Posted: Thu 7th Jul 2022

Clwyd South MP Simon Baynes “very sorry about the resignation of the Prime Minister”

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This article is old - Published: Thursday, Jul 7th, 2022

Clwyd South’s MP has issued a statement following the speech from Prime Minister Boris Johnson this lunchtime.

The MP was in Downing Street as the speech was given.

Simon Baynes MP said after today’s speech by Boris Johnson, “I am very sorry about the resignation of the Prime Minister as I am a strong supporter of his and consider that he has achieved a great deal for our country, particularly in getting Brexit done, the highly successful Covid vaccine rollout and his outstanding international leadership on the war in Ukraine.

“It was a particular honour for me to be elected as the MP for Clwyd South in 2019, a seat which he stood for as the Conservative candidate in 1997 and which he has continued to visit regularly and take a great interest in ever since.”

“I was very pleased to be appointed by the Prime Minister earlier this year as a Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Ministerial team at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, a position which enables me to see the high level of legislative and reforming activity being enacted by his government.

“We will now have a leadership election campaign in the Conservative Party which I am sure will be conducted rapidly and in a constructive and courteous fashion.

“I wish the Prime Minister and his family all the very best for the future and thank him from the bottom of my heart for all that he has done for Wales and the rest of the United Kingdom.”

 

MORE:

> Wrexham’s MP Sarah Atherton: “The PM has done the right thing by resigning”

 > Boris Johnson announces process to find new Conservative Leader – will remain Prime Minister until then



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