
Johnny Mercer: On this Armed Forces Day, let’s honour the men and women who protect our country
If if you see a serviceman or woman today, or indeed a veteran young or old, and don’t know what to say – just a simple ‘thank you’ will do.
Johnny Mercer is a member of the Defence Select Committee and MP for Plymouth Moor View.
If if you see a serviceman or woman today, or indeed a veteran young or old, and don’t know what to say – just a simple ‘thank you’ will do.
That way we would have a proper contest, focused on the future and the full range of issues. And our hardworking members would have a real choice.
I, like many colleagues, react badly to the Party’s decision to try and strong-arm me into voting for this deal.
Do we really think in a world that is only getting more dangerous and more complex, we are better off alone, or as part of a team heading in generally the same direction?
We need to send in Special Forces, as we did in Iraq in 2006-7.
I and thousands of others were sent to fight – the nation we served owes us proper aftercare.
I and many like me joined the Army at a time of war to fight this evil because we wanted to and, dare I say it, actually enjoyed some of what we were sent to do.
Putin, Assad, and their like will continue to push the envelope
The candidate for Plymouth Moor View responds to Mario Creatura.