What has Tom Tugendhat been up to today?
Tom Tugendhat is MP for Tonbridge and Malling and a member of the Conservative party.
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Heroes.
(How many of us would block trains with Russian war supplies if it meant a certain jail sentence? Fewer than we'd like to think.) https://twitter.com/Tsihanouskaya/status/1542469310999846913
Belarusian partisans blocked the roads & disrupted the railway system to stop 🇷🇺 attack on 🇺🇦. Dzyanis Dzikun, Aleh Malchanau & Dzmitry Ravich were detained & now face trial for railway sabotage. They risk very severe punishment. But I know it will not stop Belarusian resistance.
С начала войны в России за антивоенную позицию задержали уже 16309 человек. Задержаний не было в течение лишь одного дня.
Since the beginning of the war, 16,309 people have been detained in Russia for their anti-war stance. There have been no detentions for only one day. https://twitter.com/meduzaproject/status/1542194609522196488
ДАННОЕ СООБЩЕНИЕ (МАТЕРИАЛ) СОЗДАНО И (ИЛИ) РАСПРОСТРАНЕНО ИНОСТРАННЫМ СРЕДСТВОМ МАССОВОЙ ИНФОРМАЦИИ, ВЫПОЛНЯЮЩИМ ФУНКЦИИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА, И (ИЛИ) РОССИЙСКИМ ЮРИДИЧЕСКИМ ЛИЦОМ, ВЫПОЛНЯЮЩИМ ФУНКЦИИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА.
https://meduza.io/news/2022/06/29/ovd-info-s-24-fevralya-v-rossii-tolko-odin-den-ne-zaderzhivali-za-antivoennuyu-pozitsiyu
’Closing down the criminality is also essential to protect ourselves at home’
Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman @TomTugendhat MP discusses the role the UK has played in propping up Putin’s cronies.
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Family looking forward to outdoor screening of Dirty Dancing this weekend in Tonbridge - as long as they don't put us in the corner... #thelunacinema
"This is a direct threat to the UK's national security."
Chairman of the foreign affairs committee @TomTugendhat tells #TimesRadio that corrupt money in the UK has been an issue "for 40 or so years", and that the Ukraine war has highlighted how it's a "threat to our security".
We need the @NATO meeting to get allies together to support Ukraine.
We’re seeing forces too equally matched and a grinding war of attrition is the result. We need to give @ZelenskyyUa the weapons to determine Ukraine’s future and defend his nation’s sovereignty.
As chairs of the foreign affairs committees of 🇱🇻🇺🇸🇪🇸🇨🇦🇨🇿🇵🇱🇪🇪🇪🇺🇱🇹🇮🇹🇫🇷🇵🇹🇬🇧 parliaments, we urge all members of NATO to swiftly approve the accession of Finland and Sweden to the alliance. We are united in the face of Putin's threats to security and the rules-based intl system.
New: Our plan to unlock export markets worth £20bn+ by resolving a hit list of ~100 priority trade barriers 🚧
It will:
🇬🇧 allow UK exports to reach hundreds of millions of new customers
💷 create opportunities across sectors
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More:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/bonfire-of-the-barriers-to-unlock-new-export-markets-worth-tens-of-billions
Tom Tugendhat, chair of FASC, to @LBC: "(This) would be a very interesting change in Government policy that would demand a massive increase in not just military capability, but actually also naval capability." https://twitter.com/LBC/status/1542405202153701377
"We need to learn the lessons of Ukraine that we could've ensured Ukraine had the defensive capability earlier."
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss suggests The UK could send military equipment to 'maintain peace and stability' in Taiwan.
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Complacency has left the door open to corrupt wealth taking root and morally bankrupt billionaires using the UK as a safe deposit box.
Our Chair @TomTugendhat talks about our new report
Read more here 👇
https://committees.parliament.uk/work/6495/responding-to-illicit-and-emerging-finance/news/171796/morally-bankrupt-billionaires-using-the-uk-as-a-safe-deposit-box/
@TomTugendhat It was good to catchup with you, a supporter of @cwowomen & to see friends & colleagues I hadn’t seen in a long while at the @cwowomen summer party.
Sweden 🇸🇪 and Finland 🇫🇮 will be joining @NATO. That’s good news for all of us but particularly northern neighbours like the UK 🇬🇧.
We need to do all we can to resist Putin’s aggression and defend Ukraine 🇺🇦. Having two new allies in NATO will make us stronger.
Lovely to see old and new friends this evening at the @cwowomen Summer Reception.
A special thank you to @TomTugendhat for joining us and for always showing his support to the Conservative Women’s Organisation.
