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Conservative Member of Parliament for Grantham, Stamford, Bourne & surrounding villages. Please contact me via: nick.boles.mp@parliament.uk

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  1. 16 hours ago

    This is seriously good speech by setting out a vision for Scotland and the UK that hums with a can-do spirit:

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  2. May 28

    And another heart-warming story from France...

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  3. May 26

    What a heart-warming story. Vive la France! God save the Queen.

    1/2 With RAF Spitfire pilot Martin Grugeon: to mark Bastille Day 1944, Martin and a 🇫🇷 comrade, Paul Rumi, flew over occupied Paris, down the Champs Elysées at 100 ft, and each dropped a French flag over the Arc de Triomphe. Then they did a Victory Roll...
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    May 26

    We have polled the public & the results are clear - political division is stoking national pessimism. The majority of UK adults (76%) want to see politicians collaborating more to solve the issues the UK faces. We must find a new way of doing politics:

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  5. May 26

    Wise words

    It is a somewhat elitist view that we should keep having referenda until the people ‘bloodywelll vote the right way’. It’s the same as the rather smug view that the people were duped, the poor deluded fools. We lost. We need to make the best of it
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  6. May 26

    This is why the Government should work with backbench MPs to build a cross-party consensus on the long term funding of the NHS and social care

    The political Cabinet have been shown polling that highlights how dangerous any tax rise would be for the government
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  7. May 26

    If you want to understand why last weekend's wedding meant so much more than your average Royal celebration, read the last five columns of this enjoyable piece by

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  8. May 25

    What a perfect poem. Tho in Ireland it's now happened twice in swift succession. Hats off to our cousins over the Irish Sea.

    Heaney is the only one I can think of now History says, don't hope On this side of the grave. But then, once in a lifetime The longed-for tidal wave Of justice can rise up, And hope and history rhyme.
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  9. May 25

    I hope wins this battle: even with an increase of 4% a year the NHS would represent great value for money compared to US healthcare system

    People want to pay more tax to fund the NHS, Jeremy Hunt says in direct challenge to Chancellor
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  10. May 24

    This (gay, male) feminist agrees 100%

    To avoid any possible doubt, British feminists send our love, empathy, solidarity and a million crossed fingers to our sisters in Ireland for Friday. We are with you: we want you to have what we have taken for granted since 1969.
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  11. May 24

    We need time if we are to decouple from the EU without suffering serious economic harm. So I am glad the government is now preparing a gradual disentanglement

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  12. May 24

    A week ago I argued for a longer spell in a temporary customs union

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  13. May 24

    In July 2017 I argued for a 3 year transition out of the EU via temporary membership of the EEA

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  14. May 22

    Here are two suggestions : 1) introduce permitted development right to convert shops into homes 2) introduce new sales levy for dotcom retailers who don't pay much corporation tax or business rates

    Marks & Spencer shuts 14 stores - another 872 jobs If this was manufacturing or steel MPs would be all over it High street is changing in front of politicians eyes - and they're doing nothing
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    May 22

    Today my thoughts are with those in Manchester who were lost on that terrible night and their loved ones who have so bravely battled to rebuild their lives. All of you – and many more in this great city - are the very best of what this country stands for.

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  16. May 22

    People have become more positive about immigration since the EU referendum, as has said. If we deliver real control, we can secure popular consent for continuing immigration

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  17. May 21

    . is right. And the clock is ticking...

    Why is there still a gap between what the government says and what it does in housing? In our latest blog we explain the current politics of housing:
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  18. May 21

    This vile letter is the impotent shriek of a racist being crushed by the juggernaut of history. is a modern British hero - as are and countless others in politics, sport and now the Royal Family.

    Love to receive fan mail. Whoever wrote this and sent it to my office and was too cowardly to even sign their name on it, can you at least please note that I was born in the Whittington Hospital, North London, N19. And if you think that this will scare me into silence, it won’t.
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  19. May 21

    Wonderful pictures. Great job

    The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have released three official photographs from their Wedding day. These photographs were taken by photographer Alexi Lubomirski at Windsor Castle, following the carriage procession.
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    May 20

    Missed this yesterday. A picture which captures two different countries, two different families, two different ethnicities, two different backgrounds and two different ancestries ... coming together on the steps of a chapel in Windsor.

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