Jake Richards MP
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Jake Richards MP
@JakeBenRichards
Justice Minister & working on government’s Men and Boys strategy. Member of Parliament. Dad.
Joined July 2010
- I find this speech by ‘Olive’ Dowden astoundingly embarrassing.
- Devastating from Dame Louise Casey on Sunak.
- ‘No Prime Minister could ever support such a deal’ - Theresa MayFULL STORY Boris Johnson’s government concedes Brexit will mean checks on goods going into Northern Ireland. Belfast, Warrenppint, Larne, He previously boasted that deal, which he agreed, meant no checks and businesses could put paperwork “in the bin” theguardian.com/politics/2020/…
- Our lovely daughter arrived last weekend. Still got some work to finish before parenting leave begins - but we are over the moon (if a little sleep deprived)!
- Gary Neville v Graeme Souness debate on Sky Sports just now is essentially political philosophy. Neville won.
- Replying to @HLTCOI met his mum at work. Before knowing the link, I asked what she was up to this weekend. She very casually said she’d be watching her son play football. ‘How lovely’, I replied. ‘Where does he play?’ ‘The Emirates’. She was a brilliant, very modest woman. A social worker.
- Matt Hancock is touring the TV studios this morning. This is what he really thinks about the Prime Minister. x.com/CallumWilliamT…
- Is this the same Steve Baker MP who voted to repeal the Human Rights Act in 2016?Tory MP Steve Baker on lockdown measures: "This is a major infringement on a right to a family life. I'm looking at the European Convention on Human Rights as I speak to you."
- The minimum wage, Sure Start, smaller class sizes, huge investment in schools, the shortest hospital waiting lists for 40 years, peace in NI, the creation of DfID, huge reductions in child and pensioner poverty, devolution, the Human Rights Act...congrats Sir Tony.
- Legal twitter: a Ukrainian paralegal has arrived in London and is looking for work. Speaks English, Russian, French, Ukrainian and German (I think fluently). If you are aware of any opportunities, please let me know.
- I visited a school recently that is struggling to afford pens and paper. He’s completely out of touch. mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
