillor for
#Chipstead
,
#Kingswood
,
#Woodmansterne
(&
#BurghHeath
)! 💙
A massive thank you to all of those who supported me - I’ll work tirelessly to repay your faith in me.
Similarly delighted R&B remains blue!
Great to stand with our Foreign Secretary, former Prime Minister and two-time General Election winner
@David_Cameron
tonight.
Like him and
@RishiSunak
, I’ve never believed more in our Party and our path to victory on 4th July! 💙
#VoteConservative
Over the summer I & many others hoped for a final featuring
@PennyMordaunt
&
@RishiSunak
- either would have served in the national interest - and either still could! 🇬🇧
I think it’s important we now have that members vote - it’s the only way to truly unite our Party.
#PM4PM
Job News! 😁 Super excited to be starting with the National Trust tomorrow as a Parliamentary Officer!
The Trust does amazing work across the UK & is loved by so many - including me! - so it’s a real pleasure to be joining the team! ☺️ Can’t wait to get cracking!
Some will have wished Penny to be given a bigger Government role, but I’ll just say this - there are two ‘Question Times’ in the Commons I think are worth watching; One is PMQs, the other…Questions to the Leader of the House!
@PennyMordaunt
will continue to impress!
Unbelievably proud of my favourite person
@ElliotColburn
for his courage today.
Elliot isn’t just pretty awesome, he’s totally awesome! ❤️
& his message today couldn’t be more right - whatever you’re going through, you are not alone, help is out there and better days lie ahead.
Conservative MP Elliot Colburn shares a personal story about suicide, asking the PM to send a message of support to all struggling with their mental health
Rishi Sunak responds by thanking Colburn for his "bravery" in sharing his story
#PMQs
Sounds like a charming individual.
I will not let threats to me or my family stop me standing up for Carshalton and Wallington.
The police have been informed.
Some (who should know better) saying local elections were a judgement on
@RishiSunak
- they were not…
I knocked on thousands of doors, not one person raised concerns over
#Rishi
or his leadership.
People don’t want drama, they want delivery - Rishi should be left to crack on.
First weekend of the
#GeneralElection
& great to get out on the doors with
@RishiSunak
! 💙 Despite the media / Twitter narrative, plenty of support for him and our
@Conservatives
Party!
In the timeless words of one
@David_Cameron
- Britain and Twitter are not the same thing! 🇬🇧
♦️ Sir Keir Starmer: ‘My Labour Party will back any plan for coming out of the lockdown the Gov. come up with, we just want a plan’,
🔷 PM announces detailed plan out of lockdown.
♦️ Sir Keir Starmer today: ‘There’s political points to be made, let’s trash the PM & his plan’.
What the nation was looking for this evening was clarity and consensus.
The truth is, the Prime Minister’s statement raises more questions than it answers.
Those questions need answering if the public is going to have confidence in what happens next.
Very weird to be back up in central
#London
today after such a break away 😬, but always lovely to walk back to Victoria through St James’ Park & see all of our feathered friends 🦆 - PLUS blossom in December! 🌸😍
Best of luck to all
@Conservatives
candidates across the country standing in today’s local elections! & especially to my
@RBConservative
friends & colleagues!💙
Polling stations are open from 7am to 10pm, & please remember to take a form of ID with you.
#dogsatpollingstations
🐶
Those of us who have fought elections know we need to appeal beyond our base and build a coalition of voters to win. 🗳 In marginal seats those voters are the difference between winning & losing - Penny has won a marginal seat, she knows what it takes.
#PutPennyOnTheBallot
#PM4PM
I love this from the summer - it speaks to everything I believe a politician should be & much of what we’ve been missing.
Very much hoping
@PennyMordaunt
gets the support needed and puts herself forward.
#PM4PM
Absolutely gutted. 😔 Last May we postponed our
#wedding
by a year, I NEVER imagined - particularly given the current covid situation & so many ‘could’s’ - that we’d be looking to do so again, together with some 50, 000 others. The words below don’t describe a wedding…
"Be sensible... What do you want? A full handbook to tell you what to do?"
Plumber Ryan Price says the government guidance on returning to work is clear enough for the public.
The next General Election will be tough
but it’s crucial we win it - failure to do so could cost us the Union 🇬🇧 & see us lose huge opportunities post-Brexit.
