"For a long time much of the country hasn't resembled tabloid England. At a Jeremy Corbyn rally, you saw a different England to the one idealised by the tabloids."

"Suspending members without explanation is no way to treat people who give everything to our party."

"When you're elected and you're in that seat in Westminster, you take a position, you don't abstain. You take part in the match. You're the opposition, don't sit in the stand. They sat in the stand whilst the home team had a clear run."

“To be honest, removing the whip from well regarded Tory MPs that have served their party for years amounts to Johnson and Cummings destroying their own party. That will not end well.”