What has Mark Harper been up to today?
Mark Harper is MP for Forest of Dean and a member of the Conservative party.
Mark Harper has 48880 followers on Twitter.
Stop blaming journalists (again) - reporting what you actually say isn’t ‘misinterpreted’.
2nd time in just 5 days. This kind of thing happened under the current PM & hugely damaged trust in us all.
So just what does “not giving out handouts” mean then?
Seems pretty clear…
Liz Truss 'misinterpreted' over 'no handouts' remark, her supporters say http://news.sky.com/story/liz-truss-misinterpreted-over-no-handouts-remark-her-supporters-say-12667655
Liz’s NI tax cuts to help with fuel bills not credible. Pensioners typically won’t benefit. Workers on Living Wage gain under £60 a year. Millions of poorest will get nothing. Rishi’s right we need clear targeted support. Get this wrong and we lose next election. #Ready4Rishi
💷 Getting rid of the NI rise (which funds the NHS & Social Care) would give the Prime Minister a tax cut of £1,810 per year
⁉️ Someone working 40hrs a week on the National Living Wage would get just £90 a year to help with their energy bills
😳 That’s 20x less…& no ‘handouts’
Truss on whether she'll offer more help with spiralling fuel bills this winter:
"Of course I will look at what more can be done. But the way I would do things is in a Conservative way of lowering the tax burden, not giving out handouts
https://www.ft.com/content/0d4e8e8c-a9f5-409b-86b8-884304ce0568
The MPs backing @RishiSunak ...
highest in every round ...
and from every part of the party, every part of Britain.
Colleagues are #Ready4Rishi for leadership through tough times, to win the GE and keep Labour out.
More MPs voted for @RishiSunak for PM because they know only he can win the next General Election.
He’s the only candidate who can tackle the economic challenges of today, and beat Labour tomorrow. #Ready4Rishi
New video from @Rishisunak
“I want to be honest with you about the challenges the country will face.”
@Ready4Rishi #ready4Rishi
Richard and Ben are right.
Levelling up should also include rural and coastal areas. Anyone who says just urban areas should benefit from levelling up doesn’t get it.
Places like the #ForestofDean deserve their fair share of investment, not just large urban centres.
I'm 100% with @BenHouchen on this
Labour "investment" meant 💷 dragged out of small cities, towns, suburbs, villages & splurged in Metropolitan centres
@RishiSunak tore up HMT orthodoxy with GreenBook changes & sees areas like Co Durham, #Teesside, South West etc re-prioritised https://twitter.com/BenHouchen/status/1555485445320019968
🚨 DON’T MISS Esther McVey & Philip Davies’ exclusive interview with Rishi Sunak, tomorrow at 10am.
🗣 Hear what the man who wants to be PM has to say on illegal immigration, grooming gangs and his chances of reaching No.10.
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🌳 Enjoyed speaking to South Warwickshire @Conservatives members last night to make the case for @RishiSunak.
🇬🇧 Rishi’s plan to grip inflation is fundamentally Conservative & what Mrs Thatcher did when she came to office too.
👉 #Ready4Rishi http://Ready4Rishi.com
💷 Today’s news puts this leadership election in context. With the cost of Government borrowing due to increase, Rishi’s economic plan is looking more fit for purpose by the day.
✅ Grip inflation, grow the economy and then cut taxes.
👉 http://Ready4Rishi.com #Ready4Rishi
My response to today's Bank of England report👇
When I first started as Chancellor I put up a photo of Nigel Lawson in my office.
Now he's endorsing me to be Prime Minister and I couldn’t be more grateful.
Read his article here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/08/03/rishi-sunak-candidate-who-understands-thatcherite-economics/
💬 “In 2016…I went with my heart and voted for Brexit. I did that because I believed that we could do things differently as a sovereign nation” - @RishiSunak
🇬🇧 Rishi believes in our country 🇬🇧
🗞 Great interview with @Daily_Express👇
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1649641/Brexit-vow-Rishi-Sunak-Tory-leadership-double-down-Conservative-members-update
Another great evening speaking to @Conservatives members last night in Ledbury.
