Guy Opperman
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 59 |
Web site | guyopperman.blogspot.com |
Date of birth | May 18,1965 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Marlborough |
United Kingdom | |
Office | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
Party | Conservative Party |
Books | Doing Time: Prisons in the 21st Century |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 707083 |
Guy Opperman Life story
Guy Thomas Opperman is a British Conservative Party politician, who was first elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament for Hexham.
Sycamore Gap tree: Site plans are complicated, says MP
... But Hexham MP Guy Opperman said while discussions were ongoing, it was not straightforward as the location is a UNESCO world heritage site...
Sycamore Gap: Hadrian's Wall damage seen after tree felled
... Hexham Conservative MP Guy Opperman said people he had spoken with were " utterly stunned" and " devastated" at the damage, and described the sycamore as a " symbol of the North East"...
Sycamore Gap: Hopes shoots could regrow from felled tree
... Photographer Ian Sproat said his " heart was ripped out" when he saw the damage, while Hexham MP Guy Opperman described being " utterly stunned"...
Consumers urged to cut energy use this winter
... At Prime Minister s Questions on Wednesday, however, Pensions Minister Guy Opperman asked Ms Truss about having a nationwide mailout campaign on cutting energy usage...
No energy saving campaign after Downing Street objects
... , Conservative MP Guy Opperman said he would he " fully behind" an energy saving campaign that would help people and the taxpayer save money...
Fight for payment of UK pensions lost in Yemen warzone
... Community leaders across the UK have now jointly written to pensions minister Guy Opperman calling for urgent meetings over the financial stoppages...
Voter anger mounts over Downing Street parties
... Speaking to BBC s Politics North, Pensions Minister Guy Opperman said Mr Johnson s behaviour had been " unacceptable"...
Downing Street party: Minister who lost babies in pandemic criticises Boris Johnson
... Guy Opperman told the BBC in May 2020 - when the PM attended a garden party - he could not visit his wife and sons in hospital due to Covid rules...
Downing Street party: Minister who lost babies in pandemic criticises Boris Johnson
A minister whose baby twins died during the pandemic has criticised Boris Johnson over lockdown drinks parties in Downing Street.
Guy Opperman told The Bbc in May 2020 - When the PM attended a Garden Party - he could not visit his wife and sons in hospital due to Covid rules.
His twins Rafe and Teddy died shortly afterwards.
But Mr Opperman Said Mr Johnson should stay in post and a report into Downing Street parties should be completed.
However, he added that the Prime Minister needed to change his ways and get better people around him.
No 10 has urged critical MPs to wait for senior civil servant Sue Gray to finish her report into lockdown gatherings.
Earlier This Week Mr Johnson acknowledged that he attended a drinks gathering on 20 May 2020 but insisted he believed it was a work event.
Downing Street has also apologised to Buckingham Palace after it emerged two staff parties were held at No 10 on The Night before Prince Philip's funeral.
Mr Johnson was not at either event, but his spokesman Said it was " deeply regrettable that this took place at a time of national mourning".
Speaking to BBC's Politics North programme, Pensions Minister Guy Opperman - the MP for Hexham in Northumberland - Said : " I feel pretty emotional about this because in May 2020 My Wife and kids were unwell and They Went to hospital.
" I was not able to go there to support them.
" And I've got constituents who couldn't go to the care homes, to funerals who were obviously obeying The Rules and quite clearly in No 10 at that time there were A Number of people not behaving appropriately.
" I feel pretty emotion that I wasn't able to support My Wife and kids. "
Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the SNP are all calling for Mr Johnson to resign after he admitted attending the 20 May 2020 drinks party in the Downing Street garden during lockdown.
And Andrew Bridgen has become the fifth Conservative MP to publicly declare they have written to The Chairman of the 1922 Committee - which organises Tory leadership contests - to say they have no confidence in the Prime Minister .
Fifty-four Conservative MPs have to write a letter to trigger a vote.
Elsewhere the former head of the government's Covid taskforce has apologised for attending a leaving drinks at the Cabinet Office on 17 December 2020 When she left the Civil Service .
Kate Josephs, who is now The Chief executive of Sheffield City Council, Said she was " truly sorry" for " The Anger that people will feel".
Source of news: bbc.com