Ben Obese-Jecty MP
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Conservative Member of Parliament for Huntingdon Shadow Minister for Defence Procurement Former British Army Officer @RYORKS_Regt
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A car crash interview from Angela Eagle, “the lesser of two Eagles”. Labour’s big announcement today is the introduction of eight new regional water councils, but the Environment Secretary can’t even explain what powers they’ll actually have. Additionally, which areas will each one cover? Who will lead them? How will membership of these councils be selected? When will they be established? Who will they answer to? Etc, etc… Another shambolic announcement from a Government which loves a headline, but has zero detail to back it up.
Ben Obese-Jecty MP363,573 görüntüleme • 7 gün önce
“Could he just outline where that reallocated capital spending will come from?” Cue this rant at the Despatch Box from Wes Streeting to hide his discomfort at not knowing the answer to a straightforward question. Stroppy, brittle and clearly not across the detail. Today the new Defence Secretary was found out. Perhaps he should spend less time on his profile and more time getting on top of his brief? The questions haven’t even got difficult yet.
Ben Obese-Jecty MP148,439 görüntüleme • 14 gün önce
“We’ve never needed them. We have never really asked anything of them. You know, they’ll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan, or this and that. And they did, they stayed a little back, a little off the front lines” I served in Afghanistan. I saw first hand the sacrifices made by British soldiers I served alongside in Sangin where we suffered horrific casualties, as did the US Marines the following year. I don’t believe US military personnel share the view of President Trump; his words do them a disservice as our closest military allies. It’s sad to see our nation’s sacrifice, and that of our NATO partners, held so cheaply by the President of the United States.
Ben Obese-Jecty MP962,778 görüntüleme • 9 ay önce
“Once again, we call on the United Kingdom to resume negotiations with a view to finding a peaceful solution to the sovereignty dispute as required by International law” Inevitably, Javier Milei speaks at length about the Falkland Islands and once again calls to open negotiations. With Andy Burnham having put the Chagos Islands back on the table it’s hardly surprising to see “international law” cited as a driver when our Government is using as the rationale for their plans to give the Chagos Islands away. Perhaps the Prime Minister would have done well to say more than just a single passing sentence on the issue?
Ben Obese-Jecty MP154,402 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
“At this point I may as well join the Army” It’s hugely telling that both of these unemployed young people specifically mention the Army as a career option that they would rather be unemployed than consider, despite the latter having only two GCSEs. The Army is an incredible career, gives young people fantastic skills and opportunities and is almost unrivalled for social mobility. So with nearly 1 million NEETs why can we not convince young people like these that being in the Army is better than being unemployed?
Ben Obese-Jecty MP468,257 görüntüleme • 5 ay önce
There are serious and legitimate questions about the authenticity of the footage released by the MOD of the interdiction of the Russian Shadow Fleet vessel this morning. How is the cameraman ahead of the Marines clearing the stairwell to be able to film them coming towards him. How has the cameraman gone past the open doors of rooms that haven’t yet been cleared? How much of this has been staged for the cameras? I don’t doubt that a Russian tanker was seized and that the operation carried significant risk. I do question the PR and the desperate need for a win by the Government at the Royal Marines’ expense.
Ben Obese-Jecty MP289,886 görüntüleme • 5 ay önce
“When was Jonathan Powell appointed as the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy to the British Indian Ocean Territory, and what security clearance did he have upon that appointment?” An answer came there none from the Prime Minister at #PMQs. Keir Starmer has been playing fast and loose with his ministerial appointments since the very start of his premiership. Serious questions need to be asked about the access Jonathan Powell had to classified information before he was in role.
Ben Obese-Jecty MP332,530 görüntüleme • 6 ay önce
Today Parliament debated the issue of Violence Against Women and Girls. I spoke about James McMurdock, the Reform MP with a conviction for violently attacking his former girlfriend. Nobody who has served a custodial sentence for attacking a woman should be able to become an MP.
Ben Obese-Jecty MP797,415 görüntüleme • 1 yıl önce
“What happens if the French don’t agree, and Royal Marines attempt to land people on a beach?” An answer came there none. Reform’s plan to use the Royal Navy relies on resources already committed to existing operations. Reform plan to use our River Class OPVs, three are due to be retired in 2028, the other five are deployed globally, including the security of the Falklands. How are Reform going to balance our defence responsibilities - they still have no-one who can talk about it in detail, as this plan shows. Interested to see who owns the risk of any fatalities during interdiction of a fragile overloaded dinghy; are Royal Navy personnel expected to shoulder that? How easy is that to do at night? How is their plan different to what Border Force already do? That’s quite aside from how the Royal Navy are expected to forcibly return migrants to French ports, irrespective of whether France is prepared to take them. Do Reform expect the Royal Navy to force their way into French ports? This is classic Reform populism. Red meat to their base.
