Ben Obese-Jecty MP
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Conservative Member of Parliament for Huntingdon | Former British Army Officer @RYORKS_Regt
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“We have an application process to stand in parliamentary by-elections and all I’d say is that coming after me for not being willing to stand in a by-election is incorrect and hugely presumptuous.” Zia Yusuf here strongly suggesting on BBC Question Time that he has failed to be selected as the Reform UK candidate in at least one of the five parliamentary by-elections. Which says something when you look at who Reform did end up picking. All is not well at the top of Reform.
Ben Obese-Jecty MP44,195 görüntüleme • 1 gün önce
“You’re a Labour MP, and even you don’t know! The man who’s going to be the Prime Minister in three weeks time and you have no idea what he’s going to do.” The silence from Andy Burnham is deafening. The country will have a new Prime Minister in three weeks time and the general public have no idea what the Government plans to do. The Burnham coronation will not be received well. If he changes the direction of travel people will quickly realise that he doesn’t have a mandate.
Ben Obese-Jecty MP89,105 görüntüleme • 3 gün 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 MP289,258 görüntüleme • 13 gün 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 MP465,791 görüntüleme • 1 ay 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 MP962,277 görüntüleme • 5 ay önce
“I would like the United Kingdom to lead European defence by leading a partnership of other countries that have a capable military—most obviously France, Germany, Poland and the Baltics” On Monday Danny Kruger announced Reform’s position on defence is to form a new European force, outside of NATO, led by the UK in support of the US. Closer ties with Europe isn’t where I expected Reform to position themselves on defence, although Danny denies Reform favour a European Army.
Ben Obese-Jecty MP24,531 görüntüleme • 4 gün 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 MP327,732 görüntüleme • 2 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 MP264,543 görüntüleme • 2 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 MP253,519 görüntüleme • 4 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 MP308,881 görüntüleme • 5 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 MP381,928 görüntüleme • 7 ay 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
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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 MP796,655 görüntüleme • 1 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 • 9 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.
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“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.
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“What the hell have Reform been doing? They’ve been a sideshow in this…..It is Kemi Badenoch six, Nigel Farage nil at the moment.” Michael Gove here highlighting what has been repeatedly pointed out. Reform have no interest in holding this Government to account. Nigel Farage hasn’t spoken in Parliament once this year (the narrative that he “doesn’t get called” is nonsense), in fact, he hasn’t spoken for over two months. He’s had nothing to say in Parliament on Peter Mandelson, or Matthew Doyle. When the opportunity to hold Keir Starmer to account has been there Nigel has been conspicuous by his absence.
Ben Obese-Jecty MP176,699 görüntüleme • 4 ay önce
