The snap election announcement has caused me 36 hrs of intense soul searching.
 
Whilst my heart tells me to stand again, there being so much unfinished business across local regeneration and national issues which are important to me, my head knows this to be impossible at this

The Princess of Wales has the love and support of the whole country.

On Thursday 28 September I was rushed into hospital with the potential for sepsis. This was indeed correct and I was placed into an induced coma with multiple organ failures. Treatment has been exemplary by all NHS staff and I can’t thank them enough.
I am now on a slow road to

The Climate Change Committee have said you don’t reach Net Zero by wishing it.

As we make the transition to renewables, we will still need oil and gas – it makes sense to use our own supplies such as Rosebank.

This is the right long-term decision for the UK’s energy security.

Positive news for 🇬🇧 energy security, jobs, investment, tax revenues & balance of payments that #Rosebank field west of #Shetland has been approved for production Equinor & Ithaca Oil & Gas. Domestic production brings oil & gas with lower CO2 footprint than long distance #LNG

“It is incumbent upon politicians to ask whether the Refugee Convention…is fit for our modern age.” Suella Braverman MP's speech in America. Full text. tinyurl.com/6by83xn3

‘That is a strong statement!’

Patrick Christys and Conservative MP Craig Mackinlay MP praise Suella Braverman’s allusions to Putin’s interference in the European migrant crisis.

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Bizaare from Anneliese Dodds. Let’s try to understand this. Any parent can put their child through state funded education at no charge (the parents will have paid through their taxes, it’s not ‘free’). Other parents, in exercising their choice to pay again for private education

Facts speak for themselves. Conservatives

Are we really meant to take Liberal Democrats seriously with such vacuous and staged stupidity? Is this stunt deemed a vote winner?Politics is a serious and sober business that affects everyone in our country.
I treat the privileged position I’ve been so fortunate to be elected to with

'I've got grave concerns about batteries, do we really want to be entering a Chinese supply chain?'

Chair of the Net Zero Scrutiny Group, Craig Mackinlay, says we would be 'jumping out of Putin's frying pan and into President Xi's fire'.

“It's becoming a little bit out of the norm to actually have an inheritance tax.”

Rishi Sunak’s plan to get rid of inheritance tax is the right decision as the tax is “past it’s prime”, MP for South Thanet Craig Mackinlay tells Ayesha Hazarika.

#TimesRadio | Craig Mackinlay

WATCH: “Decarbonising the UK could cost £3 trillion. We need to have a debate.” – Craig Mackinlay conservativehome.com/2023/09/24/dec…

My comment piece Mail on Sunday Daily Mail Online about complex difficulties of #EV charging points. The delay of #ICE ban to 2035 is welcomed but the decarbonisation of #UK through electrification is fraught with cost, practicality & achievability questions. We’re now able to have

🚨Don't miss The Camilla Tominey Show, tomorrow from 9:30am:

🔵 Craig Mackinlay MP
🔴 Luciana Berger
🟡 Wendy Chamberlain
➕ Former Mi6 Chief, Sir Richard Dearlove
➕ Daniel Kawczynski
🗞️ David Maddox reviews the papers

Earlier today a bid challenging the legality of the government’s decision to reopen Manston Airport has been thrown out by a High Court judge.

On Kent Tonight South Thanet MP Craig Mackinlay MP joined us to discuss this.

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Honoured to be at the ceremony giving HMS Kent the freedom of #Kent at County Hall @kent_cc. Bright weather, Band of the Royal Marines, Lord Lieutenant of Kent Lord-Lieutenant of Kent, Sea Cadets and heartfelt speeches.

As ever Isle of Thanet News offers a detailed report and timeline of the #Manston journey. I’d hope that campaigners can now feel satisfied that they’ve had a full and expansive hearing on the issue. Now let RSP Manston get on with the job of bringing massive investment, jobs and a

News just in from the High Court. #Manston . Judge refuses #Judicialreview application with, I understand, a detailed 30 page judgment which is anticipated to minimise opportunity for further legal action.
Many years wasted, we can now support RSP Manston in bringing the