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John Redwood has been the Member of Parliament for Wokingham since 1987. First attending Kent College, Canterbury, he graduated from Magdalen College, and has a DPhil from All Souls, Oxford. A businessman by background, he has been a director of NM Rothschild merchant bank and chairman of a quoted industrial PLC.
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According to a piece in the Daily Mail – prompted I understand by a speech made by your goodself, various Quangos have increased their staffing. One of these is the National Policing Improvements Agency which managed to add 108 new members to its payroll whilst only losing 9 people. Net gain 99 bodies.And yet, if you check out the Telegraph of 23rd Septembe 2010, this Agency is listed as due to be abolished. Is this a last gasp splurge, or have they saved themselves from death-row at the taxpayer’s expense ? What is going on ?
Sir
How much per year, since 1975 to now, has the UK paid to the EU?
A simple question I cannot extract from so many websites. Is it possible you could just list the sums, and percentage increase ( or decrease) each year?
A concerned voter just wants to know where his taxes are being spent !
I would appreciate your thoughts on the insanity of the Feed In Tariffs available to the public for solar panels and the like. It seems that the electricity companies are forced to pay out approximately 46p per KWh to those who have installed them. This will force the price of electricity up at a time when many people are suffering from the high prices and companies will be rendered less competitive.
The current violence on the streets of London is totally unacceptable in a developed country. We pride ourselves on being a role model for democracy and end up being a laughing stock. The police and government appear impotent in the face of feral youths. Someone needs to take charge and restore faith in the rule of law. Where are Cameron and Boris? I trust you will ensure all are aware of the disgust of the electorate at this sorry state of affairs.
Mr. Redwood,
I have just read your artical on the European Union in the Daily Telegraph.
I agree with every thing you said. Keep it going.
Regards,
KevMealor.
Sir,
I am sure that I will receive your sympathy for my early signs of old age dementia. At present the only symptom is my inability to understand government policy on power generation. At the time when the Germans are abandoning nuclear in favour of new coal fired power stations (due to fear of tsunamis on the Rhine), we are persisting with the blight of windmills, (which don’t work when the wind don’t blow), and solar panels,(which don’t work when the sun don’t shine). If you remember neither wind or sun appeared last December.
I do not accuse the government of lack of sincerity on “green” issues. I understand from the press, (which may soon be gagged), that a member of the cabinet even swapped his wife for a bicycle (Gaia be praised).
On other policies, I question the munificence of foreign aid in giving money that we haven’t got to inflate the Swiss accounts of despots overseas.
Pouring money into over borrowed Euro states in the form of “loans” which they cannot repay.
Building a new palace for President Rumpy-Dumpy and funding separate private aircraft for him and his so called Foreign Secretary.
On high speed rail, apart from environmental considerations, the high consumption of electricity doesn’t sit well with windmill generators. I can imagine announcements saying “the train will arrive at Birmingham on schedule if the wind picks up a bit”.
I also foresee the time when I will be sitting at my computer pedalling my bicycle generator to preserve my flickering screen while I try to write yet another complaint to my MP. I would then proceed to my bed holding a candle to light the stairs following a power “outage”.
I applaud the defence cuts. I can see dictators everywhere quaking in their desert boots when our Prime Minister utters the magisterial warning “ If you don’t behave, I’ll launch our rowing boat, and then you’ll be sorry”.
I suppose that “spin” would portray the candle as combined light and heat, and the cycle electrical generation as useful exercise for the elderly.
Signed,
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AKA Ben Waddington
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Sir,
I would like to understand your views on one of the current entries on the government e-petition web site, namely, the suggestion that those found guilty of the recent rioting and looting around the country should lose their benefits.
I would like to make it clear that on the face of it I am in favour of parliament at least discussing and debating this matter, furthermore, I am of the view their should be a greater linkage between rights and privileges with responsibilities across all spheres of this a citizen’s life and not just the benefits system.
I would be very keen to understand if you will at least support the idea that such a debate should take place.
Regards,
Baldev Singh
Sir,
I was surprised to discover recently that, as of August 2010, a person recieving child maintenance from a non-resident parent does not have any reduction to their benefits. Is this a policy inherited from the last government?
When a parent is supporting their child financialy, why does the taxpayer have to as well?
If this were changed it could represent a huge saving in the welfare budget.
John, I I have never contacted a member of Parliament before. I am 68 years old and spent 40 years with the Thames Valley Police. I have always voted conservative but this last year has got me and a large number of my colleagues wondering if we have got it right. We support the austerity measures but sincerely believe that David Cameron is not in touch with grass rooted voters.
His decision to continue throwing our hard earned money to countries such as India fuels a deep concern when we witness the old people in this country getting nothing.
We are also extremely concerned about his decision to invite an American to advise on Policing in this country. This is the ultimate insult to the finest Police Service in the world.
