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John Redwood to Step Down as Record Number of Tory MPs Set to Quit

by Will Jones
24 May 2024 3:00 PM

Sir John Redwood – the veteran MP who headed Margaret Thatcher’s policy unit in the 1980s and has opposed Net Zero and lockdown policies – has announced that he will stand down as a Conservative MP at the forthcoming General Election. The Telegraph has more.

The former Cabinet Minister has represented Wokingham in Berkshire since 1987 and becomes the 73rd Tory MP to stand aside ahead of the next national poll on July 4th.

Rishi Sunak faces a record number of Tories standing down before the election as the total approaches the current record of 75 – the number who quit prior to Sir Tony Blair’s landslide victory in 1997.

Sir John was the head of Margaret Thatcher’s policy unit in No 10 and also served as the Welsh Secretary under John Major.

He was one of the 28 ‘Spartan’ Tory MPs who voted against Theresa May’s Brexit deal on three occasions in 2019 and has emerged as a prominent backbench critic of Mr. Sunak over the tax burden and Net Zero policy.

Writing on his website, Sir John said: “I have decided not to put my name forward in the forthcoming election. I have other things I wish to do.

“It has been a privilege to represent Wokingham in nine parliaments. I have drawn many of my campaigns from the views I have heard on doorsteps and read in my email box. We have achieved good things together for our local community and the wider nation.” …

He has described some of the Government’s Net Zero policies as economic “self-harm” and “self-defeating” and in June 2023 called for a referendum on the Government’s green objectives.

Sir John has also called for lower levels of immigration, arguing current levels are not sustainable, and praised Suella Braverman, the former Home Secretary, for her “legal expertise and determination to control our borders and enforce a fair immigration policy”.

Redwood has been vocal in recent months opposing the WHO Pandemic Treaty in Parliament, making clear that “there must be no new legal requirement imposed on the United Kingdom”. It is a reflection of the sorry state of the Conservative Party that he was never offered a Government office since the Tories returned to power in 2010. The party needs more MPs like him, who stand on principle for freedom and national sovereignty, not fewer.

Worth reading in full.

Tags: BrexitGeneral Election 2024LockdownMargaret ThatcherNet ZeroParliamentSir John Redwood

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AndyLarge
AndyLarge
11 months ago

He did seem to try to roll back the state. How effective was he behind the scenes? Hard to say and whatever he did, it was nowhere near enough.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
11 months ago
Reply to  AndyLarge

I do remember John Redwood as a controversial figure but I couldn’t recall the details. This brief synopsis provides a good background history.

At least Redwood stuck to his guns and was from a genuine Conservative mould. Far rather politicians such as Redwood than the easily bought toadies occupying the benches in Westminster.

He has stood against Nut Zero and immigration and for that he has my respect.

https://www.iwa.wales/agenda/2019/01/the-unintended-consequences-of-john-redwood/

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ellie-em
ellie-em
11 months ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

Yes, despite my rants, I have to concede there are a few, very few, good eggs.

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soundofreason
soundofreason
11 months ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

I do remember John Redwood as a controversial figure but I couldn’t recall the details.

He was probably proposing conservative policies. Very controversial.

Last edited 11 months ago by soundofreason
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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
11 months ago
Reply to  soundofreason

😀 😀 😀

Having read a bit of his background I would say that is correct.

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Smudger
Smudger
11 months ago
Reply to  soundofreason

Proposing conservative policies whilst taking the party whip – how brave.

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varmint
varmint
11 months ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

I am afraid there are fewer and fewer left in government who are not group think toadies. No one gives a sh.t whether there is global warming or not. They all just blend in with herd. When all around you say there is a climate emergency then you better say the same or you won’t be there. In group think there can be no room for individuality. Redwood having come from the Thatcher era would have wanted the truth on this issue, just as Thatcher realised after initially thinking global warming was mostly settled science and wanted to use Nuclear Energy rather than coal because it had zero CO2 emissions, she later come to understand how it was being used to create what she called “Supranational Socialism” and had the courage to change her stance on it.

