David Lidington
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Age | 67 |
| Web site | davidlidington.com |
| Date of birth | June 30,1956 |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Born | Lambeth |
| London | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Spouse | Helen Lidington |
| Office | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster |
| Previous offices | Secretary of State for Justice of the United Kingdom (2017–2018), Lord Chancellor (2017–2018) |
| Job | Politician |
| Party | Conservative Party |
| Books | Government Response to the Strathclyde Review: Secondary Legislation and the Primacy of the House of Commons and the Related Select Committee Reports |
| Education | Haberdashers' Boys' School |
| Sidney Sussex College | |
| Siblings | Peter Lidington |
| Previous position | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (2018–2019) |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 402881 |
David Lidington Life story
Sir David Roy Lidington KCB CBE is a British politician who was the Member of Parliament for Aylesbury from 1992 until 2019.
Personal Details of Former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain David Lidington
- Spouse: Helen Lidington
Political Career of Former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain David Lidington
- Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (2018-2019)
Key Events in Former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain David Lidington s Life
- Resigned as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain in 2019
Interesting Facts about Former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain David Lidington
- He is a keen cyclist and has completed several long-distance bike rides.
Ex-Foreign Office chief Lord McDonald told colleagues he voted to stay in the EU
... Elsewhere in the first episode of a three part series that traces events from 2016-2022, the former Deputy Prime Minister David Lidington confirms for the first time that there were discussions about him becoming prime minister to replace Theresa May and offer a second referendum...
Rishi Sunak aims to bring factions together in cabinet reshuffle
... Mr Dowden s return was welcomed by former cabinet minister Sir David Lidington, who said: " No-one in the current government has a sharper understanding of the machinery of government, and how to turn slogans and paper projects into practical outcomes...
Civil service pauses fast-track graduate scheme to cut staff numbers
... Ex-cabinet minister Sir David Lidington described the cut as " very foolish"...
Ukraine crisis: Nothing is off the table to stop Putin, says Truss
... Former Conservative cabinet minister David Lidington, who chairs the foreign policy think tank RUSI, said Mr Putin was " only likely to be deterred by counter-measures that are stronger than he has expected" and further sanctions were needed soon...
HS2: government to high-speed rail line, the go-ahead
... the Former Conservative minister, David Lidington, said he feared HS2 was 20th Century technology and infrastructure for a 21st Century economy ...
'A recovering politician' - the new Twitter life of former MPs
... David Lidington says he is exploring fresh pastures after 27 years as MP for Aylesbury while Mims Davies - who is reportedly in contention for the seat of Mid Sussex after quitting Eastleigh - says she is now a jobseeker ...
Headlines: Brexit bargain and marathon of miracles'
... The former Cabinet Office minister, David Lidington, in the meantime, that s a no-deal Brexit would be massive damage to the Conservative party s reputation as the champion of the company...
News Daily: Labour demands Commons recall and UK cancer survival rates 'lag'
... This has not gone down well with some longstanding MPs, such as Conservative former Justice Secretary Sir David Lidington, who tweets he has seen no evidence of the courts getting involved in politics ...
Ex-Foreign Office chief Lord McDonald told colleagues he voted to stay in the EU
By Laura KuenssbergPresenter of State of Chaos
Former Foreign Office chief Lord McDonald has revealed he told ministers and colleagues he voted to stay in the EU in The Wake of Brexit.
Under the Civil Service code, officials are expected to uphold the fundamental principle of impartiality.
Lord McDonald makes the admission in a BBC documentary series, State of Chaos.
He says: " On this solitary occasion I decided to tell my colleagues and therefore let ministers know that I voted to remain the European Union . "
Asked why he took this unprecedented step, Lord McDonald, who was in charge at The Foreign Office from 2015-2020, says: " I felt they would assume that in any case. So I decided to embrace it. "
The Civil Service code that governs officials' behaviour states that staff are expected to provide impartial advice to ministers and not express their own political preferences.
Laura Kuenssberg : State of Chaos
Lord McDonald says there was a sense of " mourning" and staff in tears in The Foreign Office on The Morning after the referendum result.
By revealing his vote, he says he was " trying to convey a message to a group of people, most of whom I felt had voted to remain in the EU, that their personal feelings were beside the point".
He says the board of The Foreign Office were " not entirely comfortable" that he had taken such a rare and unusual step.
In her first ever interview, in the same documentary, the former deputy Cabinet secretary, Helen MacNamara, says in response to Lord McDonald's decision: " Wow… I don't know why that would be a good or helpful thing. "
Lord McDonald's comments are likely to anger Conservative Brexiteers who have repeatedly accused top civil servants of dragging their feet during The Process of leaving the EU.
Former Chancellor Philip Hammond denied the Treasury tried to block Brexit, but admitted that " the Treasury was certainly trying to go for a soft Brexit and I don't think we should apologise for that at all".
Elsewhere in The First episode of a three part series that traces events from 2016-2022, the former Deputy Prime Minister David Lidington confirms for the First Time that there were discussions about him becoming Prime Minister to replace Theresa May and offer a second referendum.
But he denies The Plot would ever have become reality.
" Theresa was not going to go, " he says.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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