@PennyMordaunt
is a winner, & that’s why alongside so many others I’m backing her.
#PM4PM
#PutPennyOnTheBallot
Happy Non-Wedding Day to us! 🎩😬🎩 A bit of a surreal day thinking what today would’ve looked like, but thankful to have still spent the day with amazing friends & family at Osborne! 🥰 Including seeing our lovely nephews & new little niece! 👶😍 Here’s to July 2021!
#Lucky
While the local LibDems are in central London trying to turn over the result of 17.4 million people🙄, here in
#Wallington
their now former voters are telling me they’re backing the
@Conservatives
- & are literally throwing the LibDems literature in the bin in front of me!🙈
#Oops
Time to deliver Brexit 🇬🇧 and...
💰 Cut Taxes
🏡 Scrap Stamp Duty
👨🏫 Deliver MORE apprenticeships
✂️ Slash Red Tape
👮♀️ Put MORE bobbies on the beat
🏛 Embrace SMALL Government
💂♀️ Support our armed forces
🌱 Champion the environment
👷♂️ And ensure work ALWAYS pays
Residents living across
#Surrey
will be seriously impacted if Labour’s Mayor
@SadiqKhan
goes ahead with the extension of
#ULEZ
with so many services just over the border in London.
Absolutely right, therefore, that
@surreytorycllrs
& others speak up for local people!
#ThankYou
A privilege to be invited to attend
@PennyMordaunt
and the
@teamlewisglobal
Summer Celebration in the historic College Garden, hearing about amazing work taking place in support of our friends in Ukraine. 🇺🇦 PLUS Candy Floss, Patsy & Eddie & a military band! 😍
#ThankYou
Few things are more British than a soaking wet summer Garden Party! 🇬🇧👀😅 An unbelievable honour and privilege to attend the King’s Garden Party at Buckingham Palace today.
Something my younger self could barely dream of happening. ❤️
Always an honour to spend time at Number 10, especially supporting the brilliant work past & present of the
@LGBTCons
. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Thanks so much to
@lukerobertblack
& his brilliant
#team
for organising, & to
@RishiSunak
for taking the time to say hey! 😊
VERY simple.
🌞 You can exercise & soak up the sun, as long as it’s with people from your own home.
👷♀️ If you work in construction or manufacturing you can return to work, but try not to use public transport.
🏡 Otherwise, for now, stay at home, & if you go out,
#StayAlert
.
Labour’s disgraceful scaremongering comes to nothing in Tees Valley - we love to see it! 🙌
Congrats
@BenHouchen
&
#team
, I can imagine a certain Labour MP who’ll be absolutely spitting feathers today!
Unbelievably proud of my friend Jane on being selected as the parliamentary candidate for Bishop Auckland! 👏
We’ve not just campaigned together but had so many laughs & good times along the way - she’s a grafter & cares deeply about people. She’ll be a fantastic MP! 💙
Stand out message from our canvassing tonight - a gent who had voted Lib Dem for 20 years, but no more - he wants Brexit done & an MP who respects democracy! 🙌
Needless to say he’ll be voting for
@ElliotColburn
& the
@Conservatives
next Thursday! 💙🗳
#ToryCanvass
Good old BBC. 👀 The heading should read:
‘Boris Johnson’s Government set to introduce new Queen’s Speech’
Parliament is suspended (prorogued) each time a new Queen’s Speech is introduced, which is now due, it has happened for decades and has nothing to do with Brexit.
Ellie came out as a teenager, I came out 6 years ago in my early twenties, there’s no wrong or right time, all that matters is that you’re ready. ❤️🏳️🌈❤️
#loveislove
#NationalComingOutDay
🏳️🌈 Remember all the emotions when I came out - the fear, worry, but also the relief that I could finally be honest with myself and those I love. This
#nationalcomingoutday
remember that it’s up to you to tell your truth and don’t let anyone take that from you. Be proud. Be you.
I say it every year, but it truly is the biggest honour as an elected person to attend & support remembrance services, joining local residents but also representing those who are unable to be there.
#WeWillRememberThem
Since completing my
#apprenticeship
back in 2014 I’ve worked in Parliament, as a Magazine Editor & for the National Trust - all of them dream jobs! 😊 No other path would have given me the freedom to learn & led me to these amazing opportunities!
