Highlights from Mark Pritchard MP’s speech earlier today… Britain’s Christian heritage is under stealthy attack: "This debate is about the relentless assault, mostly by stealth, on this nation’s much-loved Christian heritage and traditions. It is about how anti-Christian sentiment is increasing, not decreasing; why many Christians feel they are not getting a fair hearing when […]
Mark Pritchard, MP for The Wrekin, says that Gordon Brown’s thin skin and Irritable Vowel Syndrome will be fatal flaws in his Prime Ministership. As Brown’s predictable, but temporary, bounce pushes Labour ahead in the polls no amount of spin or union flag wrapped policy pronouncements will be able to hide the electorate from the […]
Mark Pritchard, MP for says its time for the Party to hold its nerve as a resurgent Labour Party pulls ahead in the polls. The summer of 2007 is the season for the Conservative Party to hold its nerve – ensuring that the discipline and unity enjoyed by the Party over the last twelve months […]
As the government contemplates awarding the largest PFI/PPP in UK history Mark Pritchard, MP for The Wrekin, challenges the government to declare its obvious conflict of interest in the matter and to come to its decision based on who the Ministry of Defence believes can best provide the best 21st century training to Her Majesty’s […]
Mark Pritchard is the Member of Parliament for The Wrekin. Defence experts claim that Iran may have the technical capability to develop a long-range Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile by 2010. North Korea has already developed its Taepo Dong -2 Ballistic Missile which is within striking distance of Japan, South Korea, and US bases in Asia. However, […]
Mark Pritchard is the Member of Parliament for The Wrekin. If you would like to contribute a post for Platform please email your suggestion to conservativehome@mac.com. Individual experiences shape lives. For politicians those experiences can also shape public policy. For too long Britain has lacked leadership on drugs policy and in recent times the government […]
Mark Pritchard is the Member of Parliament for The Wrekin. If you would like to contribute a post for Platform please email your suggestion to conservativehome@mac.com. Similar to a caricature of an American psychotherapy patient, history’s most successful political Party has itself become addicted to self-analysis, introspection, and constant navel gazing. At times, the Conservative […]
Mark Pritchard, MP for The Wrekin, says that the last few weeks show that it is right to privatise the BBC. This has not been a good few weeks for the BBC. First there was the doctoring of the film misleadingly showing Queen Elizabeth storming out of a photo-shoot in "a huff". Then the television […]