Frank
Your website only seems to be showing emails received for the month of August!
I have perused you web site – it has answered questions about Euro Import/Export which I have tried to get from the PMs office s far without success although I have persistently repeated the question.
Your web site is an absolute credit to you. Good luck. My MPs effort pales into insignificance (Bradford West)
Reply: Thanks
I just wanted to make a point about your BBC interview this morning. I write as someone who has great respect for you as a politician, although more to the left and European than you are, because you are honest, direct and logical. I regard it as always positive when such people get a hearing. Also, pro-Europeans can always remember Ted Heath.
These look like good times for Eurosceptics, at least at first sight, but the City’s interests and those of the people do not always coincide and that is where I find a weakness in your position when one considers the interests of the people of Britain as a whole.
In today’s interview you lumped together all the EU measures, disparaging the efforts that have been made to reform the fishing industry, food labelling and quality and alternative remedies. I would argue that there is much that is worthwhile in these measures, partly in the fact that they tackled problems instead of letting them fester. Your dismissal of them seemed a bit inconsistent when you went on to mention the valuable international WTO regime.
The current UK position, which boils down to defending the City as the fortress, or perhaps one should say remaining stronghold of British power and prosperity, makes absolute sense, although if the EU advances it may not always do so — but I suggest that it undermines that position to pretend that no good work has been done by the EU, especially when you appeal to voter-consumers who have been more victims than beneficiaries of City activities in the last couple of decades.
Reply: I am an opponent of the fishing regime which I believe has done great damage to our fishing grounds. I also think the herbal medicines and alternative remedy industries have been needlessly damaged. We joined what they called a common market. That does need so many massive law codes.
Did you see the interview on BBC World today before the commons debate? If not then you should try to see it. He put the case from a business point of view and took all politics out of it. His position, to me, seems very close to your own.
This is a business spokesman putting the case. Moreover, he was part of the previous Labour Government. His view, expressed in pragmatic business terms, completely demolishes the arguments put forward by Mr Milliband and his team.
Maybe the Government should quote him more on this issue.
Thought you might like to see paper by Prof Patrick Minford of Cardiff University on “Should Britain Leave The EU” at http://www.btinternet.com/~patrick.minford/europe/index.html
It suggests we would be far better off outside of the single market with its inflated prices. I suspect the UK will inevitably distance itself from the EU over the next decade as it relentlessly moves towards further integration ruled by the unelected elite which the UK will never stomach.
Regarding excessive size of welfare state
This is in part due to those receiving welfare voting for policies that favour welfare or secure a public sector job.
interestingly children arean’t allowed to vote as they are not deemed capable of making balanced decisions in favour of overall society.
My experience is that those in the public sector or receiving benefits will vote for their interests and so our population is now skewed to the needs of those that do not generate wealth.
Best solution: allow those that are employed in the private sector to have an addiotional vote!
Human Rights bods would say that this is saying that private sector workers have more rights than unemployed – but it would be one solution!
Please back the Lords and vote amendments amendments to Clauses 51. Support a fairer Welfare Reform Bill
A long and great admirer of yourself (almost too intelligent and able to be voted by lesser if not jealous fellow MP, to lead the Party) , I have only recently been made aware of your diary.
It is most unfortunate that the Tory Party had to compromise itself by sharing cabinet seats with Liberal members, some of whom along witha few grandees , would sooner be seen sharing power with Labour. It is my ferverent hope that the Tories will not only be able to secure an outright election win in 2015 and forge ahead on policies that are good for the country, but also find a prominent cabinet seat for JR. Whilst the thought of him as Deputy PM would conjure up delicious scenes of him delivering unhesitating, knowledgeable and withering replies at the despatch box to hapless opposition members, it would be a luxury the country could ill afford. To that end, his wider skills would be better employed forming and driving forward sensible policies in meeting the UK energy needs, which wind(mill) farms haven’t a hope of meeting.
Chris Huhne’s job would be well suited, . ,
Congratulations on your excellent diaries. Re MP’s pension contributions get used to it. As a Police Officer I paid 11% all my working life as I believe did the fire brigade. So how did teachers get away with half that and civil servants paid nothing?
Please save us from bankruptcy by getting us out of Europe.
I wonder if you could possibly turn your attention to explaining to a local constituent the NHS reforms?
I generally consider myself well informed on topical issues but for the life of me I cannot see the point of the proposed reforms – they seem guaranteed to cause chaos and loss of morale and I have no understanding of the expected prize. What am I missing?
Reply: Both the Lib Dem and Conservative manifestoes promised to put more power in the hands of medical professionals to manage their service and decide on how to spend money. Both recommended cutting the regional and national bureaucracy that stood in the way of these delegated decisions. Both promised to give patients, in conjunction with their GPs, more power over where and when they could receive treatments. The underlying aims of the reform are to give patients more choice, and to spend less on bureaucracy.