I had the privilege of working alongside Peter twice - in the Commons and again in the context of both heritage and the National Lottery - and I mourn deeply the loss of such a witty, intelligent and thoughtful person. https://t.co/o5UCL9zLbR
@Dutch_editor How sad that even in the face of her death you feel unable to acknowledge Cheryl’s character and diligence.
Another scoop for @UKDefJournal Voyager fleet to be adapted to STOVL format for carrier resupply https://t.co/cnqOOeIGJA
@WalkerMarcus OK, I guessed one and it must have been right....
@WalkerMarcus That’ll do, Pig https://t.co/5qtvCcvGOP
@cj_dinenage @Wentworth_House Delighted you liked it, Caroline. I so enjoyed my real visit to this extraordinary house with an even more extraordinary story and a wonderful team of supporters. One of my happiest days @HeritageFundUK -and there were many of them.
@HarryYorke1 Barry Gardiner has many merits but brevity of expression has never been one of them....
One for the parliamentary procedure pedants. Anyone got any idea why the defence white paper due today is being referred to as a command paper? Of course technically all white papers are “by command” so it’s not wrong but it is very odd.
@WalkerMarcus @RiponCuddesdon It’s not often the online comments are better than the article, but this is one of those occasions; give me the countryside any day, with occasional visits to London! https://t.co/Chq7R1a5Ya
Thinking of the battle I had within MoD and across Goverment to protect the defence science and technology budget I cheered when I saw in #IntegratedReview “We will also ensure that science and technology is elevated to the highest importance as a component of national security”