@RishiSunak was on great form, showing our members how he can deal with the challenges ahead.
It’s time for some honesty, determination & grip. That’s why I’m #Ready4Rishi
http://Ready4Rishi.com
💬 Free markets rest on strong institutions and credibility with the markets. That is why we must maintain fiscal discipline.
🗽 Great to write for the excellent @iealondon’s @FreeMarketForum & make the free market case for @RishiSunak.
👉 https://www.freemarketforum.org/blog/the-free-market-case-for-rishi-sunak
Since we’ve been talking about levelling up today…
This is how you do it👇
#Ready4Rishi http://Ready4Rishi.com
As Prime Minister, I will continue to make sure that communities around the UK get the support they need to prosper.
Read my article exclusively for @ChamberVoice on my vision for levelling up.
https://chamberuk.com/rishi-sunak-levelling-up/
Sign up: http://Ready4Rishi.com
Stop blaming journalists - reporting what a press release says isn’t “wilful misrepresentation”
So this u-turn has wiped out £8.8bn in savings. Where are these going to come from now?
An economic policy that can’t be paid for isn’t very Conservative. Mrs Thatcher would be livid
.@trussliz campaign today: “There has been a *wilful misrepresentation* of our campaign...There will be no proposal taken forward on regional pay boards for civil servants or public sector workers.”
*Wilful* Truss press release yesterday: "all public sector workers"
This is the kind of stuff that has to be cobbled together when your main economic policy is unfunded tax cuts with no grip on spending
This would level down the pay of nurses & police officers in the very communities that need levelling up
Hard grafters would get #LessUnderLiz
Liz Truss says she’ll “save £8.8bn” by paying public workers less in poorer regions. This would start with new civil servants and “if it works” be extended to public sector workers, meaning £8.8bn comes from nurses/police/teachers etc in Sunderland paid less than ones in Surrey.
This was a totally brilliant answer to the last question on Corporation Tax in #Exeter this evening.
@RishiSunak is the right candidate to put us on the path to growth and prosperity.
Radically different.
#Ready4Rishi https://twitter.com/RishiSunak/status/1554195000396840966
I’m not going to stick to the failed plans of the past, I’m going to do something radically different.
Rishi Sunak explains his corporation tax plans at the Exeter hustings #Ready4Rishi
.@RishiSunak was absolutely brilliant at the Exeter @Conservatives Party Leadership hustings tonight. It is clear that he has got what it takes to be a hugely successful Prime Minister. @Ready4Rishi #Ready4Rishi
Great to speak to @Conservatives from South Gloucestershire and Bristol this evening.
I set out why @RishiSunak has the plan we need to beat inflation & Labour
We are one Party, one family, one team. I set out Rishi’s arguments in the respectful way this contest deserves.
Today is #YorkshireDay.
I couldn’t be prouder to have the support of my Richmond constituency and, in particular, the backing of my friend, mentor and one of Yorkshire’s greatest statesmen.
Watch @WilliamJHague below 👇
As Conservatives, we all want taxes to be low.
But we need to cut taxes in a responsible way which doesn’t stoke inflation and put prices up even higher for families.
Read about my plan here: https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/news-money/19382536/households-could-be-777-better-off-under-sunak-plan/
http://Ready4Rishi.com
🎥 A spine-tingling endorsement for @RishiSunak from one of our Party’s most distinguished statesmen, @WilliamJHague.
🇬🇧 Featuring some great, no nonsense North Yorkshire men and women explaining why they are #Ready4Rishi 👇
https://youtu.be/DAgtEPZW9L8
“Your success goes far beyond the trophy you have so deservedly earned.
“You have all set an example that will be an inspiration for girls and women today, and for future generations.”
🏴 🏆 The Queen has sent a message of congratulations to the @Lionesses:
Brilliant weekend speaking to @Conservatives members in the South West - from North Somerset & across Gloucestershire
@RishiSunak will restore trust and integrity to Government based on Conservative principles.
