Ben Obese-Jecty MP
@benobesejecty.bsky.social
Conservative Member of Parliament for Huntingdon | Former British Army Officer
What an incredible 2024!
Thank you so much to everyone. These first six months have been an honour to be your Member of Parliament. I’ve loved every minute of it and I look forward to making sure that next year is even better.
Happy New Year and here’s to a brilliant 2025.
Thank you so much to everyone. These first six months have been an honour to be your Member of Parliament. I’ve loved every minute of it and I look forward to making sure that next year is even better.
Happy New Year and here’s to a brilliant 2025.
December 31, 2024 at 5:15 PM
What an incredible 2024!
Thank you so much to everyone. These first six months have been an honour to be your Member of Parliament. I’ve loved every minute of it and I look forward to making sure that next year is even better.
Happy New Year and here’s to a brilliant 2025.
Thank you so much to everyone. These first six months have been an honour to be your Member of Parliament. I’ve loved every minute of it and I look forward to making sure that next year is even better.
Happy New Year and here’s to a brilliant 2025.
This week in Parliament I was able to highlight the amazing work of Freda and John Grace, whose Christmas lights display at their house in Sawtry is an incredible effort!
It was great to see their efforts congratulated by the Rt Hon Lucy Powell, Leader of the House of Commons.
It was great to see their efforts congratulated by the Rt Hon Lucy Powell, Leader of the House of Commons.
December 14, 2024 at 9:04 AM
This week in Parliament I was able to highlight the amazing work of Freda and John Grace, whose Christmas lights display at their house in Sawtry is an incredible effort!
It was great to see their efforts congratulated by the Rt Hon Lucy Powell, Leader of the House of Commons.
It was great to see their efforts congratulated by the Rt Hon Lucy Powell, Leader of the House of Commons.
On ITV Anglia this evening covering the forthcoming announcement from the Government regarding the police core grant allocation of funding in Cambridgeshire and ensuring that the county receives our fair share.
December 10, 2024 at 9:12 PM
On ITV Anglia this evening covering the forthcoming announcement from the Government regarding the police core grant allocation of funding in Cambridgeshire and ensuring that the county receives our fair share.
“A survey released by the Bank of England suggested that over half of firms were planning to cut staff as a result of the national insurance hike. Analysis by Deutsche Bank suggests that as many as 100,000 jobs could be lost.”
And yet Labour MPs champion this budget as “taking difficult decisions”.
And yet Labour MPs champion this budget as “taking difficult decisions”.
December 9, 2024 at 8:54 AM
“A survey released by the Bank of England suggested that over half of firms were planning to cut staff as a result of the national insurance hike. Analysis by Deutsche Bank suggests that as many as 100,000 jobs could be lost.”
And yet Labour MPs champion this budget as “taking difficult decisions”.
And yet Labour MPs champion this budget as “taking difficult decisions”.
Only last week Luke Pollard was busy telling everybody that once they “see the detail” of the Chagos Islands deal they would support it.
Now it’s a “Day One” issue for the incoming Trump administration and potentially fundamentally changes US nuclear strategy across the region.
Well done Labour.
Now it’s a “Day One” issue for the incoming Trump administration and potentially fundamentally changes US nuclear strategy across the region.
Well done Labour.
December 8, 2024 at 11:23 AM
Only last week Luke Pollard was busy telling everybody that once they “see the detail” of the Chagos Islands deal they would support it.
Now it’s a “Day One” issue for the incoming Trump administration and potentially fundamentally changes US nuclear strategy across the region.
Well done Labour.
Now it’s a “Day One” issue for the incoming Trump administration and potentially fundamentally changes US nuclear strategy across the region.
Well done Labour.
On @skynewsrss.bsky.social this lunchtime for the post-PMQs panel.
Asked why the leaders’ interactions are now so brief it’s important to highlight how evasive Keir Starmer is when the answer hasn’t been pre-approved by the Labour whips for a verbatim response read out from his folder.
Asked why the leaders’ interactions are now so brief it’s important to highlight how evasive Keir Starmer is when the answer hasn’t been pre-approved by the Labour whips for a verbatim response read out from his folder.
December 4, 2024 at 4:01 PM
On @skynewsrss.bsky.social this lunchtime for the post-PMQs panel.