#ChooseYourOwnPath
#NAW2022
Today would’ve been my big bro’s 40th birthday. If you can imagine it, he was even more smiley than me! Missed today & every day.💚
If you’re feeling low please talk to someone, anyone, & if you don’t feel you have anyone, call
@samaritanscharity
on 📞116 123
You’re never alone
2 years ago I asked the love of my life & soulmate to marry me, & thankfully for him - he was stood by a lake! 🤣 - he said yes! 💍 & our wedding was planned for this summer. 🌞 1/3
Reliable, dutiful, diligent, respected, trustworthy; just some of the words I’d use to describe
@PennyMordaunt
, and after today evidently very strong too, in ever meaning of the word.
#ThankYou
, Penny!
#Coronation
One of the Conservative Party’s absolute superstars, & someone I’m proud to call a friend,
@aliciakearns
, is in the final for
#Broadland
in
#Norfolk
today. She is sensible, intelligent, kind & self aware, & we need her in the HoC! If you’re local please vote for her tonight. 💙
Proud to have
#BackedBoris
from the get go 💙, & I’m not alone, door after door folks are telling us they are too - a mix of lifelong
@Conservatives
voters alongside previous Labour, Lib Dem & Brexit Party supporters!🗳
It’s time to
#BackBoris
, get Brexit done & move forward! 🙌
Party members are backing
@PennyMordaunt
because she’s a winner! 🗳💙 She won her seat from Labour & never took it for granted - the results speak for themselves.👇 Now she’s ready to step-us as our Prime Minister and lead us into future elections.
#PM4PM
Great to join
@john_cope
on the campaign trail in Esher & Walton today! 💙
John will not only be a fantastic constituency MP, but also a brilliant addition to the House of Commons with his experience & passion for the Skills Agenda! 💪
#VoteConservative
1/4 A massive
#thankyou
to everyone who voted for me & our amazing
#Wrythe
team! While we didn’t make it over the line, we did turn one of the Lib Dem’s safest wards into one of their most marginal, coming within 50 votes of taking a seat with a serious swing towards us! 🙌
I get this wouldn’t be a huge thing for many of my mates 👀, but when I think back to my younger self, getting a card from the PM would be a HUGE deal ☺️ - & so it still is today! 💙
#ThankYou
The best news that
@IainDale
is putting himself forward as a candidate on 4th July! He’ll be a bloody brilliant Member of Parliament!
Reminded of this photo between Iain &
@Jacqui_Smith1
like a super proud son between his Mum & Dad at last year’s
@Conservatives
conference! 😅
Each day I’m going to be posting 🐶dog🐕, 🐔bird🦆 & 🐝wildlife🌺 videos & photos, which I’m hoping might be a nice distraction for us all!
Here are our super little Sussex Bantam chicks who are growing SO fast! 😍
Every second, every minute, every day, people around the world open up to their nearest and dearest about who they are. 🏳️🌈 Today is
#NationalComingOutDay
, a day like any other, but importantly a day in which we should all know we are loved for who we are, not who we love. ❤️
Liberal Democrats leader Ed Davey takes a tumble from a paddleboard as he takes his campaign to Windermere in the Lake District
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So many photos with my man 🥰, but this probably best describes our cray cray life! 👬🐶🦆🐓🐰😂 Wouldn’t change it for the world, every day I feel beyond lucky to have found my soulmate ☺️❤️ & this summer we’ll FINALLY tie the knot! 🎩🎩
#HappyValentinesDay
I love campaigning, meeting new people and making new friends, and it was great to meet Danielle today!
Beyond the left wing narrative, every day
@Conservatives
are working hard across their communities to make things better - come and join us!
1/2 Thinking of my big bro, it would have been his 37th birthday today. Particularly thinking about him with it lining up with the start of
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
too. Please don’t suffer in silence like he did. Always know there’s someone at the end of the phone.
Plenty of talk around
@David_Cameron
at the mo, but pleased to see him again say legalising gay marriage was his "proudest" achievement in office. 🏳️🌈Even now, just 5 years later, I find it difficult to imagine not being able to marry
@ElliotColburn
.
#loveislove
A teacher told me to give up my love of poultry as ‘it wouldn’t help me get a job’ - I didn’t, I became the UKs youngest poultry judge, wrote for national magazines, travelled across Europe & to the States, & it helped me get most of the jobs I’ve ever had!
#BeDifferent