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EppingBlogger
EppingBlogger
11 months ago
Reply to  varmint

It was a shame nuclear was not continued. At least 25% would have provided a reliable energy source at a known cost.

also, in those days, we could and would have built the plants in this country adding value instead of bleeding the economy to pay France and China.

Last edited 11 months ago by EppingBlogger
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EppingBlogger
EppingBlogger
11 months ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

I think you will find he was snd is a conservative. I suppose he will remain a Conservative. I hope that if anyone gets a peerage he is top of the list.

critics of his achievements, as also Mrs Thatcher, would do well to check the scale of the problems they faced.

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Smudger
Smudger
11 months ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

How could any genuine Conservative remain in a fake Conservative Party over the last 25 years?

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Smudger
Smudger
11 months ago
Reply to  AndyLarge

Good riddance to another Tory timeserver who talked the talk but trod the Party line at the end of the day. He and all the other Tory MPs who have played to the centre Right gallery haven’t managed to halt in the slightest the slide of the party to the Left over the last 30 years. What they have done is play a vital role in keeping lots of dim witted centre Right voters on side whils the Party moved Leftwards.

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JXB
JXB
11 months ago

So,Wishi-Washi will go down on the sinking ship he steered onto the rocks, alone.

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EppingBlogger
EppingBlogger
11 months ago
Reply to  JXB

I wonder if his constituents might not re-elect him.

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Bella Donna
Bella Donna
11 months ago

I’m happy the fake Conservative Party is disintegrating they’ve ruined this country. We’ll go through some real pain with WEF Starmer as PM but who knows perhaps we’ll have the Revolution needed to rise up and take our country back.

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AJPotts
AJPotts
11 months ago
Reply to  Bella Donna

Yes, things have to get even worse before they can get better. The destruction of the Conservative is a necessary condition for the required radical overhaul of policy and institutions to take place.

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godknowsimgood
godknowsimgood
11 months ago
Reply to  AJPotts

Things can only get better, after they get worse!

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nige.oldfart
nige.oldfart
11 months ago
Reply to  godknowsimgood

Quite. People say the Con’s will have a 1997 wipe out, but there is little mention of the probable further destruction of our personal sovereignty by the potential labour majority, as further degradational steps will ensue in direct comparisons to those taken by the Blair Directorate as Stage 1.

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varmint
varmint
11 months ago
Reply to  Bella Donna

We are not the revolutionary type. We are all so fat and lazy. We have our football and soaps on the telly, our Cheezy Wotsits and our Irn Bru. We take the car for 5 minute journeys. We will only revolt when the government takes away our Mars Bars.

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Heretic
Heretic
11 months ago

From all that I have read about Sir John Redwood in the news over the years, he has been a steadfast patriot, quietly but firmly defending the rights of the Indigenous British people, and deserved his knighthood, unlike many others.

As author Will Jones pointed out, “It is a reflection of the sorry state of the Conservative Party that he was never offered a Government office since the Tories returned to power in 2010. The party needs more MPs like him, who stand on principle for freedom and national sovereignty, not fewer.”

In truth, the fact that he was never offered a Cabinet position shows how much the Fake Conservatives in power feared him as a strong, genuine Conservative, and he can hold his head high.

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Ron Smith
Ron Smith
11 months ago
Reply to  Heretic

And he was also in The Bruges Group. A long time campaigner against the expansionist EU. If proper old school conservatives were in the cabinet in 2020, the Lockdown fascism would’ve never got off the ground.

Last edited 11 months ago by Ron Smith
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Marcus Aurelius knew
Marcus Aurelius knew
11 months ago
Reply to  Ron Smith

Agreed. I said at the start of the lockdowns that Thatcher would have told the WHO to stick it and the population to get a grip.

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varmint
varmint
11 months ago
Reply to  Ron Smith

And even more importantly neither would the economy and wallet crippling Net Zero

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Smudger
Smudger
11 months ago
Reply to  Heretic

Can any genuine Tory MP hold their head up whilst remaining in a fake Tory Party over the last decade.