Ben Obese-Jecty MP133,403 görüntüleme • 3 ay önce
“Do you get it though? Do you get how it looks?” Evasive, snippy, thin-skinned. For a man who made so much of his forensic approach Keir Starmer proves easily rattled under questioning from Beth Rigby. A car-crash of an interview for a Prime Minister who is clearly struggling.
Ben Obese-Jecty MP843,145 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce
“There’s been one big electoral test since May 7th and it happened here, in Norfolk, last Thursday” says Nigel Farage. The 17.1% turnout Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner. Not the Aberdeen South by-election that Reform didn’t win. Or the Makerfield by-election that Reform didn’t win. Or the Arbroath and Broughty Ferry by-election that Reform didn’t win. Or the Gorton and Denton by-election that Reform didn’t win. Apparently Westminster by-elections aren’t big electoral tests. So why is he campaigning so hard against Count Binface?
Ben Obese-Jecty MP144,066 görüntüleme • 3 ay önce
“I barely know him! I barely know him!” The overwhelming take away from this clip is just how brittle Nigel Farage is. Simon Dudley’s sacking, a man he met “for two minutes”, shouldn’t elicit a response this ratty and thin-skinned under some fairly straightforward questioning. How would Farage react to scrutiny of something serious going badly because of his decisions leading a Reform Government, like the economy or a war? He’s a showman who simply doesn’t appear to have the mettle to lead this country.
Ben Obese-Jecty MP264,778 görüntüleme • 7 ay önce
This exposé from Sky News shows how even high street brands are facilitating people smuggling. Decathlon in Dunkirk happily supplying lifejackets to illegal migrants en route to French beaches to board small boats to the UK. Serious questions for the company to now answer.
Ben Obese-Jecty MP383,007 görüntüleme • 1 yıl önce
“Does the Prime Minister really think it’s acceptable for a backbench MP to suggest that the Leader of the Opposition represents “White supremacy in blackface”? If he doesn’t, why hasn’t he removed the whip?” Weak from the Prime Minister at #PMQs. He won’t address racial slurs.
Ben Obese-Jecty MP705,963 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce
“I wish to reiterate our legitimate claim and irrenunuciable claim to sovereignty over the Malvinas, South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands and surrounding maritime area that continue to be illegally occupied” Tucked away at the end of Argentinian President Javier Milei’s speech at the UN General Assembly he described the Falkland Islands, British Sovereign Territory, as being illegally occupied and a “colonial situation that remains unresolved”, calling for us to reopen bilateral negotiations. After Labour’s Chagos debacle the Government must reassert its commitment to the Falkland Islands in the wake of Javier Milei’s speech and make this clear to Argentina.
Ben Obese-Jecty MP417,301 görüntüleme • 1 yıl önce
“You haven’t ended the chaos, you ARE the chaos” Absolutely excruciating to watch Keir Starmer stutter and stumble through this interview from Beth Rigby as he repeatedly refuses to rule out raising taxes on working people. He has the look of a man who knows he’s on the way out
Ben Obese-Jecty MP361,172 görüntüleme • 11 ay önce
Why hasn’t Keir Starmer spoken to the US administration about the situation in Venezuela and the removal of Nicolas Maduro? He’s obviously completely blindsided by this and appears no better informed than anyone else on X. Embarrassingly out of the loop for a world leader.
Ben Obese-Jecty MP308,937 görüntüleme • 10 ay önce
“So why are we prepared to defend the Falkland Islands against the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, but not the Chagos Islands?” An answer came there none. Spluttering and stuttering and clearly not across the detail, Andy Burnham is unable to explain why we are prepared to defend the Falkland Islands against Argentina’s ITLOS proceedings, but have cited ITLOS as the specific legal threat to the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands that justifies giving it away. Completely incoherent.
Ben Obese-Jecty MP38,818 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
“When the Prime Minister met with Palantir and Peter Mandelson in February 2025 in Washington DC, was the Prime Minister aware that Palantir were a client of Peter Mandelson’s firm, Global Counsel?” Palantir were awarded a £240 million contract after Keir Starmer and Peter Mandelson met with them. The deal was awarded without competition. The meeting with Palantir had no minutes taken and didn’t appear in the Prime Minister’s official register of visits. Why is there no paper trail for this deal?
Ben Obese-Jecty MP253,567 görüntüleme • 9 ay önce