By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter The Government's decision to change the rules of the Backbench Business Committee – the substance of which I wrote about yesterday morning – was debated and voted upon in the House yesterday. John Redwood has written on his blog about the debate: "Yesterday the government rushed proposals through to change […]
John Baron MP is a Member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, has consistently opposed the West’s policy in Afghanistan, and was the only Conservative to vote against the Government’s continued policy in the first vote on the issue in 2010. The leaked NATO report should be making people sit up and think. It is […]
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter Last year, the Prime Minister flew to Brussels amidst rumour of a leadership challenge if he didn't achieve at least a token repatriation of power. Today, he faced the Commons not only with no such repatriation realised but with his veto – so rapturously greeted at the time by […]
John Baron is MP for Basildon and Billericay and in this article he suggests a route-map would be helpful in the European storm. It is nearly a month since the Prime Minister vetoed the EU’s misguided proposals to defuse the Eurozone crisis. He returned from Brussels to a warm reception in Parliament and a significant […]
6.15pm Andrew Rosindell MP praised David Cameron's "bulldog spirit": "It’s a historic sort-of shift for Britain; it does mean that we can think more freely about where we want to be in the long-term. I think the great majority of British people don’t want to be part of political union. We want free trade and […]
With the Prime Minister having used our veto, John Baron MP argues that this is now a once in a lifetime opportunity to fundamentally renegotiate our relationship with the EU on the basis of trade and not politics. John is the Member of Parliament for Basildon and Billericay. There have been some seminal moments in […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. We reported on the policy content of the Chancellor's Autumn Statement on Tuesday. As well as the content of the Statement, it's worth noting the contributions from Conservative backbenchers in the Commons session that followed it. The Chancellor answered 96 questions in total, so it allowed a large window […]
John Baron is the Member of Parliament for Basildon and Billericay. A former soldier and member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, he resigned from the shadow frontbench to vote against the Iraq War, opposed our intervention in Afghanistan, and was the only Tory MP to vote against the Libyan intervention. Here we go again! The condemnation […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Earlier this week John Baron MP called a debate in Westminster Hall to question UK participation in IMF bailouts of the Eurozone. Pasted below are extracts from what he, Mark Hoban MP and Mark Field MP said. Endless bailouts and EU summits are not addressing the Eurozone's underlying uncompetitiveness: "Will […]
John Baron is the Member of Parliament for Basildon and Billericay. The Government is now considering proposals by the EU Commission to increase its budget to €1 trillion in the period 2014-2020. This represents an above-inflation increase on the previous period. Such proposals fly in the face of the austerity measures adopted by governments across […]
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. There are conflicting views at present about where Conservative Euro-revolts go next. One is that they peaked on the vote over an EU referendum. Another is that they will climb higher if Britain enters any new treaty negotiations without a repatriation of powers proposal. My view is the latter […]
John Baron is Conservative MP for Basildon and Billericay. Oh, what an opportunity missed! The majority of the British electorate want a referendum. It knows that the relationship with the EU has fundamentally changed since we first joined what was then an economic free-trade area. The heart and soul of the Conservative Party wants to […]
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter Grovelling? Yes, let's face it: it happens. But not yesterday when the Prime Minister was questioned after his statement on Libya. Read Patrick Mercer on Islamism, Andrew Tyrie on torture, Peter Lilley on getting Libya to pay, Baron on intervention, Chisti on Syria. Plenty of pertinent questions Also follow […]
John Baron is Conservative MP for Basildon and Billericay and a member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee. The debate and vote in the House of Commons in March was very much couched in terms of humanitarian aid. But the citizens of Benghazi were saved months ago. Developments since – including NATO’s targeting of Gaddafi’s […]
John Baron is Conservative MP for Basildon and Billericay. He managed portfolios for charities, pension funds and private clients as a Director of Hendersons and then Rothschild Asset Management. He remains a member of the Securities Institute. He now writes a regular column for the FT’s Investors’ Chronicle magazine. Once again there are siren voices […]