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Yesterday's King's Speech had several good ideas.
However, it failed to address many of the serious issues facing the UK, including welfare spending, education, healthcare and the armed forces.
My speech on the King's Speech here👇
David Davis MP
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David Davis MP
@DavidDavisMP
Conservative Member of Parliament for Goole and Pocklington
Joined September 2014
- Al Carns is absolutely right here 👇 Our veterans in Northern Ireland did nothing but their duty in defeating the IRA terrorists. We cannot now let the IRA achieve their aims through political concessions by persecuting our own soldiers. This element of the Northern Ireland
00:00 - Sir Richard Knighton made some incredibly important points to the Lords International Relations and Defence Committee this morning. He told the Committee that under Labour's spending plans, the army would "have to dial back our activities and our exercise and operational
- Kemi is right to highlight the credible prospect of a Russian attack on NATO territory by 2030. If Russia were to strike a NATO ally, the UK would be compelled to act. That is precisely why capability must sit at the centre of Britain's defence policy.I set out an example in my recent article: The UK-linked Skycutter/ SkyFall drone - the Shrike 10-F - demonstrates this point clearly. At around $1,000 per unit, it is capable of downing much more costly targets, and has already taken first place in competitive US trials. YetThe central challenge here is not simply the level of funding, but whether that funding is translated into usable capability - and organising Britain to adopt, scale, and deploy innovation at the pace the strategic environment now demands.
- Kemi is right to set out three clear tests for the defence investment plan. 1. The Funding Test: it must deliver at least £28 billion over the next four years. 2. The Readiness Test: the funding cannot be backloaded into the next Parliament, leaving our forces exposed in theReplying to @DavidDavisMPWe need only look at Ukraine to understand what is now possible when necessity drives adaptation. In my article, I highlight: "Ukraine had seven domestic drone manufacturers at the start of the war with Russia, it now has 500. FPV (first-person view) drone production has grownThe lesson from Ukraine is clear. Victory in modern conflict is not determined by technology alone, but by the ability to create the conditions for rapid scaling, relentless experimentation, and swift deployment at industrial pace.
- Kemi Badenoch will set out the case for increasing defence spending at 11:00 this morning. Britain must strengthen its armed forces by ensuring we can rapidly produce the munitions and technology needed in a crisis. That requires both resilient supply chains and a procurement
- This is a principled decision and a devastating attack on a Government that is failing to defend our country. John Healey’s resignation letter to the Prime Minister says it all: “Your DIP [defence investment plan] financial settlement — which I was first given in full on MondayMy letter to the Prime Minister
- This is an important insight from @terrorwatchdog. The insistence on an open Irish border was one of the reasons that I resigned from Theresa May’s government. In addition, we need to revisit the approach we take to the assessment of asylum seekers. People who really need
- The case of Andrew Malkinson is a grave miscarriage of justice and today’s news only underlines how badly he has been failed by the state. With the real rapist, Paul Quinn, now finally convicted and deservedly sentenced to 24 years, it is clearer than ever that the system not
- Banking Hubs and Post Offices are lifelines for communities losing traditional bank branches. Yet Lloyds Bank is the only major British bank that doesn't allow customers to deposit cheques at Banking Hubs and Post Offices. This hits local businesses, the elderly, and rural areas
- The big question in all of this is why were these messages between Darren Jones and Peter Mandelson not released on Monday alongside all the other Humble Address documents? The Humble Address is clear that "electronic communications… between Lord Mandelson and ministers…
- This is a much welcome decision. The Scottish Government has spent years resisting the release of these documents. The Scottish Information Commissioner deserves great credit for doggedly pursuing the case and standing up for transparency and freedom of information.
- Sir Alex Younger was a great patriot who understood that our values are not a weakness, but our greatest strength. “If we undermine the values we defend, even in the name of defending them, then we have lost” - a view held by more of the agency heads than many realise.
