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Jan 24, 2025 | 
telegraph.co.uk | Damian Green
The recent discovery that one in seven patients in hospital beds ought to be in a social care setting was shocking enough to make headlines, but not remotely news for anyone who knows the care sector.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
telegraph.co.uk | Damian Green |David Davis |Charles Hymas
Kemi Badenoch is running against Robert Jenrick to be the next leader of the Conservatives Credit: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images Kemi Badenoch would be Labour’s “worst nightmare” if she was elected leader of the Conservatives, two party grandees from different wings of the party have said. In a joint article for The Telegraph, David Davis, the former Brexit secretary, and Damian Green, the former deputy prime minister, from the Right and Left respectively, said that Mrs Badenoch had the...
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Jul 6, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Damian Green
It is a comforting myth that the darkest hour comes just before dawn. The real darkness descends the morning after when you realise that everything has changed. Wisdom lies in acknowledging the new situation and starting to adapt to it. For the Conservative party, this change will be difficult. Here are seven rules to follow, given in a helpful spirit by one newly outside the parliamentary tent. First, after the initial flurry of post-election interest no one will care what you say.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
telegraph.co.uk | Damian Green |Matt Warman |Dominic Penna
26 April 2024 • 5:19pm James Cleverly, the Home Secretary signing a new treaty with Vincent Biruta, his Rwandan counterpart in Kigali. Credit: GEOFF PUGH The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) must be reformed if it is used to block deportation flights to Rwanda, senior Tories on the centrist wing of the party have warned. Damian Green and Matt Warman, the chairman and leading member of the One Nation caucus, said the treaty must not be used to obstruct Rishi Sunak’s flagship...
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Jan 14, 2024 | 
telegraph.co.uk | Damian Green
Measures to stem the flow of small boats arriving has to be practical Credit: Steve Finn Every Conservative wants to stop the boats bringing people illegally across the Channel.
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Dec 10, 2023 | 
theguardian.com | Damian Green
Tuesday’s vote on the proposed by the government will be consequential both politically and in terms of the policy substance. Moderate and pragmatic Conservative MPs are always inclined to be loyal to the leadership. Indeed, we are often portrayed as herbivores, as opposed to the carnivores among our colleagues. Since their recent diet has mainly been Conservative prime ministers, I prefer our way of doing politics.
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Dec 10, 2023 | 
ca.sports.yahoo.com | Damian Green
Tuesday’s vote on the Rwanda legislation proposed by the government will be consequential both politically and in terms of the policy substance. Moderate and pragmatic Conservative MPs are always inclined to be loyal to the leadership. Indeed, we are often portrayed as herbivores, as opposed to the carnivores among our colleagues. Since their recent diet has mainly been Conservative prime ministers, I prefer our way of doing politics.
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Nov 28, 2023 | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Andrew Cowan |Damian Green
In their paper the authors ‘Genetic defects of gamma-secretase genes in a multiple myeloma patient with high and dysregulated B cell maturation antigen (BCMA) surface density: a case report’, propose a novel defect in gamma-secretase genes that results in high and dysregulated BCMA surface density in a multiple myeloma (MM) patient.1 They describe 20 MM patients who underwent characterization of BCMA surface levels on malignant plasma cells, followed by treatment with the gamma-secretase...
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Apr 28, 2023 | 
inkl.com | Damian Green
The Prime Minister faced calls from Labour and the Liberal Democrats for changes to how the BBC chair is appointed as the long-awaited report renewed scrutiny on the current process. Labour called for a “truly independent and robust process” to find a new BBC chair as shadow culture secretary Lucy Powell said the row had damaged public trust in the broadcaster.
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Mar 7, 2023 | 
telegraph.co.uk | Damian Green
Some people will be surprised that as a One Nation Conservative with a moderate outlook I am supporting the Government’s new Bill on illegal immigration. But I saw the effects of uncontrolled immigration on the social cohesion of the country as the Shadow Immigration Minster under the Blair/ Brown Labour governments. This lack of control led to the growth of extreme far-Right parties (remember Nick Griffin and the BNP?).
