Geoffrey Cox KC MP
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Geoffrey Cox KC MP
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Conservative MP for Torridge and Tavistock. For reply, email [email protected]
- There are two possible explanations for the Speaker’s decision to abandon long-standing convention. First, he did it to assist his former party leader get out of a bind. Secondly, as he says, he did it in a misguided attempt to protect certain Labour MPs from the intimidation
- This is parliamentary skill. Brilliant from Ruth Davidson.
- A thoughtful, wise and statesmanlike decision by Boris Johnson to withdraw, reflecting the qualities that made so many of us originally put our faith in him 3 years ago. Putting the country and the party first.
- I have been truly privileged to have served as Attorney General during the recent turbulent political times. I am now leaving the Government at the PM’s request. I shall continue to represent and stand up strongly for the interests of Torridge and West Devon.
- Dissolution is not a threat to democracy, it is a weapon to protect the rights of voters telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/… via @Telegraph
- If Professor Mark Elliott - and I emphasise the word “if”- had said the moon was made of cheese - then he would have fundamentally failed to understand the geological structure of the moon- and cheese.*If* the Attorney General had said this - and I emphasise the word "if" - then he would have fundamentally failed to understand the judgment.
- It was a great privilege to serve as Her Majesty’s Attorney General and Advocate General of Northern Ireland, particularly at a time so critical to the nation’s future, and I am honoured to receive a knighthood for that service. May I wish everyone a very Happy New Year.
- I’ve been asked to record a children's bedtime story for while we are cooped up in CV confinement. This is a Chinese fairy tale entitled, "The Stone Monkey", told by H A Giles in a beautiful little pamphlet of tales published in 1911. I hope you enjoy it.
- Today marks the beginning of the end of three years of deadlock, delay, obstruction and obfuscation over Brexit. Thank you to the British people who issued their decisive verdict on that period.
- All the groups and individuals who have been working hard behind the scenes to create a new future for Appledore Shipyard will come together for a summit meeting at No 10 Downing Street tomorrow. A vital step as we move towards the reopening of the yard.
- I am privileged to be asked by the Prime Minister to continue as AG and chief legal adviser to the Govt. at a time when respect for the rule of law and independent, objective and accurate legal advice have never been more critical to its mission and to our country’s reputation.
- The DT reporting of the last 24 hours consists of misunderstood fag ends dressed up as facts. Some of it is accurate, much more of it isn’t and what is not is far more significant than what is. Complex and detailed negotiations cannot be conducted in public. Get Outlook for iOS
