Ex Gloucester MP, PM’s Trade Envoy 🇮🇩 🇲🇾 🇵🇭 & ASEAN & Chair @WFD_Democracy. Founder Chair @GlosHistFest
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E248 Punchline Talks! With Richard Graham, Simon Ford, Alex Rose, Athila... youtu.be/Bj-BGqpkTo4?is=toFP… via @YouTube @SpedySkip @RichardGrahamUK @BeardsJewellers
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China has lifted sanctions on British MPs and peers who have previously criticised the country’s human rights record, Sir Keir Starmer has announced.
The sanctions were imposed in 2021 against five MPs and two peers.
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Excellent analysis of the Chinese Embassy in London saga and why Starmer is right to go to Beijing. Engagement is vital & firm, polite private discussions on security issues far more use than the megaphone; and new investment in the UK auto sector a likely tangible outcome
Right time for a Conservatives focus on economic revival policies. The gap between eg Mark Carney tax changes in Canada & govmt policy here highlights need for change. Andy Street Ruth Davidson & this project shd support Kemi & Mel’s direction thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…
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'The Legacy of The Civil War in Gloucestershire' is on 19th January. Richard Graham's online event is with the Gloucester History Festival: gloucesterhistoryfestival.co…. @RichardGrahamUK
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In taking responsibility for the premature publication of the Budget details, Richard Hughes of the OBR has done the right thing. Politicians of all parties and other public servants in our democracy should read his resignation letter and take note
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E223 BUDGET SPECIAL with Richard Graham, Lisa Spivey, Neill Ricketts, Gl... youtu.be/SWgTAAmURrY?si=gkTW… via @YouTube @RichardGrahamUK @GlosCC @BlueMeanie10 @Hazlewoods
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🔸The people of Botswana have no idea how lucky they are. To have leaders who respect the vote - even when it goes against them, who leave power when their time is up and who give the next generation a chance is a huge blessing. True liberation parties liberate their countries to the point where they are free to choose new leaders in a free and fair process.
People should not have to wage fresh, bloody wars against dictators just to have their will respected.
Thank you, Your Excellencies, for being a shining example of getting ethical leadership right. You’re a beacon of excellence when it comes to democratic values.
We need new leaders.🇿🇼
The blatantly rigged #Tanzania presidential election, killings of protestors, continued curfew & a 5 day closure of internet, most business, petrol stations (& churches today) - much of which I’ve witnessed - matter for democracy. Because most of this is new to Tanzania 1/3
The burnt cars, smashed windows etc are real, but so are the voices of many good citizens who feel they’ve been taken for fools (& don’t believe a word of the Zim President’s letter below). W/o experienced oppo leaders the risk is of more violence 2/3
Despite this footage, and the knowledge that a policewoman’s nose was broken, it has taken a year to establish guilt of this brutal attack in court.
The sentence should ensure other potential thugs see the heavy consequences of such violence
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E206 Punchline Talks! with Richard Graham, Julian Tooke, Samina Khan and... youtu.be/gC_vgetzYD4?si=ITyO… via @YouTube @RichardGrahamUK @PunchlineGlos @GlosHistFest @GlosCC
The decision to have a full national enquiry on grooming gangs can be ascribed to Louise Casey’s report: but it’s also a memorial to Times journalist Andrew Norfolk, who died last month. He, above all, exposed what grooming gangs were up to thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/a…
Police Crime & Sentencing Bill comes back to Parliament this week. On the clauses re Spiking delighted @JoePJRobertson holding cross party mtg today re proposed amendment to ensure recklessness as well as intent covered in the Bill @StampOutSpiking @mimsdavies @DianaJohnsonMP
Opposition isn’t just about opposing. @KemiBadenoch right to recognise the PM is juggling intnl storms deftly so far
Meanwhile absolute control fixation will end in tears for Reform’s owner. Dr Li Wenliang was right that ‘there should be more than one voice in a healthy society’