Ex MEP East of England 2009-19. Now Reform UK. Strategic consultant, writer, media spokesman. Chairman Freedom Association. Pro Brexit. RTs NOT endorsements.

Norwich, England
Joined September 2009
David C Bannerman retweeted
Unusual: Three of the Royal Navy's Vanguard-class submarines are currently at sea. One boat is due back from patrol soon (198 days on patrol so far), one boat is the relief and the other is likely conducting trials / work up. We were aware of this, but now been reported by @thetimes
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๐Ÿšจ BREAKING NEWS Thr major UK retailer poundland is close to going into administration. You know the country's fucked when even the pound shops are shutting down!
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Replying to @RobertJenrick
"Fully re-legalise Imperial units" ๐Ÿ™Œ The right thing to do. Imperial units are part of who we are. Our feet and inches, acres, yards and miles, pounds and ounces, pints and gallons are part of our cultural inheritance. They fit into our language, liturgy, song, poetry and so much more. Metrication broke a link with our history and heritage and ensured that we speak a different language to our ancestors. We should fix that broken link.
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Britain is broke. And to fix it, we need to start growing again. Thatโ€™s why Reformโ€™s Economic Rescue Plan includes these 64 pro-growth measures Iโ€™d take if I were Chancellor: ๐—จ๐—ป๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ 1. Approve Rosebank 2. Restart oil and gas licensing 3. Legalise onshore exploration 4. Abolish the Energy Profits Levy 5. Restore maximum economic extraction as the North Sea regulator's objective ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป 6. Abolish the Emissions Trading Scheme 7. Halt the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism 8. Repudiate AR7 contracts for difference and scrap AR8 9. Implement the Fingleton Review on nuclear in full 10. Automatically approve French and South Korean nuclear designs ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—›๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ 11. Cut affordable housing requirements on brownfield sites 12. Permitted Development Right for brownfield housing 13. Repeal Biodiversity Net Gain 14. Exit the Aarhus Convention 15. Repeal and reform the Habitats Regulations, including Nutrient Neutrality 16. End the boiler ban 17. Legalise air conditioning to meet overheating rules 18. Remove mandatory EPC improvements 19. Revoke the Future Homes Standard 20. Repeal the Renters' Rights Act ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ 21. Legislate approval for new runways at Heathrow and Gatwick 22. Auction airport landing slots 23. End 'target-consistent' carbon pricing in project evaluation 24. Ban carbon emissions considerations in planning applications 25. Fast-track all water reservoirs as nationally significant projects 26. Make Development Consent Orders a true one-stop shop 27. Restrict judicial review of ministerial planning decisions 28. Scrap Net Zero construction rules 29. Scrap the social value test in procurement 30. Lift launch limits at SaxaVord Spaceport 31. Open completed sections of East-West Rail ๐—๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—œ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป 32. Review regulatory barriers to AI adoption 33. Permit on-site gas generation for data centres and industry ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ 34. Cut Employer NI back to 13.8% 35. Introduce a migrant worker levy 36. Repeal the Employment Rights Act 37. Clarify that workplace rights don't require mandatory training courses 38. Let experienced tradesmen work on government contracts without CSCS qualifications ๐—จ๐—ป๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜† 39. Review bank capital requirements to boost lending 40. Rule out Net Zero in financial regulators' remits 41. Repeal climate-related financial disclosure rules ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด 42. Scrap airport 'surface access strategies' 43. Abolish the electric vehicle mandates 44. Apply domestic GB hours to all UK HGV trips 45. Ban Low-Traffic Neighbourhoods 46. Back the M4 Relief Road 47. Move a new car's first MOT to four years 48. Abolish the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation ๐—จ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€ 49. Replace GDPR with a New Zealand-style Privacy Act 50. Fully re-legalise Imperial units 51. Review all unchanged EU law 52. Automatically repeal remaining EU law in 5 years unless retained ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ 53. Make quarterly Making Tax Digital reporting voluntary 54. Reduce legal obligations on SME Non-Executive Directors 55. Double permission-free event days from 28 to 56 56. Make pavement dining licences automatic and permanent 57. Let shops open until 10pm, except Sundays 58. Repeal board diversity and inclusion rules 59. Remove the Sustainable Aviation Fuel mandate 60. Abolish the packaging tax 61. Scrap BBC and Channel 4 priority on streaming platforms 62. Remove the Public Sector Equality Duty 63. Five-year sunset on all QUANGOs 64. Five-year sunset clause on all new regulations And there are more to come! Britainโ€™s full potential is waiting to be unleashed ๐Ÿš€
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At least he didnโ€™t call Robert a pleb. theguardian.com/politics/201โ€ฆ
๐Ÿšจ NEW: Tory MP calls Robert Jenrick a "Neanderthal" for backing cuts to ยฃ6 Billion spent on foreign aid. โ€ข Tory MP Andrew Mitchell has described Jenrick as a โ€œNeanderthalโ€ in the House of Commons over his support for reducing the UKโ€™s foreign aid budget. โ€ข The response came following a question from Jenrick to Labour's Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband. "How would he justify to working people and pensioners spending ยฃ6 billion on foreign aid whilst freezing the tax-free person allowance and cutting the state pension?" โ€ข Miliband backed up the Tory, by replying with "I would say to him, I think the answer came from the person who used to be in his party, the party he used to be in, which is that the money we spend on foreign aid is absolutely about preventing the problems from elsewhere in the world coming here."
