Our strong sense is that our competitors – we cite France particularly – are more focussed on choosing nominees who might be expected to advance national interests on the world stage.
Labour’s Dawn Butler was one of the few to battle for the rights of the individual over the state.
Nineteen Members of Parliament have so far declared publicly.
Dr Andrew Murrison is the Member of Parliament for South West Wiltshire and served as a medical officer in Iraq in 2003. His book Tommy this, an’ Tommy that; the military covenant is published by Biteback and dedicated to the men of Bomber Command. The Queen will today unveil a very beautiful, classically inspired monument of […]
Dr Andrew Murrison is the Member of Parliament for South West Wiltshire and served as a medical officer in Iraq in 2003. His book Tommy this, an’ Tommy that; the military covenant is published by Biteback. The Armed Forces and Society report, published last week by Lord Ashcroft claims one in five Servicemen has been […]
Dr Andrew Murrison MP served for 18 years in the Navy. He writes and comments on military affairs and his book ‘Tommy this, an’ Tommy that: the military covenant’ is published by Biteback The Argentine government and President Cristina Kirchner have sunk to a new low. Covertly Argentina has filmed its Olympic hockey captain Fernando […]
Dr Andrew Murrison MP has been appointed as the Prime Minister’s Special Representative for the Great War centenary. His book Tommy this and Tommy that: The Military Covenant is published by Biteback (royalties to The Royal British Legion). In 2014 the parties to the conflict will mark the centenary of the outbreak of the Great […]
Dr Andrew Murrison is the MP for South West Wiltshire. He is also the author of Tommy this, an’ Tommy that: The Military Covenant. This Prime Minister ‘gets’ the military covenant. In June last year aboard HMS Ark Royal in Halifax Nova Scotia in his "Ark of the Covenant" speech David Cameron set out the importance […]
Andrew Murrison, the MP for South-West Wiltshire, was a medical officer in Iraq in 2003 and is the author of Tommy this, an’ Tommy that: The Military Covenant published this summer by Biteback. Sir William Gage’s magisterial report on the Baha Mousa inquiry is a real door stopper. It is pretty damning. There can be […]
Andrew Murrison MD is MP for South West Wiltshire. A Royal Navy Surgeon Commander and Consultant Occupational Physician before entering Parliament in 2001, he was recalled in 2003 to serve as a battle group MO in south-east Iraq. Media attention on combat casualties has focussed on flag-draped coffins inching down Wootton Bassett high street. But […]
Andrew Murrison MD is MP for South West Wiltshire. A Royal Navy Surgeon Commander and Consultant Occupational Physician before entering Parliament in 2001, he was recalled in 2003 to serve as a battle group MO in south-east Iraq. By happy chance, today’s third reading of the Armed Forces Bill which writes the military covenant into […]
By Jonathan Isaby Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary Caroline Spelman has just made a difficult statement to the Commons, making a full U-turn on the Government's proposals to sell off some state-owned forests. She announced The forestry clauses will be removed from the public bodies bill; The consultation on the forest sell-off – due […]
Dr Murrison is an Iraq veteran and practising Consultant After the Government was formed, the Prime Minister asked me to probe healthcare provision for servicemen and veterans, and to make recommendations. My report into combat stress and military that followed, Fighting Fit, was delivered last August, has been accepted in full by David Cameron, and […]
Dr Andrew Murrison is the Member of Parliament for South West Wiltshire and has served for thirty years as a regular and reservist, including as a medical officer in Iraq in 2003, and previously as a Shadow Defence Minister. His book ‘Tommy this, an’ Tommy that; the military covenant’ is published by Biteback. The last government thought soldiers on the […]