Opinion by Michael Fabricant MP. PM?s ARROGANCE IS MISPLACED Are we ?Reykjavik-on-Thames?? The British economy officially sank into recession on Friday. We all knew it was coming. The political narrative repeated by Gordon Brown and his ministers is that this is ?a global problem?, that Britain is best placed to recover from it due to […]
Michael Fabricant initiated a debate in the House of Commons on Tuesday 27th January with Geoff Hoon MP, the Secretary of State for Transport, over the reliability of the new West Coast Mainline Service during January and took the opportunity to invite the Secretary of State to the next dinner of the Lichfield Commuters Club […]
Commenting on the attack on Michael John Eccles in Lichfield on Sunday evening, Michael Fabricant says: "The murder of Michael John Eccles is a tragedy of the worst proportions. People are stunned. How could this have happened in our Lichfield? I never met Michael, but he was a Facebook friend of mine and we had […]
Opinion by Michael Fabricant MP. IN SEARCH OF A STRAIGHT ANSWER Last week I was rebuked by Mr Speaker for shouting at the Prime Minister in the House of Commons (as were a number of others). "One doesn’t normally shout at someone answering a question across a room in one’s home" someone in Lichfield pointed […]
Michael Fabricant visited the Buddhavihara Temple last Friday (21st November) and met the Abbot, the Venerable Dr Phramaha Laow Panyasiri, and monks from Thailand. Michael says: "Having visited churches throughout the Lichfield constituency and our historic cathedral many times, it made an interesting change to visit a Buddhist Temple here in Kings Bromley. Buddhism is […]
Michael Fabricant (MP for Lichfield, a keen narrow-boater, and Patron of the Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust) suggested in Parliament today that heavy goods could be moved off the roads and put onto canals. Michael Fabricant says: "I suggested to the Minister for Energy and Climate Change, Joan Ruddock, that non urgent freight could […]
This afternoon (Thursday 13th November) the Government announced that the contract to run the Post Office Card Account (POCA) would be awarded to Post Office Ltd. This is a reversal of policy as the Government were planning to award this to another company, threatening another wave of Post Office closures. "All this speculation has been […]
Michael Fabricant is backing a new music competition sponsored by the Lichfield Mysteries. "The Lichfield Mysteries are becoming an integral part of the Lichfield calendar" says Michael. "They bring tourists to our City and much added colour to our historic streets and Cathedral Close. "I hope that local students 18 or under who are budding […]
"Plans being considered by Staffordshire County Council for a new 217 acre gravel extraction site immediately north of Kings Bromley in Staffordshire would cause even more misery to locals as still more heavy trucks move aggregate along the A515" says Michael Fabricant. The proposed site would be based around Bancroft farm and be operated by […]
Michael Fabricant has written to the Government Office for the West Midlands strongly opposing the Government’s proposals to build between 417,100 and 445,600 new homes in the region over the 366,000 new homes previously agreed. "I will also re-assert my strong objection already lodged with Lichfield District Council for the construction of 5,000 new homes […]