Asked why the leaders’ interactions are now so brief it’s important to highlight how evasive Keir Starmer is when the answer hasn’t been pre-approved by the Labour whips for a verbatim response read out from his folder.
Asked why the leaders’ interactions are now so brief it’s important to highlight how evasive Keir Starmer is when the answer hasn’t been pre-approved by the Labour whips for a verbatim response read out from his folder.
A quick recap of my activity for last week.
December 2, 2024 at 5:15 PM
A quick recap of my activity for last week.
“This year is on course to be a new record for small boat crossings. That has to change. So, when I say we must smash the gangs, I mean it.”
Keir Starmer - 17 July 2024
Keir Starmer - 17 July 2024
December 1, 2024 at 7:54 PM
“This year is on course to be a new record for small boat crossings. That has to change. So, when I say we must smash the gangs, I mean it.”
Keir Starmer - 17 July 2024
Keir Starmer - 17 July 2024
If Louise Haigh’s fraud conviction was for a pre-planned attempt to mislead police, as opposed to the mistake she claimed in her resignation letter, then she is still lying.
If Keir Starmer was aware and this had been fully disclosed, both he and Haigh have questions to answer.
If Keir Starmer was aware and this had been fully disclosed, both he and Haigh have questions to answer.
November 30, 2024 at 5:46 PM
If Louise Haigh’s fraud conviction was for a pre-planned attempt to mislead police, as opposed to the mistake she claimed in her resignation letter, then she is still lying.
If Keir Starmer was aware and this had been fully disclosed, both he and Haigh have questions to answer.
If Keir Starmer was aware and this had been fully disclosed, both he and Haigh have questions to answer.
My statement following the vote on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading.
November 29, 2024 at 5:39 PM
My statement following the vote on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading.
1 in 8 men in the UK will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. That figure doubles to 1 in 4 if you’re black. If you have a family history of prostate cancer you’re twice as likely to be diagnosed with it.
Great to talk to @prostatecanceruk.bsky.social today
Great to talk to @prostatecanceruk.bsky.social today
November 26, 2024 at 7:12 PM
1 in 8 men in the UK will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. That figure doubles to 1 in 4 if you’re black. If you have a family history of prostate cancer you’re twice as likely to be diagnosed with it.
Great to talk to @prostatecanceruk.bsky.social today
Great to talk to @prostatecanceruk.bsky.social today
As Rachel Reeves prepares to defend her budget (again), this week to the CBI, the ever-growing list of businesses, organisations and groups impacted by it illustrates just how poor it is.
Labour have eschewed growth in favour of a sugar rush tax grab that is clearly backfiring.
Labour have eschewed growth in favour of a sugar rush tax grab that is clearly backfiring.
November 25, 2024 at 7:36 AM
As Rachel Reeves prepares to defend her budget (again), this week to the CBI, the ever-growing list of businesses, organisations and groups impacted by it illustrates just how poor it is.
Labour have eschewed growth in favour of a sugar rush tax grab that is clearly backfiring.
Labour have eschewed growth in favour of a sugar rush tax grab that is clearly backfiring.
Nigel Farage has questions to answer about what he knew about James McMurdock’s conviction prior to him being elected; why was this acceptable to him?
Irrespective of the conviction being spent, how is a man guilty of this crime permitted to be a Reform UK Member of Parliament?
Irrespective of the conviction being spent, how is a man guilty of this crime permitted to be a Reform UK Member of Parliament?
November 22, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Nigel Farage has questions to answer about what he knew about James McMurdock’s conviction prior to him being elected; why was this acceptable to him?
Irrespective of the conviction being spent, how is a man guilty of this crime permitted to be a Reform UK Member of Parliament?
Irrespective of the conviction being spent, how is a man guilty of this crime permitted to be a Reform UK Member of Parliament?
On ITV Anglia Late Edition last night talking about the impact Labour’s budget is having on working people.
From Chris’s interruption to land his pre-rehearsed Labour soundbites, it’s clear that’s all the Government has to offer in response to widespread criticism of their budget choices.
From Chris’s interruption to land his pre-rehearsed Labour soundbites, it’s clear that’s all the Government has to offer in response to widespread criticism of their budget choices.
