Michael Thomas🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Politics is not a game. We are working hard to build a serious, united Conservative Party people can trust - built on honesty and responsibility. These values have to mean something and that is why we have taken the decision to suspend Councillor Adam Kent.   The Party's position was clear from the start. I was very clear we did not approve of the arrangement with the Greens at Worcestershire Council and it did not have our support. Councillor Kent agreed. That should have been communicated clearly and unambiguously to his colleagues.    He told the national Party that he would not do a deal with the Greens. Then he went ahead and put together a rainbow coalition involving Green councillors anyway.   Worse, his group was told something that was not true. Fellow Conservative councillors were given the impression that this deal had Party support when it did not.   This was dishonest.   People are tired of politicians treating public office as a game of manoeuvres and tactics, saying one thing while doing another.   We can see the chaos this is bringing to the Labour Party nationally. That is exactly the sort of behaviour that has damaged trust in politics for too long and the party leadership under Kemi Badenoch is bringing an end to this nonsense.    We are a team and we are honest with each other.   And as a party we want people to know what we stand for, what we will do and that those representing our Party are honest with their colleagues and with the public.   As soon as we became aware of this, we acted immediately because unlike parties like Reform, we take responsibility for those who represent our Party.    We do not want people in politics who think this sort of conduct is acceptable. Our values are standards, not slogans.   As Party Chairman, I have received a full and firm account of what happened at Worcestershire County Council. Given I was clear that this arrangement was not approved and did not have our support the deal will not now go ahead. That position has been agreed by other Conservative councillors locally.   We are one Party and one team. When someone representing us falls short of our values, we do not hide behind process like Keir Starmer or pretend it has nothing to do with us like Nigel Farage. We act.   That is the truth of why the Conservative Group Leader has been suspended pending investigation.   We are a new Conservative Party under new leadership, built on honesty, responsibility and trust.   The public are tired of politicians saying one thing and doing another. So are we.

Others familiar with the conversation say this is broadly accurate but doesn’t mention that the FM brought up the matter of independence. They express surprise that this was mentioned in the first conversation with the PM.

Others familiar with the conversation say this is broadly accurate but doesn’t mention that the FM brought up the matter of independence. They express surprise that this was mentioned in the first conversation with the PM.

Dan Thomas tells Plaid there is a pro-Union majority in the Senedd. 🔥 We will work cross party to stop Plaid spending your money on the Welsh independence project.

Last week, the United States refused to participate in the UN’s review of the Global Compact on Migration. The United States objects to the Global Compact on Migration and UN efforts to facilitate replacement migration to the United States and our Western allies.