The more members Rishi speaks to, the more become #Ready4Rishi 🇬🇧
The race is on.
@RishiSunak is speaking to members across the country, fighting for every single vote in the way that he’ll fight for Conservative values in Government.
Encouraged by the undecided members each day who are becoming #Ready4Rishi after meeting with him.
🚨NEW POLL🚨
Poll of Conservative Cllrs ahead of the Conservative Leadership election.
Liz Truss 31%
Rishi Sunak 29%
Undecided 32%
511 Conservative Cllrs
27-29 July
👉Out & about in Coleford this morning delivering our local survey
🙋♂️Lots of good conversations with local residents
☕️ Finished up with coffee and toasties at Kaplan’s café
👉 We’re out campaigning all year round in the #ForestofDean
Good luck to the @Lionesses in the #WEURO2022 final on Sunday.
The England flag has been raised outside Parliament in support of the @England team. Come on England! We'll be cheering you all the way! @WEURO2022
This is about what I'm going to do for the country.
#ReadyForRishi
Join us to beat Labour: http://Ready4Rishi.com
If you want growth, if you want productivity, if you want better jobs and skills, we need businesses to invest more.
#Ready4Rishi
Join us to Rebuild Our Economy -> http://Ready4Rishi.com
I promise you, I’m going to fight for every single vote, I’m going to fight for the Conservative values that are core to who I am and what I stand for.
#Ready4Rishi
Join us to Beat Labour -> http://Ready4Rishi.com
Recent events mean us @Conservatives have some work to do in order to win back voters’ trust.
The polling is clear. @RishiSunak is best placed to win back the trust of swing voters who’ve left us since 2019
Yet another reason why I’m #Ready4Rishi
👉 http://Ready4Rishi.com
Introducing the Health & Social Care Levy was a politically tough thing for us to vote through, but @RishiSunak took the bold decision to provide £17.4bn in funding the NHS needed to start recovering after Covid and bust those backlogs.
That’s why I’m #Ready4Rishi (1/2)
EXCL: This is the NHS as you’ve never seen it.
19 patients crammed on trolleys in corridors unable to get into a full A&E.
92 year-old May has been stuck on hers for 3 days.
Outside, ambulances queue, delayed getting to other calls.
Patients have died waiting. #ITVTonight
Glad to hear @KateEMcCann is fine.
She was doing a brilliant job hosting tonight’s debate and wish her a speedy recovery.
Journalism needs more Kate McCanns.
Kate McCann fainted on air tonight and although she is fine, the medical advice was that we shouldn't continue with the debate. We apologise to our viewers and listeners.
Rishi took a difficult decision to bring in a levy to ensure the NHS could bust the backlogs.
Rishi has a 5 point plan to put our NHS on a war-footing and tackle the Covid backlogs.
Scrapping the levy would mean £17.4 billion less each year for the NHS.
#Ready4Rishi 👇
If elected, from day one I will move onto a crisis footing and focus relentlessly on five emergencies facing our country.
I want to start with our biggest public service emergency, the massive backlogs in the NHS.
Watch below and sign up at http://Ready4Rishi.com
Strong start. @RishiSunak has a plan to tackle inflation, grip this country’s challenges and seize the opportunities of Brexit.
#Ready4Rishi
Due to the Covid aftershock, the biggest challenge facing the country is economic - Rishi has a 23% lead on being trusted to handle it
There are other huge challenges, like NHS post-Covid backlogs - Rishi’s 19% lead on competence is pretty important
#Ready4Rishi #BBCOurNextPM
Rishi worked in his mum’s shop and waited tables at the restaurant down the road
His parents worked hard and gave him the best possible start they could
Sneering at hard work is deeply unConservative
@RishiSunak makes me proud to be a Conservative.
#Ready4Rishi #BBCOurNextPM
Inflation is the enemy that’s putting everyone’s bills up.
