“I am pleased to be joining my close friends David Cameron, George Osborne and others on the backbenches. I feel deeply honoured and privileged to have served as a Minister of State – one of only three to have done so continuously from 2010- and loved my time both in the Northern Ireland Office and more recently the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
I have travelled more than any other Minister promoting the UK abroad both politically and in terms of trade. I have championed the Commonwealth and re-established links in Latin and Central America. I have been all over Asia, Australasia and the Pacific racking up the air miles and promoting our great country.
But all this comes at a price not only to me but my family and I shall be relieved not to have to embark on yet another exhausting trip for a while.”
https://www.hugoswire.org.uk/news/back-back-benches
Er, what about now having time to work for your constituents and perhaps seeking to relocate your second home from Mid Devon to East Devon?
Oh, Owl forgot – you are on holiday but you won’t tell us where. Still, wherever it is, it won’t be an exhausting trip.
Those air miles are going to be SO useful … for all the family – though as Mr Swire employs his wife in his office who will be answering the phone and the mail?
East Devon Watch 