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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
30 Jan 2023, 9:56 a.m.

Read this 👇There's now only *one constituency in the country* where more people disagree than agree with the statement "Britain was wrong to leave the EU" + enthusiasm for Brexit has faded more in left-leaning areas suggesting the realignment is unwinding https://t.co/IpCvNVgbto

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
30 Jan 2023, 1:15 p.m.

@lewis_baston I don't think we can draw conclusions about the realignment until we see the polling on the other issues @freddiesayers says @unherd have polled

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
30 Jan 2023, 2:03 p.m.

@vinyl_librarian The correlation between class and voting intention has been declining for over 20 years - and not just in the UK. So there definitely has been a realignment. Brexit was a symptom as well as a catalyst of that realignment, not its cause

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
30 Jan 2023, 1:31 p.m.

The "Is it '92 or '97?" debate is a bit silly. It doesn't have to be - and probably isn't - either. There are a whole range of outcomes between a historic Labour landslide and a surprise Conservative victory

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
30 Jan 2023, 2:04 p.m.

@NicholasTyrone There's actually only a majority in one. In two others it is a tie

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
30 Jan 2023, 4:34 p.m.

@AlistairPhilpot There's still nearly two years to go and predicting British politics has been a mug's game over the last few years, but if you are asking me today I would say Labour majority of 60ish

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
30 Jan 2023, 6:02 p.m.

@nawBitbot Typo in your reply You wrote "You've" when you meant "Boris and Truss". He was in a position to dominate British politics for a decade and he stuffed it up

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
30 Jan 2023, 5:34 p.m.

Simon is conflating two things. You can regret Brexit without thinking we should rejoin. There is very strong evidence of regret eg @YouGov found that 56% of voters think we were wrong to leave the EU compared to only 32% who think we were right https://t.co/VQ92t89sj2 🧵 1/4 https://t.co/229JkQ9aIu

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
30 Jan 2023, 5:34 p.m.

What is more, the @YouGov tracker shows a clear direction of travel - partly because 'We were right to leave' voters are less certain than 'We were wrong to leave' voters, and partly because over time elderly voters are replaced by young voters who tend to be less pro-Brexit 3/4

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
30 Jan 2023, 5:34 p.m.

I can understand why Simon is embarrassed about the growing level of regret, but the Conservative Party needs to face up to it - and what it means for its future electability. It doesn't necessarily mean we will rejoin...4/5

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
30 Jan 2023, 5:34 p.m.

@unherd and @focaldataHQ found there is only one constituency in England, Scotland or Wales where more people disagree with the statement 'Britain was wrong to leave the EU' than agree with it https://t.co/IpCvNVgbto 2/4

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
30 Jan 2023, 5:34 p.m.

...but it does mean the very bad deal that @BorisJohnson and @DavidGHFrost negotiated isn't going to stick. As a minimum, we will end up with a closer trading and security relationship with our neighbours 5/5

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
30 Jan 2023, 6:43 p.m.

@janjay_j Click on the link! (It's Boston in Lincolnshire)

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
30 Jan 2023, 6:42 p.m.

@nawBitbot The last sentence is true, and I have been vindicated - pretty much everything I predicted has come to pass The first sentence is not true - Boris was brought down by Boris, not by his internal critics

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
30 Jan 2023, 9:21 p.m.

@nawBitbot How is it delusional? Boris wasn't brought down by external events (Brown and the global financial crisis), by an unpopular policy (Thatcher and the poll tax, Blair and Iraq) or by a divided party (May and Brexit). He was brought down by his own behaviour

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
30 Jan 2023, 9:31 p.m.

@Samfr @Sime0nStylites @jamesjohnson252 @unherd As James says, regret does not equal rejoin, but there is a clear trend on both questions. I think the one thing you can say with certainty is the current deal is not going to stick - we may or may not rejoin, but we will definitely end up with a closer relationship than we have

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
30 Jan 2023, 9:44 p.m.

@DouglasUnwin @YouGov The polling shows small numbers of Remainers have changed their minds, and many more Leavers. Plus the sample is changing - elderly people are replaced by new young voters every year. Forgive me but I trust polling much more than your anecdotal evidence

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
30 Jan 2023, 9:41 p.m.

@Sime0nStylites @Samfr @jamesjohnson252 @unherd *If the trend continues* it will have to - otherwise it will render the Conservatives unelectable like unilateral disarmament did for Labour in the 1980s

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
29 Jan 2023, 1:08 p.m.

Heard @BrineMP say that the Conservative Party is suffering from 'long Boris'. Seems a perfect description of what Rishi Sunak is grappling with. There are going to be more of these ethics issues. Sunak's concern for due process is admirable, but politically speed is vital too

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
29 Jan 2023, 1:18 p.m.