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David C Bannerman retweeted
๐ŸšจNEW: An inquest has heard Lib Dem-run Cambridgeshire council received 127 complaints about a pothole in a 60mph zone before it killed two teenagers
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Thousands of Non-Europeans Still Settling in Britain Through EU Loophole order-order.com/2026/10/27/tโ€ฆ
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In an interview with Paul Thorpe broadcast on 11 May 2026, I alleged that Mr Harborne had fixed the 2019 General Election result by conspiring with the then Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and the then leader of the Brexit Party, Nigel Farage, to ensure a majority for Mr Johnson's party by agreeing to pay each of them ยฃ1 million, which he duly did in November 2022, in return for the Brexit Party standing down all 317 of its candidates for Conservative-held seats. I made that allegation in reliance on information I had been given. I now accept that the information did not provide a sufficient basis for so serious an allegation, and I should not have made it. I withdraw that allegation and apologise to Mr. Harborne for the distress caused.
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"Andy Burnham has 'no mandate' to negotiate with the EU next month to rejoin the EU without an election" He is right isnt he? This wasn't in Labours manifesto.
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David C Bannerman retweeted
I know delayed and cancelled travel is frustrating, but rail companies not acting accordingly due to weather like this lead to the deaths of 3 people in 2020
Hello, any reason why trains to Manchester are cancelled? The weather is not a good excuse @northernassist
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The desire for new railway station and railway lines is phenomenal. Every single one reopened has seen numbers using them being far in excess of forecasts. Incidentally passenger railways now carry 1.83 billion journeys a year - thatโ€™s the highest since 1920! Under British Rail it was a 1/3 of that. Was driven by passenger franchising needing to chase growth.
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David C Bannerman retweeted
This is, I think, the third time that a new railway stationโ€™s patronage has been double the predicted volume. Transport analysts: does this mean the current predictive model is broken? And wouldnโ€™t that shift up the business case for other dismissed reopenings / new stationsโ€ฆ?
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David C Bannerman retweeted
โ™ฆ๏ธWHITE PRIVILEGEโ™ฆ๏ธ This is how our cotton mills and wool mills made their profits, which afforded them their fine stone-built mansions on the outskirts of mill towns. It was dangerous work, fingers were often lost, eye injuries common, no comfort breaks, no health insurance and no factory nurse. This work was done on empty bellies after a walk to work. Malnutrition was common place and discipline hard. A water barrel with a wooden ladle for dry dusty days as cotton dander filled the choking air. There were no holidays to look forward to, no sick pay, and kids as young as 7 sent to work in the miserable conditions their parents stomached for a lifetime. They didn't play much, they were too knackered for that. A cold hard bed was all they could hope for. Arthritis and joint pains kicked in early as crippled fingers in their middle years struggled with looms. And our MPs talk about reparations for slavery, when every God damned nation was using slaves. White privilege... you disgust me. There should be a plaque of remembrance dedicated to the entire working class! #DawnButlerMP
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Anyone know if the Telegraph might have changed ownership recently?
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David C Bannerman retweeted
The traffic on Wigmore St on Day 1 of pedestrianised Oxford St ๐Ÿ˜ฌ
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David C Bannerman retweeted
It was a Westminster press briefing called at 72 hours' notice ahead of the Budget, not an arena rally booked six months in advance. The room was packed out with political journalists, broadcast cameras, and economic correspondents. Instead of interrogating a detailed 64-point plan to slash ยฃ40bn of Whitehall waste and restore British growth, Skyโ€™s top takeaway is schoolyard seating-plan gossip. This is why trust in legacy broadcast media is in freefall. Britain is facing ยฃ3 trillion in national debt, public services are buckling, and the lobby pack behaves like a clutch of lifestyle bloggers.
The Reform UK conference hall today is awkwardly empty - both sides of the stage barely filled and behind the stage a few seats are still unfilled even on the front row Nigel Farage blames โ€˜staff incompetenceโ€™ for the turnout - signs of not an altogether happy party
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David C Bannerman retweeted
May this year. "I am not proposing that the UK considers rejoining the EU. I respect the decision that was made at the referendum, and it would undermine everything Iโ€™ve said about strengthening democracy if we donโ€™t respect that vote."
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The German ownership of the @Telegraph is seeking to make it more pro EU and less conservative (small c). Disastrous. Will kill a great paper.
Telegraphโ€™s Cost Cuts Set to Target Brexiteer Columnists order-order.com/2026/10/27/tโ€ฆ
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Tory MP Calls Jenrick 'Neanderthal' for Supporting Foreign Aid Cuts order-order.com/2026/10/27/tโ€ฆ
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