Sweden 🇸🇪 and Finland 🇫🇮 will be joining @NATO. That’s good news for all of us but particularly northern neighbours like the UK 🇬🇧.
We need to do all we can to resist Putin’s aggression and defend Ukraine 🇺🇦. Having two new allies in NATO will make us stronger.
We need the @NATO meeting to get allies together to support Ukraine.
We’re seeing forces too equally matched and a grinding war of attrition is the result. We need to give @ZelenskyyUa the weapons to determine Ukraine’s future and defend his nation’s sovereignty.
New episode! Barkha Dutt (@BDUTT) joined @tylercowen to discuss how Westerners can gain a more complete picture of India, why relations between Hindus and Muslims seem to be worsening, the best city for Indian food, and more: https://conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/barkha-dutt/ #cowenconvos
The denialists are now trying to claim Russia was really targeting the rail line behind the mall, despite the Russian MFA claiming totally different locations were targeted by their attack.
It's pretty impressive people are still denying a Russian missile hit #Kremenchuk mall when there's a video that shows the missile hitting the mall. That kind of denial takes a lot of effort.
https://twitter.com/Podolyak_M/status/1541890875520913408?t=WI_oMHhBtxl-67jtXO0CIg&s=19
«Абсолютний тероризм», – каже @ZelenskyyUa та публікує відео навмисного удару ракетою по ТЦ в Кременчуку, коли там було багато людей. Російська пропаганда завжди бреше: немає жодної випадковості, це цілеспрямований продуманий удар задля залякування населення та масових жертв.
I've started @Telegraph as education editor. Got a story about schools, universities, or further education?
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Tech Britain is best seen in the amazing entrepreneur accelerator @join_ef. Matt and Alice are supporting innovators and Britain’s future by investing in people and ideas.
🚀💥 Very big day at @join_ef today as we announce our $158m Series C from a coalition of some of the world's best founders and company builders, inc @collision @patrickc @reidhoffman @photomatt @taavet and many more: https://tech.eu/2022/06/29/a-whos-who-of-founders-turned-investors-pump-158-million-into-londons-entrepreneur-first/
Do you have any physical health issues as a result of your time in the Armed Forces? The #VTN can support you and your GP to make sure you are getting the right care.
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Global markets are global. The only market the G7 could control is piped gas. Oil caps are, at best, aspirational.
The G7 price cap on Russian oil idea confuses me. Won't India and China just buy at cap price + epsilon?
Won't OPEC resent having cut price oil be bought first ahead of their own sales?
How will this work?
Brilliant commentary from MP Tom Tugendhat on the growing homeless crisis among #veterans.
“Properly funded specialist supported housing gives veterans the stability they need to rebuild their lives.”
Read more below 👇 https://twitter.com/ThinkVeteran/status/1541747900031684610
Financial support given to homeless veterans has severely plummeted over the years. Veterans facing homelessness usually have ‘complex needs’ and require specialist support which falls under statutory funding.
Read more about this here:
https://www.conservativehome.com/2022/06/24/tom-tugendhat-we-must-step-in-to-fund-supported-housing-for-military-veterans/
Opportunity: Westminster Correspondent, The Yorkshire Post
Why is London a hub for criminals & kleptocrats to launder their 'dirty money'?
Episode four of #CommitteeCorridor🎧, where host @TomTugendhat is joined by author & investigative journalist @OliverBullough, @RhonddaBryant & @kevinhollinrake, is out now.
https://committees.parliament.uk/work/6495/responding-to-illicit-and-emerging-finance/news/171637/committee-corridor-the-UKs-dirty-money/
I agree Ukraine compels the codification of a new European security architecture, and it's clearly not sustainable nor desirable for the UK to remain in such a limited, rigid 'third country' status. But this EPC idea will need to be grounded in a quid pro quo and mutual respect. https://twitter.com/b_judah/status/1541363822715437056
British politicians, diplomats and commentators should be seizing on the European Political Community from Macron: a chance to work out what we want to opt into — from summits to programs or bits of the single market — as a non-voting close associate of the EU alongside Ukraine. https://twitter.com/francediplo_EN/status/1541360258689499138
9 years ago Cpl Brian Wood was put in the dock by Phil Shiner's unfounded allegations. This morning Brian and I will attend Westminster Magistrates court to see Shiner in the dock, for fraud.
It's been long journey for us both - I pay tribute to him for his unrelenting courage.