@RishiSunak has an honest, serious plan to tackle inflation rapidly, because if we don’t do that, our bills will keep going up.
#Ready4Rishi #BBCOurNextPM @Ready4Rishi
Our next Prime Minister will need the mettle to deal with some serious global and domestic challenges over the coming months and years.
Surely they can handle a chat with @afneil?
Looks like @RishiSunak can 👇
Just me then? 😉 https://twitter.com/ITNProductions/status/1551530540280455169
"Only one of the Tory candidates has Thatcher’s ability to win elections and communicate policy to the public."
Thank you to Lord Peter Lilley, former Margaret Thatcher cabinet minister, for your support.
Read @TheSun: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/19296285/rishi-sunak-liz-truss-thatcher/
Sign up: http://Ready4Rishi.com
“I was privileged to serve in Margaret Thatcher’s Cabinet.
She certainly did not believe in cutting taxes in an irresponsible way. Nor does Rishi, and he is absolutely right.”
Proud to have Michael Howard's support: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/22/rishi-sunak-can-provide-leadership-country-needs/
http://Ready4Rishi.com #Ready4Rishi
🙈 They must have missed the £37bn package of direct support he announced just 8 weeks ago
One Truss ally hits back: “Rishi’s much more comfortable talking about debt than the consequences of his failure to act, including low growth and people struggling with the cost of living.”
Ouch.
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/rishi-sunak-liz-truss-tax-plans-immoral_uk_62dbf86fe4b081f3a8ffd2f4
👉Out & about in Coleford this morning with Cllr Carole Allaway Martin leading the team
🙋♂️Survey forms completed & lots of good conversations
👉We campaign all year round in the #ForestofDean
If elected, from day one I will move onto a crisis footing and focus relentlessly on five emergencies facing our country.
I want to start with our biggest public service emergency, the massive backlogs in the NHS.
Watch below and sign up at http://Ready4Rishi.com
👏 Good to see @FraserNelson giving Rishi the credit he deserves here👇
#Ready4Rishi
Sunak is right to claim credit here. He demanded the open Cabinet meeting - where ministers were then able to discover paucity of Whitty’s evidence. Frost’s resignation meant Johnson too weak to ram anything through. https://twitter.com/TheBuzzerUK/status/1550173401234477056
This leadership election is about choices.
Choices that lead to much higher mortgage rates won’t help with the cost of living.
I’m trusting @RishiSunak to make the right choices.
#Ready4Rishi http://Ready4Rishi.com
Interest rates must rise far higher as part of tax cut package says Truss economic adviser
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/liz-trusss-tax-cuts-equal-higher-interest-rates-admits-her-economic-guru-pgv57p5jz
💬“The ability and willingness to go into detail, to counter those arguing for a preventative lockdown, was what enabled Sunak to make his case.”
🗽Here’s how @RishiSunak fought the system to save peoples’ jobs last Christmas by stopping another lockdown
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a6359326-0909-11ed-8c31-545bf77a6173
Here’s what @RishiSunak was up to last December
😷 Rishi flew back from a Govt trip to stop the Cabinet being bounced into a pointless Omicron lockdown
🗽 As Chair of the Covid Recovery Group, I know Rishi was on our side
👉 Proud to be #Ready4Rishi http://Ready4Rishi.com
Rishi Sunak tells LBC he did not register Ready for Rishi as a domain name back in December.
@AndrewMarr9 | @RishiSunak
Mrs Thatcher levelled with the British people about the challenges we faced in the 1980s.
She tackled inflation in order to cut taxes. It’s called sound money.
That’s what @RishiSunak will do and that’s why I’m #Ready4Rishi
http://Ready4Rishi.com
🗣️ 'My values are Thatcherite. I believe in hard work, family and integrity. I am a Thatcherite, I am running as a Thatcherite and I will govern as a Thatcherite' | Writes @RishiSunak https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/20/will-heir-margaret-thatcher/?utm_content=telegraph&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1658385616