Chris Heaton-Harris

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Chris Heaton-Harris

Chris Heaton-Harris

@chhcalling

Chair of Private, Public and Charitable Boards. Former Member of Parliament for Daventry and former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. Now enjoying life!

Katılım Ekim 2009
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Chris Heaton-Harris@chhcalling·
I’m sorry @SkyNews but this is bad taste. Your attempt to link these two headlines is disgusting. The US National Intelligence Director has resigned to look after her husband who has cancer.
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Julian Jessop@julianHjessop·
"Reeves cuts food tariffs" Given how often this has already been announced you would think that HMG would have found the time to explain 1⃣ that this is only possible because we have left the EU's customs union, and 2⃣ why the UK is not doing this on a far wider range of goods!
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Paul Johnson@PJTheEconomist·
Treasury quoted as saying plans on food tariffs would save consumers £150m per year. About 30m households. So a saving of 10p per week per household. Not to say it’s a bad policy. But the politics of giving impression it’ll make a noticeable difference? ft.com/content/3694c5…
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Football fans can be cruel but cruel or not, whoever did this is a genius…
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Chris Heaton-Harris@chhcalling·
7) And controversially, hustings count for way less than they ever use to. Individual conversations on doorsteps/outside shops etc matter much much more. Getting the data to get your vote out on the day is where the time should be spent.
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6) Whilst commentators will be concentrating rightly on the macro-politics of the campaign, at least one big local issue will come to the fore and that does have the potential to swing voters away from Parties not in the race to a Party they wouldn’t normally vote for.
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I’ve been bemused by some of the commentary about the upcoming Makerfield by-election. I’ve campaigned in many and stood in one (back in 2004!) and whilst every campaign is different some truths hold in every one I’ve seen. 1)…
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