Great piece on the new-look @ConHome from @TomTugendhat. Some very interesting ideas on strengthening our party.
https://www.conservativehome.com/2022/06/27/tom-tugendhat-cchq-has-been-damaged-heres-how-to-repair-it/
If there is a disaster in my home tomorrow you will know who to blame…
@TomTugendhat https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ajBBb_Zszgc
How do you get two children to get dressed quickly? Oh, and any tips on hair brushing… I’m alone with the kids again. I think it shows. #lateforschool #chocolateforbreakfast
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BREAKING: Russia defaults on its foreign-currency sovereign debt for the first time in a century https://trib.al/WMStmZD
Protectionism is destructive to all of us. Tariffs are un-Conservative because they’re a tax on consumers. https://www.cityam.com/johnson-prepares-to-bring-in-steel-tariffs-on-developing-countries/
This is exactly what Corbyn would have done https://www.cityam.com/johnson-prepares-to-bring-in-steel-tariffs-on-developing-countries/
Using precision-guided missiles to target residential areas tells you all you need to know about Russia.
Tony and I on @BBCBreakfast this morning as #TonysLaw comes finally into force on Tues
Not many 7 yr olds can say they are a #lawmaker
Big thanks to you, @TomTugendhat @DominicRaab for all the support
#TonysLaw #lawmaker #changinglives #changinglivestogether
#Russia is killing innocent people just because nobody really is stopping it. Too many countries are still afraid to ‘provoke’, not realizing that #putin is the master of self-provoking. #G7 must be firm on more weapons for #Ukraine. @NATO must be set on granting 🇺🇦 membership
This is new. Most people believe that new homes will make existing places worse. Let’s change that.
1960s finally acknowledged women’s & gay rights as human rights.
Debate in Parliament led to settled agreement.
US legal fixes failed. Focus on a single issue without balancing broader harms let politicians off. Now the real debate is urgent. Rights go deeper than just law.
Laundering ‘dirty money’ through the UK is a fundamental issue of British national security. @TomTugendhat, @OliverBullough, @RhonddaBryant and @kevinhollinrake explain why in the latest episode of #CommitteeCorridor🎧, out now.
https://www.parliament.uk/business/commons/committee-corridor-podcast/committee-corridor-dirty-money/?utm_source=FACTwitter&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=committee+corridor
Happy Armed Forces Day #armedforcesday https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/phil-shiner-charged-with-fraud-over-iraqi-civilians-claims/5112903.article
Gonna be very weird if Supreme Court ends a constitutional right to obtain an abortion next week, saying it should be left to the States to decide, right after it just imposed a constitutional right to concealed carry of firearms, saying it cannot be left to the States to decide
From @TomTugendhat: We must properly fund supported housing for military veterans https://bit.ly/3ygstZD
📅 On Tuesday at 11.00am we'll be questioning
@trussliz ,@PhilipRBarton and @TomDrewUK
on the work of the @FCDOGovUK .
📺 Watch the session live here: https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/ac6820ba-6d89-4108-9474-33b3b0ea52cb
📣 We've published over 20 pieces of written evidence to our inquiry on illicit and emerging finance
📖 Read them here: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/6495/responding-to-illicit-and-emerging-finance/publications/written-evidence/?page=1
More than one hundred billion pounds of ‘dirty money’ flows through the UK every year, estimates @NCA_UK. Is there a way to stop it? @TomTugendhat, @OliverBullough, @RhonddaBryant and @kevinhollinrake discuss in the latest #CommitteeCorridor🎧, out now.
https://www.parliament.uk/business/commons/committee-corridor-podcast/committee-corridor-dirty-money/?utm_source=FACTwitter&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=committee+corridor
I’m so proud of the work @TheHALOTrust does around the world. They’re an amazing charity showing courage and integrity in the most difficult conditions.
In Afghanistan we have provided urgent medical care to people affected by the earthquake in Paktika and Khost Provinces. We're now sending food aid and heavy excavation equipment to clear roads and aid the search for survivors: https://bit.ly/3Nj2FAq
Along with host, @TomTugendhat, colleague, @RhonddaBryant and journalist and author, @OliverBullough, I discuss how we can tackle dirty money on this week's Committee Corridor podcast 👇
https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/78/foreign-affairs-committee/news/171637/committee-corridor-the-uks-dirty-money/
The UK’s laws to combat the filtering of ‘dirty money’ might be stronger than the US, but enforcement is a real concern, @OliverBullough tells @TomTugendhat in the latest episode of #CommitteeCorridor🎧, out now.
https://www.parliament.uk/business/commons/committee-corridor-podcast/committee-corridor-dirty-money/?utm_source=FACTwitter&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=committee+corridor