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Mogwai
Mogwai
11 months ago

Has anybody seen this new documentary yet? I’ve watched half so far and it’s very interesting. Unlike many posters on here I’m not very well read on the subject so this works for a noob like me. Recommended ( link in article );

”A NEW film blows apart the elite’s plan to enslave humanity in global communism.
Richard Jeffs, a former ITV producer and director of photography, who is now an independent investigative filmmaker and a tech company CEO, has produced ‘Stakeholder Communism’, which he says “proves irrefutably that we’re more than one-third of our 10-year transition to full global communism”.

Jeffs, who also produced the documentary The New Normal in 2020, has spent the past 16 months making the film that investigates our new political system, Stakeholder Capitalism, that was enacted in 2020 by the WEF elite members and is now mandated by governments across the world.

Jeffs told News Uncut: “The film proves irrefutably that we’re over one-third of our 10-year transition to full global communism.
“For it to be conveyed irrefutably, I ensured every part of the story was either explained by Klaus Schwab and his Stakeholders, or referenced in a World Economic Forum report. I refrained from featuring third-party anecdotal interviews to prevent any doubt. Writing and editing the film in this style will help more people understand what’s happening.
“To protect their ideology, I’ve noticed that people who are affected by the Stakeholder Capitalism propaganda often display aggressive behaviour. This is a key indicator that Stakeholder Capitalism is an ideology – in addition to the obvious; no one voted for it.”

https://uncut.substack.com/p/we-are-more-than-a-third-into-a-10

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varmint
varmint
11 months ago
Reply to  Mogwai

Thanks for the link and I will watch it. But I knew that already and that is what “Sustainable Devlopment” really is. Control of wealth and resources. —–with climate as the excuse.

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JohnnyDownes
JohnnyDownes
11 months ago

Just think, if John Redwood had beaten John Major in the 1995 leadership election, we might have been spared the Blair disaster and much else. Those fake Tory MPs have a lot to answer for.

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For a fist full of roubles
For a fist full of roubles
11 months ago

I can’t imagine anyone with any sense standing as a Conservative. It would be a waste of time and a destroyer of self-confidence.

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ellie-em
ellie-em
11 months ago

Just announced that Michael Gove is not standing either at the next election. Horrible little rat. Good riddance.

NB: apologies to real rats which I quite like.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
11 months ago
Reply to  ellie-em

I have just posted the same ellie – hadn’t read your post. Yes, good riddance. Back stabber.

Last edited 11 months ago by huxleypiggles
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7941MHKB
7941MHKB
11 months ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

Maybe he’s landed a full time job fawning on little Saint Greta.
He’d love that.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
11 months ago

https://x.com/michaelgove/status/1794066234406768881

Gove is standing down. Running away more like.

Last edited 11 months ago by huxleypiggles
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ellie-em
ellie-em
11 months ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

I think a large number of MPs who are not standing are running away, too. They might have a frisson of shame and / or anxiety about their actions / none actions since March 2020 but running away won’t erase the damage they caused to the U.K. and to the people. Running away won’t erase the memories, either.
Never forgive. Never forget.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
11 months ago
Reply to  ellie-em

Seconded.

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ellie-em
ellie-em
11 months ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

Thanks hp.

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transmissionofflame
transmissionofflame
11 months ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

Good riddance
Lockdown fanatic who pushed vaxx passes but was happy to go clubbing and get pissed
Leadsom going too

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
11 months ago
Reply to  transmissionofflame

https://order-order.com/2024/05/24/list-of-all-the-mps-standing-down-at-general-election/

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transmissionofflame
transmissionofflame
11 months ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

Thanks for that

I see Bill Cash is going who has I think done good work with vaxx injury compensation

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Ron Smith
Ron Smith
11 months ago
Reply to  transmissionofflame

I think you are confusing him with Christopher Chope. Cash was good on Brexit but not heard much on the rona fascism.

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transmissionofflame
transmissionofflame
11 months ago
Reply to  Ron Smith

Ah yes, thanks

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Ron Smith
Ron Smith
11 months ago
Reply to  transmissionofflame

He was obviously a fake Brexiteer being the Globalist that he is.

