John Deben

@lorddeben

Climate Change champion. Former Minister Agriculture & Secretary of State for Environment. Chairman Climate Change Committee. British subject, European citizen.

Joined October 2012
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  1. 16 Jun 2019

    Absolutely right. US behaving unacceptably.

    Well said in Sunday Tel. What a scandal America’s pursuit of Mike Lynch is.
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    31 Jan 2019

    Utter madness. Don't remember this Brexiteer promise on the side of the bus!

    Institute of Directors report One in Three firms plan to move abroad in survey of their 1,200 Members...amid fears of hard Brexit....
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  3. 1 Feb 2019

    No Andrea you’re not doing your duty as an MP which is to use your judgement to do the best for your constituents. Destroying their future, reducing their influence, and removing their opportunities can’t be excused by citing a vote 3 years ago. You’re an MP not a cypher

    Well maybe you should stand up for the public who won the referendum and respect the result. I am standing up and ensuring they have a voice in Parliament. !
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  4. 1 Feb 2019

    No. But he’s right as usual. Brexit is a damaging self-inflicted disaster and its supporters will not be forgiven as those least able to bear it discover what they have done were we to leave the EU

    Putting. Full. Stops. Between. Words. Doesn’t. Make. Your. Argument. Stronger.
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    31 Jan 2019

    Institute of Directors report One in Three firms plan to move abroad in survey of their 1,200 Members...amid fears of hard Brexit....

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  6. 1 Feb 2019

    It is a common thread with Brexiteers. They rely on prejudice, other people’s comments, gut instincts, popular misconceptions, the Sun - anything except proper research, reading documents, and listening to evidence

    The worst thing about this is not even that Dominic Raab hasn't bothered to read the whole 35 page Good Friday Agreement he threatens to undermine, it's that he cannot see why this is a problem. Shameless chancers like him are dragging our great country backwards.
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    31 Jan 2019

    Mark Francois, who tells Remainers to “suck it up” claimed £7.87 on ice cream, £4.36 on bags of sweets, £3.24 on Kit Kats, £2.68 on Mars bars, £1.28 on Snickers bars, and 96p on wine gums. On another visit, he spent £5.04 on Mars bars, £3.24 on Kit Kats and £2.42 on a Pot Noodle.

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    31 Jan 2019

    All Remainers in the nation are proud of the courage and dedication of Madeleina who speaks for UK's Remainer youth & for us oldies the indefatigable Stephen Bray outside Parliament. History will remember their true British internationalist spirit.

    I don't tell my Dad what I'm doing... He follows my Facebook page and finds out after! 😅 He's proud if a bit terrified. Courage calls to courage everywhere. ✊
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  9. 31 Jan 2019

    Whatever your view of Scot Nats, it’s difficult to believe the UK Government is busy drumming up business and trade when they’re trying to ditch our membership of the world’s largest trading community and have produced no signs of replacement deals with anyone else

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  10. 31 Jan 2019

    It is difficult to take Nadine Dories seriously. She doesn’t appear to have any strong links with reality yet she suggests we should prefer her opinions over those of almost every major business leader, economist, and environmentalist. What’s got into her?

    Does Nadine Dorries have any concept of the reality of the Rest of the World? Has she ever engaged at street level with any the countries that constitute the majority of the world outside of the 1st World? They're poor, Ms Dorries. Terribly poor. They can't afford stuff.
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    28 Jan 2019

    Pleased to see that I’ve annoyed the Trots Stalinists and Antisemites on this thread. Truth hurts doesn’t it ? And as regards the deselection threats bring it on !

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    This so called ‘Labour’ MP is an utter disgrace to our movement. The arrogance, nonsense and blatant disrespect that he is spouting is beyond staggering. I’m sick to the back teeth of the likes of and their toxicity. Enough is enough.
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  12. 29 Jan 2019

    Mrs May really has to include Parliament into her plans. She has to accept there is no way ‘no deal’ will be supported so she needs to ask for time to work out what can be delivered. Otherwise the people’s vote is only option. Using ‘no deal’ as a threat won’t work.

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    29 Jan 2019

    “This new Malthouse doctrine is really the old hardline Brexit delusions in shinier shoes. It is the bluff that Britain holds all the cards, and that if we show enough contempt for treaties and economic logic, Brussels will be intimidated into granting favours…”

    Marvellous analogy here between Brexit and addiction.
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  14. 29 Jan 2019

    They’ve already shown great flexibility. It’s we who’ve had the red lines: we who’ve asked for all the advantages of membership without reciprocity: we who’ve been rude and rigid: and we who’ve sought to blame the EU for our own stupidity and ignorance.

    Great we have a way forward that commands the support of the Commons. Now EU need to show flexibility.
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  15. 29 Jan 2019

    Simply because we would have to renegotiate all our trade agreements. Our lorries would no longer have free access across EU borders. Our EU suppliers’ lorries would wait in queues to get here and our common agreements on medical standards wouldn’t operate. Just get real JH-B

    Why wouldn’t we be able to get drugs after we leave the EU?
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  16. 29 Jan 2019

    I fear that if Ms Mordaunt has said this she is wrong. Rich countries have a moral responsibility to help the poor from public funds and to ensure they are spent wisely. Sadly, if we follow Ms Mordaunt’s views on Brexit we’ll have less money and less influence to help

    New from Cabinet: Penny Mordaunt gave a presentation on foreign aid in which she said 0.7% in current form is 'unsustainable'. She argued that Dfid needed to move from being a spending department to a fundraising one and be less reliant on public purse
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    29 Jan 2019

    Ken Clarke savage on his own government: “if this shambles goes on much longer I hate to think where populism and extremism will take us next in this democracy”

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    29 Jan 2019

    Backstop was agreed by UK/EU as the insurance policy to avoid a hard border in all scenarios. We hope it will never be used, or be replaced quickly by a future relationship agreement. But it is necessary and tonight’s developments at Westminster do nothing to change this.

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    29 Jan 2019

    My votes tonight will be in the best interests of my constituents and my country. I was elected to safeguard their security and economic wellbeing and nothing that falls short of that will do.

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  20. 29 Jan 2019

    Well he’s at odds with whole of food and drink industry. We’re clear that we can’t properly service retailers or leisure businesses. Within days of a no-deal of Brexit shops will be rationing products, deliveries will be interrupted, and fresh food will be in short supply.

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    Here's Tim Martin dismissing all fears just now; there's going to be no delays at the ports, food prices in the shops will fall and he's going to buy his coffee from India....panic over, carry on Brexit!
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