It is good that he has recognised this, but I have never heard him properly address the fact that he supported that leadership when other Labour MPs had the courage to speak out against it https://t.co/zOzsXMs5dG

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
29 Jan 2023, 1:11 p.m.

👇 https://t.co/LDnQpit92I

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
29 Jan 2023, 1:38 p.m.

@Ben_Symak I didn't

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
29 Jan 2023, 8:17 p.m.

@lewis_goodall I think he makes a fair point about that particular headline - but he would get more sympathy about that if he apologised, both for the serious failure to meet the standards set out in the Code and his treatment of journalists who sought to question him about his tax affairs

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
31 Jan 2023, 12:31 p.m.

Putin will certainly have celebrated Brexit because it was bound to distract the UK and EU for a few years and create some rancour between them, but as usual Verhofstadt goes too far - Putin invaded Crimea in 2014 when the UK was still in the EU https://t.co/5xPtNsY3tH

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
31 Jan 2023, 4:55 p.m.

Some useful nuance in this from @JLPartnersPolls but the headline is just 7% - and only 10% of Leave voters - want to stick with @BorisJohnson & @DavidGHFrost deal; 51% - and 43% even of Leave voters - want a closer relationship. The deal is going to be renegotiated https://t.co/oTxPkvZBRV

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
31 Jan 2023, 4:55 p.m.

A special mention to the 19% who want "a new kind of association with the EU unlike anything we know today" https://t.co/RbxT9UCPn8

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
31 Jan 2023, 4:55 p.m.

Not forgetting the 7% who want "no or minimal economic ties" with any of our nearest neighbours https://t.co/VdcozCjwW0

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
31 Jan 2023, 6:03 p.m.

This is basically Putin's line to take. Beneath contempt We didn't push NATO expansion - countries in eastern Europe pleaded to join because they (rightly as events have proven) feared Russian aggression. Nigel thinks we should have said no because Putin didn't like it #appeaser https://t.co/AWR24WsrSG

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
31 Jan 2023, 5:55 p.m.

@7691Toro @JLPartnersPolls @BorisJohnson @DavidGHFrost I say this as if ultimately they will have to. Also they will slowly learn that some of the other things they want - like low taxes - are much harder to deliver when you inflict economic self-harm

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
31 Jan 2023, 5:57 p.m.

I have the utmost respect for @JLPartnersPolls, but I am a bit worried that people who served in the 2017-2019 Parliament were over-represented in the sample for this poll... https://t.co/ebe2guG9fX

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
31 Jan 2023, 6:32 p.m.

Not sure this quite makes the point he thinks - 'Disaster' is the second most prominent word. 'Shambles', 'Mistake', 'Chaos' and 'Mess' not far behind https://t.co/ifm1BuChs3 https://t.co/Ss7vqPmBJ5

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
31 Jan 2023, 11:24 p.m.

@_HenryBolton Thinking we have made a mistake is neither arrogant or scandalous, and it is what most people think. I have "undermined" anything. And to suggest I am responsible for the current Northern Ireland Protocol is absurd

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Lord Barwell (Conservative - Life peer) - @GavinBarwell
1 Feb 2023, 9:58 p.m.

This is not good news, for the Conservative Party or for Parliament https://t.co/xO3WmLrmKO

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Lord Barwell mentioned

Parliamentary Debates
Debate on the Address
127 speeches (57,540 words)
Tuesday 7th November 2023 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Peter Bottomley (Con - Worthing West) am glad that the Government are now moving forward on that, and I pay tribute to Gavin Barwell—now Lord - Link to Speech

Leasehold Reform
127 speeches (30,119 words)
Tuesday 23rd May 2023 - Commons Chamber
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
Mentions:
1: Peter Bottomley (CON - Worthing West) When Gavin Barwell, now Lord Barwell, became the Housing Minister, he said that the Government’s Leasehold - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Monday 20th November 2023
Oral Evidence - 2023-11-20 16:00:00+00:00

Local authorities in financial distress - Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee

Found: current position is that the funding formula, as was , to my recollection, was set up 30 years ago when Lord

Monday 20th November 2023
Oral Evidence - 2023-11-20 16:00:00+00:00

Local authorities in financial distress - Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee

Found: current position is that the funding formula, as was, to my recollection, was set up 30 years ago when Lord

Thursday 16th February 2023
Agendas and papers - 22 February 2023 - 5th meeting - Agenda

Conduct Committee

Found: Any Other Business For information: • Email of apology from Lord Barwell dated 28 January

Thursday 24th June 2021
Oral Evidence - Lord David Frost, Lindsay Croisdale-Appleby CMG (Head of the UK Mission to the European Union at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office), and Matthew Taylor (Director General, EU Secretariat at Cabinet Office)
Lord David Frost, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and Cabinet Office

Foreign Affairs Committee

Found: More recently, Lord Barwell has given various interviews in which he has stated that this was exactly