November 22, 2024 at 2:38 PM
On ITV Anglia Late Edition last night talking about the impact Labour’s budget is having on working people.
From Chris’s interruption to land his pre-rehearsed Labour soundbites, it’s clear that’s all the Government has to offer in response to widespread criticism of their budget choices.
From Chris’s interruption to land his pre-rehearsed Labour soundbites, it’s clear that’s all the Government has to offer in response to widespread criticism of their budget choices.
I’ll be on ITV Anglia Late Edition tonight discussing Labour’s Family Farm Tax, Assisted Dying and life as a new MP.
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November 21, 2024 at 11:12 PM
I’ll be on ITV Anglia Late Edition tonight discussing Labour’s Family Farm Tax, Assisted Dying and life as a new MP.
www.itv.com/news/anglia/...
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I asked the Policing Minister if she would review the Police Allocation Formula so that Cambridgeshire would receive its fair share of funding and additional officers next year.
As with nearly every question I’ve asked a Labour Minister she fudged the answer because she doesn’t have one.
As with nearly every question I’ve asked a Labour Minister she fudged the answer because she doesn’t have one.
November 20, 2024 at 1:56 PM
I asked the Policing Minister if she would review the Police Allocation Formula so that Cambridgeshire would receive its fair share of funding and additional officers next year.
As with nearly every question I’ve asked a Labour Minister she fudged the answer because she doesn’t have one.
As with nearly every question I’ve asked a Labour Minister she fudged the answer because she doesn’t have one.
For weeks we challenged the Government to publish their impact assessment for the removal of the Winter Fuel Payment. Now we see the full cost laid bare.
Labour MPs supported it and sneered at the suggestion this would create pensioner poverty, now we see how crass and damaging their arrogance is.
Labour MPs supported it and sneered at the suggestion this would create pensioner poverty, now we see how crass and damaging their arrogance is.
November 20, 2024 at 7:44 AM
For weeks we challenged the Government to publish their impact assessment for the removal of the Winter Fuel Payment. Now we see the full cost laid bare.
Labour MPs supported it and sneered at the suggestion this would create pensioner poverty, now we see how crass and damaging their arrogance is.
Labour MPs supported it and sneered at the suggestion this would create pensioner poverty, now we see how crass and damaging their arrogance is.
With 10,000 farmers in Westminster today, the NFU protest has let the Government know the strength of feeling across our farming community.
I’m supporting our farmers against this unfair tax and the Government’s decision to tax Family Farms out of existence, none of which was in their manifesto.
I’m supporting our farmers against this unfair tax and the Government’s decision to tax Family Farms out of existence, none of which was in their manifesto.
November 19, 2024 at 6:06 PM
With 10,000 farmers in Westminster today, the NFU protest has let the Government know the strength of feeling across our farming community.
I’m supporting our farmers against this unfair tax and the Government’s decision to tax Family Farms out of existence, none of which was in their manifesto.
I’m supporting our farmers against this unfair tax and the Government’s decision to tax Family Farms out of existence, none of which was in their manifesto.
“You are nothing more than an Uncle Tom. How do you sleep at nights!”
First piece of written hate mail this morning. The fact that these racial slurs are becoming normalised is a sad indictment of political discourse on the left.
What does the colour of my skin have to do with my politics?
First piece of written hate mail this morning. The fact that these racial slurs are becoming normalised is a sad indictment of political discourse on the left.
What does the colour of my skin have to do with my politics?
November 19, 2024 at 10:49 AM
“You are nothing more than an Uncle Tom. How do you sleep at nights!”
First piece of written hate mail this morning. The fact that these racial slurs are becoming normalised is a sad indictment of political discourse on the left.
What does the colour of my skin have to do with my politics?
First piece of written hate mail this morning. The fact that these racial slurs are becoming normalised is a sad indictment of political discourse on the left.
What does the colour of my skin have to do with my politics?
Another day, another group slams Rachel Reeves’s budget.
With margins at 2-4% absorbing the costs of the Budget will hit business investment, prices, current and future jobs.
When Labour pledged to transform the high street I’m not sure this is what retailers were expecting.
