‘Got it wrong’: Regretful Ellwood faces no confidence vote over Afghanistan clip
The Conservative chair of the defence select committee is facing a no confidence vote over a tweet which appeared to praise the progress of Afghanistan under Taliban rule. Tobias Ellwood, MP for Bournemouth East and a former soldier, deleted the tweet on Wednesday night after telling TalkTV: “I got it wrong”. In the widely criticised […]
Outlining a response to nuclear warfare is a ‘political call’ says Tobias Ellwood
“This is not an operational decision, but a political call. We have a duty to do all we can to deter Putin from going nuclear”, says Tobias Ellwood. He believes that the UK need to be prepared for nuclear war, regardless of how high or low the threat is, and that outlining a plan would […]
Ellwood warns Conservatives of ‘long spell in opposition’
Tobias Ellwood had the Conservative party’s whip withdrawn by the prime minister on Tuesday after he abstained in Monday’s confidence vote in the government. 16 Labour MPs and 12 Conservative MPs did not vote on the matter. ITV News has reported that Tory whips were “relaxed” about vote pairing in this confidence vote. It is […]
Calls for government to accelerate British Council contractor evacuation in Afghanistan
Conservative MP John Baron asked an urgent question in which he stressed to foreign minister Vicky Ford that “there remains around 180 British Council contractors in Afghanistan”, 85 of which the UK has classified at “very high risk”. Baron highlighted to Ford the issue that the government’s new application service for these individuals will have […]
Docherty confident UK and Nato are ‘getting right’ Ukraine defence
Chair of the defence select committee Tobias Ellwood asked for a statement on the UK and Nato’s support of Ukraine. Minister Leo Docherty laid out the “political and practical support” and described the UK’s commitment to the alliance and European security as “unconditional”. When asked by shadow secretary John Healey about the size of the […]