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transmissionofflame
transmissionofflame
11 months ago
Reply to  Ron Smith

Like Johnson probably

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Tyrbiter
Tyrbiter
11 months ago

From what I saw earlier on X from Andrew Bridgen it seems that Rishi does not want to be a wartime PM. Andrew states clearly that we are at war with Russia, it’s not the Ukrainians firing Storm Shadow at targets inside Russia’s borders.

Sorry to hear about John Redwood, he’s been an unwavering Conservative MP for almost 40 years.

Last edited 11 months ago by Tyrbiter
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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
11 months ago
Reply to  Tyrbiter

Not up to date with Andrew Bridgen on the Russia debacle but he needs to be careful. We are not at war with Russia and have no reason to be.

Fishy and Bozo might be at war but so far they are showing a great reluctance to buckle up and get on the front lines.

Stay out of this Mr Bridgen.

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Tyrbiter
Tyrbiter
11 months ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

His view is based on how the Russians see the use of UK weapons fired from Ukraine across their borders. It suggests that our military are on the ground doing the work needed to target them as the Ukrainians have not had time to be trained to do it themselves.

I’m unsure if this is correct, but there certainly is an exodus going on and I’m sure Rishi can read the polling numbers even if they are biased against him (which had been a tendency for many years when people are asked about supporting a party that is socially unacceptable to many).

A lot of nasty things going on.

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Marcus Aurelius knew
Marcus Aurelius knew
11 months ago

I remember from some time in 1995 seeing a piece of wood in my father’s workshop upon which he had scribbled four MPs’ names. I always assumed it was his predictions for Prime Minister. Redwood was at the top. Major was at the bottom. Can’t remember the other two. Maybe Heath was one.

What a charade it all is…

Sorry to see him go. I wish him well, whatever he’s going to do with himself!

Last edited 11 months ago by Marcus Aurelius knew
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Richard Austin
Richard Austin
11 months ago

The press are making far too much of the numbers of MP’s standing down. They are mostly old men and women, typically in their 60’s. Of course they look to retire; standing again means a 5 year commitment and who of us can really say we’d do it when we are near, or past, retirement age and comfortably off?
Redwood was always a controversial figure and I haven’t always agreed with him but he is an honourable person and stands by what he believes is right. For that alone he should be appreciated even by the most ardent of Tory haters. There are very, very few in Parliament who actually believe in anything whatsoever, most certainly Starmer doesn’t.

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Norfolk-Sceptic
Norfolk-Sceptic
11 months ago
Reply to  Richard Austin

I suppose Redwood is controversial, if you think a Conservative Party should encourage conservative policies. Good heavens, what ever next!

I’ve concluded that the Party became fed up with sorting out the mess that Labour and the Unions left behind, leading Cameron to think, ‘if you can’t beat’em, join’ em, and to extend the fantasy of ‘spending, until you run out of other people’s money’, and their will to think constructively, let alone act upon it.

How people think that Parliament can overule the Laws of Physics, or force particular behaviours on the public (which is different from discouraging some behaviours), or expect the responsibility for large infrastructure projects are possible with negligible knowledge or experience of Engineering or Business, or that the Frankfurt School had some particularly encouraging ideas, points to needing a General Election, without his A-Lists, of course.

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Ron Smith
Ron Smith
11 months ago
Reply to  Norfolk-Sceptic

They didn’t call Cameron ‘call me Dave’ for nothing. Also, during Dave’s premiership the Nudge Unit’s came into existence.

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Smudger
Smudger
11 months ago
Reply to  Norfolk-Sceptic

Cameron regarded Blair as the ‘master’ embracing his style of governance and agenda.

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Peter W
Peter W
11 months ago

A great shame as we need all the sceptics we can get in parliament. Hopefully John can still be working from the sidelines without Whips trying to tell him what to do.

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Norfolk-Sceptic
Norfolk-Sceptic
11 months ago
Reply to  Peter W

It has been pointed out that Major’s cabinet suffered from a dearth of old hands.

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Smudger
Smudger
11 months ago
Reply to  Peter W

How brave of him.

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Freddy Boy
Freddy Boy
11 months ago

A decent Chap , good luck to him 👏👍

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