Neil O’Brien: Imperfect vaccines, new variants, domestic mutations. Why there must be no rush out of lockdown.

Neil O’Brien: Imperfect vaccines, new variants, domestic mutations. Why there must be no rush out of lockdown.

Neil O’Brien is co-Chairman of the Conservative Party’s Policy Board, and is MP for Harborough. At last, the happy ending. As EU politicians squabble, we’re vaccinating faster than anywhere else in Europe. The Church of England is allowing cathedrals to be used as vaccination centres, and the footage of orderly queues in Salisbury and Lichfield…

Sammy Wilson: The Northern Ireland Protocol needs to be replaced, not repaired

Sammy Wilson: The Northern Ireland Protocol needs to be replaced, not repaired

Sammy Wilson is the Democratic Unionist MP for East Antrim, and is Director of the Centre for Brexit Policy. As the full implications of the Northern Ireland protocol begin to be manifested, it is clear that this arrangement, which was designed solely to protect the EU’s Single Market, has destroyed the UK’s internal market. It…

Will Hard-Left Turn Lead to Pushback?
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Will Hard-Left Turn Lead to Pushback?

The corruption of the Renaissance Church prompted the Reformation, which in turn sparked a Counter-Reformation of reformist, and more zealous, Catholics. The cultural excesses and economic recklessness of the Roaring ’20s were followed by the bleak, dour, and impoverished years of the Great Depression. The 1960s counterculture led to Richard Nixon’s landslide victory in 1972,…

WATCH: Burnham calls for areas with lower life expectancy to get priority in the vaccine rollout

WATCH: Burnham calls for areas with lower life expectancy to get priority in the vaccine rollout

“Clearly they are at greater risk.” Mayor of Greater Manchester @AndyBurnhamGM says more vaccines should go to areas with lower life expectancy and calls for “greater flexibility” for those such as bus and taxi drivers to get vaccinated earlier#Ridge https://t.co/xW4OhsCzyj pic.twitter.com/vNEsdqKDzj — Sophy Ridge on Sunday (@RidgeOnSunday) February 7, 2021 Originally found on Conservative Home…

WATCH: Professor urges people not to over-state the ‘reduced efficacy’ of Oxford jab against new strain

WATCH: Professor urges people not to over-state the ‘reduced efficacy’ of Oxford jab against new strain

Oxford Vaccine lead researcher Prof Sarah Gilbert tells #Marr the #CoronavirusVaccine has a “reduction in efficacy” against the South African variant but “there is still protection against deaths, hospitalisations and severe disease”https://t.co/bQfOn3vEfS pic.twitter.com/g7dX4oO7D6 — BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) February 7, 2021 Originally found on Conservative Home Read More

David Davis and Neil Parish: From trade with China to food standards, MPs must be given a guaranteed say on new trade deals

David Davis and Neil Parish: From trade with China to food standards, MPs must be given a guaranteed say on new trade deals

David Davis is a former Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, and is MP for Haltemprice and Howden. Neil Parish is Chairman of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee, and is MP for Tiverton and Honiton. This week, MPs have the opportunity to vote on two important amendments to the Trade…

Amanda Milling: Covid will make May’s local elections unusual.  But they’re happening – and they matter.  Let’s get ready for them now.

Amanda Milling: Covid will make May’s local elections unusual. But they’re happening – and they matter. Let’s get ready for them now.

Amanda Milling is co-Chairman of the Conservative Party and is MP for Cannock Chase. Elections are the cornerstone of our democracy: they give you the opportunity to have your say on everything from your bin collections to the number of police on your streets. However, last year saw our democracy delayed – as we took…