Gavin Williamson
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| Born | Gavin Alexander Williamson 1976-06-25 Scarborough, England, UK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Bradford | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Joanne Eland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of | Conservative Friends of Israel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Conservative | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Former Chief Whip Gavin Williamson is Secretary of State for Defence having been appointed on 2 November 2017 following the resignation of Sir Michael Fallon for inappropriate behaviour.[1][2]
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Scourge of Russia
Commenting after the announcement of a Ministry of Defence (MoD) spending review on 26 January 2018, Gavin Williamson accused Moscow of spying on the United Kingdom’s infrastructure, which includes energy lines and under-sea cables that provide energy and power to some three million homes:
- “The plan for the Russians won’t be for landing craft to appear in the South Bay in Scarborough, and off Brighton Beach. They are going to be thinking, ‘How can we just cause so much pain to Britain?’. Damage its economy, rip its infrastructure apart, actually cause thousands and thousands and thousands of deaths, but actually have an element of creating total chaos within the country.
- “Why would they keep photographing and looking at power stations, why are they looking at the interconnectors that bring so much electricity and so much energy into our country? They are looking at these things because they are saying, ‘These are the ways we can hurt Britain’”.[3]
The Russian Embassy hit back at Williamson on Twitter,[4] while former Telegraph journalist and RT contributor Peter Oborne labelled him as "out of control".[5]
Pentagon visit
On 1 February 2018, Gavin Williamson visited US Defense Secretary James Mattis at the Pentagon, where they discussed the threats from Daesh, Russia and North Korea.[6]
Israel's friend
Speaking on 2 February 2018 at the Conservative Friends of Israel’s annual Parliamentary reception, Gavin Williamson hailed Israel as a “beacon of light and hope, in a region where there is so much hatred and hurt” and said that the United Kingdom “will always be Israel’s friend.” The UK and Israel, Williamson asserted:
- “have a strong and firm relationship of working together. It’s a relationship of partners… It’s a partnership of equals, a partnership of friends.”[7]
Brexit "scandal"
In October 2016, the Mail on Sunday reported that the then Chief Whip, Gavin Williamson, told Downing Street that Michael Gove had had a homosexual relationship with personal and political ally Dominic Cummings, chief strategist of the Leave campaign in the EU Referendum.[8]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Munich Security Conference/2019 | 15 February 2019 | 17 February 2019 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 55th Munich Security Conference, which included "A Spreading Plague" aimed at "identifying gaps and making recommendations to improve the global system for responding to deliberate, high consequence biological events." |
| UK/Parliament/Voted YES to vaccine passports in 2021 | UK/House of Commons | These members of the UK Parliament voted YES to the introduction of a "vaccine" passport in 2021 |
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Government set to defy JCVI advice and vaccinate healthy children 'from next week' | Article | 4 September 2021 | Daisy Stephens | In spite of the recommendations made by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, the British government is set to roll out COVID-19/Vaccines for children aged 12 to 15. |
| Document:Huawei Hypocrisy | blog post | 7 May 2019 | Craig Murray | Former Deputy PM Nick Clegg said GCHQ's ability "to hack anything from handsets to whole networks … needs to be much better understood". |
| Document:The schools scandal | Article | 19 August 2020 | Lewis Goodall | How a government led by technocrats nearly destroyed a generation of social mobility |
References
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- ↑ "Some British politicians bear no responsibility for their words"
- ↑ "Gavin Williamson out of control"
- ↑ "Defense Secretary hosts UK counterpart"
- ↑ "‘We’ll always be Israel’s friend’ - UK defence secretary vows to stand by ally at London gathering"
- ↑ "Chief Whip named Michael Gove as the Minister in the false gay affair claim... and did he REALLY call Theresa May a 'charisma free b****'?"
