{"id":2526,"date":"2019-02-27T12:21:20","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T12:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=2526"},"modified":"2019-02-27T12:21:20","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T12:21:20","slug":"statement-on-the-resignation-of-the-sevenoaks-conservative-association-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=2526","title":{"rendered":"Statement on the Resignation of the Sevenoaks Conservative Association Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Statement\nfrom Michael Fallon MP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are all sorry that Polly has resigned. \u00a0At the Executive Council meeting last Friday I thanked her for her work.  I updated members fully on the Brexit negotiations and voting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leaving\nwithout a deal has never been the government\u2019s policy. &nbsp;It was not the\nLeave Campaign\u2019s policy: they made clear there would have to be a transitional\nperiod rather than a cliff-edge. &nbsp; We must do everything possible to avoid\nthe damage of new tariffs, however temporary, and to minimise any possible\ndisruption to our businesses here in Kent.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I remain committed to implementing the result of the referendum but I could not support the original Withdrawal Agreement.  I support the Prime Minister\u2019s efforts to get a better deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Statement from Michael Fallon MP We are all sorry that Polly has resigned. \u00a0At the Executive Council meeting last Friday I thanked her for her work. I updated members fully on the Brexit negotiations and voting. Leaving without a deal has never been the government\u2019s policy. &nbsp;It was not the Leave Campaign\u2019s policy: they made &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=2526\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Statement on the Resignation of the Sevenoaks Conservative Association Chairman&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2527,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526\/revisions\/2527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}