With margins at 2-4% absorbing the costs of the Budget will hit business investment, prices, current and future jobs.
When Labour pledged to transform the high street I’m not sure this is what retailers were expecting.
November 19, 2024 at 7:31 AM
Another day, another group slams Rachel Reeves’s budget.
With margins at 2-4% absorbing the costs of the Budget will hit business investment, prices, current and future jobs.
When Labour pledged to transform the high street I’m not sure this is what retailers were expecting.
With margins at 2-4% absorbing the costs of the Budget will hit business investment, prices, current and future jobs.
When Labour pledged to transform the high street I’m not sure this is what retailers were expecting.
Absolutely tone-deaf from City Steve ahead of the mass NFU-led farming protest in Westminster tomorrow.
As he insults our farmers suggesting that they don’t understand Labour’s Family Farms Tax, Labour MPs across rural constituencies are refusing to meet their farmers tomorrow.
As he insults our farmers suggesting that they don’t understand Labour’s Family Farms Tax, Labour MPs across rural constituencies are refusing to meet their farmers tomorrow.
November 18, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Absolutely tone-deaf from City Steve ahead of the mass NFU-led farming protest in Westminster tomorrow.
As he insults our farmers suggesting that they don’t understand Labour’s Family Farms Tax, Labour MPs across rural constituencies are refusing to meet their farmers tomorrow.
As he insults our farmers suggesting that they don’t understand Labour’s Family Farms Tax, Labour MPs across rural constituencies are refusing to meet their farmers tomorrow.
For the past four years I have campaigned to see our non-UK veterans and their dependants have their visa fees waived.
Both Labour and the Conservatives pledged to waive visa fees in their manifestos.
I was able to ask the Government what their timetable now was for delivering that pledge.
Both Labour and the Conservatives pledged to waive visa fees in their manifestos.
I was able to ask the Government what their timetable now was for delivering that pledge.
November 18, 2024 at 8:51 PM
For the past four years I have campaigned to see our non-UK veterans and their dependants have their visa fees waived.
Both Labour and the Conservatives pledged to waive visa fees in their manifestos.
I was able to ask the Government what their timetable now was for delivering that pledge.
Both Labour and the Conservatives pledged to waive visa fees in their manifestos.
I was able to ask the Government what their timetable now was for delivering that pledge.
“What’s it like on Bluesky as a Conservative?”
November 18, 2024 at 8:35 AM
“What’s it like on Bluesky as a Conservative?”
“…the decision to house asylum seekers in local hotels is not a sustainable or acceptable solution for our communities.”
Not my words, but the words of my neighbouring Labour MPs in Peterborough.
Without any deterrent or any gangs smashed Labour are now resorting to increasing hotel use.
Not my words, but the words of my neighbouring Labour MPs in Peterborough.
Without any deterrent or any gangs smashed Labour are now resorting to increasing hotel use.
November 17, 2024 at 6:39 PM
“…the decision to house asylum seekers in local hotels is not a sustainable or acceptable solution for our communities.”
Not my words, but the words of my neighbouring Labour MPs in Peterborough.
Without any deterrent or any gangs smashed Labour are now resorting to increasing hotel use.
Not my words, but the words of my neighbouring Labour MPs in Peterborough.
Without any deterrent or any gangs smashed Labour are now resorting to increasing hotel use.
It was an honour to visit the Commonwealth War Graves Commission plot at the Houghton and Wyton Burial Ground.
The work of the CWGC is so important to ensuring the memory of our fallen is kept alive.
My thanks to Mac, Rich and Stuart for their hard work in keeping the plot immaculate.
The work of the CWGC is so important to ensuring the memory of our fallen is kept alive.
My thanks to Mac, Rich and Stuart for their hard work in keeping the plot immaculate.
November 17, 2024 at 12:50 PM
It was an honour to visit the Commonwealth War Graves Commission plot at the Houghton and Wyton Burial Ground.
The work of the CWGC is so important to ensuring the memory of our fallen is kept alive.
My thanks to Mac, Rich and Stuart for their hard work in keeping the plot immaculate.
The work of the CWGC is so important to ensuring the memory of our fallen is kept alive.
My thanks to Mac, Rich and Stuart for their hard work in keeping the plot immaculate.