Anna Firth

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'Straight-talker' Kemi is now most popular party leader, poll reveals as she surpasses Nigel Farage in approval ratings trib.al/5Tq9wk4

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🥳Wishing everyone celebrating Easter a joyful and peaceful day. Whether you are at home with family, away working, ill or alone, I hope that today you can feel peace, hope and encouragement ✝️ 🙏🏻And a very special thank you to all those caring for those who are ill in Hospital (like my mother) or in the community. #EasterBlessings #HappyEaster

🚨 WATCH: Kemi Badenoch's Easter message "Easter is a moment of hope, a reminder that even in the darkest times, renewal is possible and that light can overcome darkness. "At the heart of the Christian faith is a story of redemption, of second chances, of perseverance and of the belief that better days lie ahead. "In a world that can often feel uncertain, perhaps even bleak, with conflicts in the Middle East, and Ukraine, and challenges at home, that message matters more than ever. "Across the country, we also see the cultural value of Christianity in the quiet, everyday impact of that faith in acts of kindness, service, and sacrifice in our communities. I wish Christians and all people across the United Kingdom a very happy Easter"

Kemi Badenoch voted most popular party leader in major boost for Conservatives gbnews.com/news/kemi-bade…

Britain is a Christian country. The Conservative Party will always celebrate our Christian heritage with deeds, not just words. This Easter, we want to ensure local churches are properly maintained and repaired so we’re announcing a plan to restore funding for the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme which the government has recently placed caps on. Churches matter. They aren’t just important places of worship, in many towns and villages they are the centre of the community and the pride of local people, often steeped in hundreds of years of history. It is critical we maintain them properly, because when they’re gone, this history and heritage could be lost forever. @Conservatives believe we have a responsibility to protect our churches and make sure they endure for future generations.  What are we for if not to conserve the very best of our country and our society for those yet to come? Conservatives will protect our heritage and build a stronger country.

Fascinating & depressing in equal measure. No wonder they don’t have a clue how to run the country, especially the Cabinet. I have long said that no-one should be eligible to stand for Parliament unless they have worked in the private sector or one of key public services eg military, NHS, education for over 10 years AND have proven record of success.

Polanski is a know-nothing blowhard. The only Jewish person to lead a political party — bar, that is, Benjamin Disraeli, Ed Miliband, Michael Howard, Jimmy Goldsmith and Herbert Samuel. He is clearly ignorant of the country’s history. And much more besides.

In 14 years, the Conservatives: 🔵Fixed Labour's broken economy 🔵Slashed the deficit 🔵Created millions of jobs leading to record employment 🔵Delivered Brexit 🔵Gave record funding to the NHS 🔵World-beating Covid vaccination programme 🔵Took school children from the bottom to the top of international maths and English league tables 🔵Led the World in supporting Ukraine 🔵Handed Labour the fastest growing economy in the G7 In less than 12 months, Reform has hiked council tax by as much as 9% despite promising to cut it. Has to be said.

I got the memo now. Morgan McSweeney was mugged, reported that to the police, followed all the processes. Any questions around this is just conspiracy theory territory, really. Let’s move along now. 🤷🏼‍♂️

🌳🌾 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗢𝗳𝗳 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝘁 🌾🌳 Thank you @GarethBaconMP, Shadow Minister of State for Housing & Planning for coming to see the huge threat to our green belt on land north of Bournes Green. 🛑 Development at scale between Southend and Rochford, Leigh and Hadleigh is wrong. Completely unsustainable and would turn our area into a concrete jungle from Shoeburyness through to Benfleet. 🛑 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗢𝗻𝗲 - 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵, 𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻.

Got to 37 #Labour failures and U-turns so far: 1. Chagos Islands deal costing £39 billion 2. Two-child benefit cap rebellion 3. Lord Alli donations and freebies scandal 4. Broken manifesto promise on taxes including Council Tax 5. Summer riots and two-tier policing allegations 6. Starmer's "far-right bandwagon" remarks 7. Civil service cronyism appointments 8. Taylor Swift concert security and tickets 9. Winter fuel allowance cuts 10. Early prisoner release scheme 11. Sue Gray's resignation 12. Louise Haigh's resignation over fraud 13. Farmers' protests over inheritance tax changes 14. Highest 30-year gilt yields since 1998 15. Flatlined economic growth 16. Inflation rise 17. Tulip Siddiq's resignation over corruption 18. U-turn on definition of "woman" 19. Non-Doms tax changes cost revenue 20. Private school VAT cost revenue 21. Tax breaks for Indian workers in trade deal 22. U-turn on grooming gangs inquiry 23. U-turn on "island of strangers" remarks 24. Loss of Commons control and rebel suspensions 25. U-turn on disabled welfare cuts 26. Rachel Reeves cries in Commons 27. Peter Kyle accuses Farage of siding with Savile 28. Rushanara Ali's resignation 29. Angela Rayner's tax avoidance allegations 30. Record small boat crossings 31. Free speech disasters 32. Highest global millionaire emigration 33. Off-track housing targets 34. Islamophobia definition 35. Andrew Gwynne's sacking over racist and sexist comments 36. Bridget Philipson capitulating to education unions to the detriment of children 37. Refusing to allow the USAF to refuel at RAF bases and then reversing the decision 2 days later.

🍀On Friday I was delighted to join @Southend_Tories in welcoming Shadow Housing & Planning Minister @GarethBaconMP to Southend to see the very real threat to our Greenbelt and hear how @KemiBadenoch and the @conservativesmb will better preserve and protect our Greenbelt then the current @UKLabour government. 🐶Lottie also grasped the gravity of the situation & put on her most serious, “disgusted” face!!! #greenbelt #saveourgreenbelt

Fantastic day on doorsteps in #Chalkwell supporting our brilliant candidate #JulieCushion and @owencartey. Not only were the vast majority of people already voting @Conservatives, almost everyone already knew Julie!!! Such a pleasure to campaign for someone that you know will do a superb job for local residents. Julie was a key part of my team when I was MP & worked hard for #SirDavidAmess before that. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to have Julie as your local councillor. On May 7th fluff up your future & vote CUSHION with all your energy!! 🗳️🗳️👊🏻👊🏻 #Cushion4Chalkwell

👇 This is what taking our green belt seriously looks like. Yesterday, we welcomed @GarethBaconMP, Shadow Minister of State for Housing & Planning to Southend to see first-hand the threat to our green belt, and hear directly from residents fed-up with plans for overdevelopment.

'This is such a disgrace!' Former Conservative MP Anna Firth brands the grooming gangs scandal a 'stain on our society' and hits out amid reports a Home Office delay may have resulted in key rape gang records being destroyed.