Rachel Gilmour, MP for Tiverton and Minehead
@rachelgilmourld
This morning, I featured in the Sky News piece: Is Britain ungovernable? My answer. No. Here's why I'm certain of that. Even now. 📺 Sky News #Somerset #Devon #MP #SkyNews #Parliament
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On the Public Accounts Committee, we often hear incredibly long answers when a short one in plain English will suffice. Yesterday was emphatically one of those occasions when we w...
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I'm trying something new this week! Instead of the usual graphic, here's a video of what I got up to last week. From Yeovil, to Westminster, and back to Tiverton and Minehead. L...
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Farmers and food businesses are losing money on Brexit red tape just to trade with our nearest neighbours. Dynamic alignment with EU food standards can't come soon enough. 📺 BBC...
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This morning I led a debate on the future of community pharmacies. I know how much community pharmacies matter, especially in a rural area like ours. They are often the most acces...
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Yesterday, I intervened in the Backing Business to Create Economic Growth debate to make the case for rural transport in Tiverton and Minehead. 🚍️ Rural areas have been looked past by Government after Government, and my constituents deserve better. #Somerset #Devon #MP #Parliament
New week, new video 🎥 Thank you for all your kind comments on last week's video. With Parliament in prorogation, I’m able to spend more time here in the constituency. It’s always important to get out and about, and meet as many of you as possible. #Somerset #Devon #MP
Since November, my team and I have been working behind the scenes to try to convince the Somerset NHS, and the Government, to make the temporary MRI and CT Scanners at Minehead Hospital permanent. We've raised it with the Minister, and the Chair, but to no avail - there 'isn't enough demand'. 1/
Across Tiverton and Minehead, only 30% of premises have full fibre - that's just 2,500 businesses - meaning many residents are still missing out on the benefits. Check the link here (openreach.com/fibre-checker) to see what fibre options are available at your address!
Just before Recess, I was privileged to speak on behalf of the Gurkha community, in a debate called by my Honourable and Gallant Friend, Cameron Thomas MP. Take a look at some of my speech below! (Find the full version here - parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...) #Parliament #Gurkhas
Farmers and food businesses are losing money on Brexit red tape just to trade with our nearest neighbours. Dynamic alignment with EU food standards can't come soon enough. 📺 BBC Politics South West, 24 May 2026. #Somerset #Devon #Brexit #Trade #EU
Hope you all had a lovely bank holiday weekend.☀️ 🎥 Here's what I got up to last week as your Member of Parliament, from a very sunny Devon County Show. If there's anything I can help with, get in touch with me and my team at: rachel.gilmour.mp@parliament.uk #Somerset #Devon #MP
I joined Martyn Oates on BBC Politics South West on Sunday, to discuss some of the issues that matter to us here in the constituency. 🎥Originally broadcast on BBC Politics South West, 24 May 2026. BBC Politics #BBC #Somerset #Devon #MP #Hunt #VAT
Yesterday I was on BBC Radio Devon, talking about Their Majesties' State Visit to America. Trump's behaving like an autocrat, discussing British territory in the Falklands, undermining our NATO Allies & disrespecting our Armed Forces. And the Govt reward him with a state visit? #Trump #KingCharles
Last week during parliamentary recess I was in Malawi with the charity Results UK, looking at the education of young children and learning about farming out there too. So much that stayed with me, and plenty to bring home. 📚🚜
Another good Indya Nivar defensive play leads to the Naz Hillmon spin move, Atlanta Dream on a 7-0 run #WNBA
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IVAN BARBASHEV'S GAME-WINNING GOAL 🚨 HOW WE FEELIN', /GoldenKnights FANS?! #StanleyCup
Full episode in comments. In Episode 155: APD on the job, and at CityCouncil. Planning Board budget. Apartment fire displaces residents. Security for ferry commuters. Coast Guard changes. AHS news. Real estate sales. Holiday weekend activities. Changes at Almanac. A service of @alamedapost.com
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries addressed the Department of Homeland Security funding standoff. #HakeemJeffries #DHS #ICE #Congress #RawStory #USPolitics #BreakingNews
#OTD in 1999, Two injury time goals from substitutes Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer secured the European Cup for Manchester United in dramatic fashion after Bayern Munich had taken an early lead. 🏴 Man United 2-1 Bayern 🇩🇪 #UCL #MUNFCB | May 26, 1999
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One of my favorite sequences in “The Birds.” Freaked me out the first time I watched when I was 10 or 11yo. Hitch was Diabolical! 🤣😵💫🦅 #TCMParty
Good morning, Happy bank holiday Monday. I'm left to my own devices as she is off to Edinburgh for 4 days, leaving me to dog and cat sit. It's certainly a hot one and I don't envy the drive up there as she's just left. I promised not to burn the house down. 😂 Have fun, be kind and love yourself 💚
Am Pfingstmontag ein Lifehack 🧹 für einen sauberen 🚮 Planeten 🌎 #trump #colbert @PaulleyTicks @CBS #dailypunch #mydailypunchline
I wasn't aware Verzuz was still a thing. I hope we get a rare Tyrese tonight. Lol
Boomerang! You DO always come back! 🪃 #indiegames #zelda #nintendo64
300 years of Russian empire are ending. Population, territory, economy, and influence are all collapsing at once. #CulturalPerspective #RussianEmpire #Russia #CSTO #PostSoviet
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36 students dug a tunnel under the Berlin Wall with their hands. No machines. No light. Three nights. 57 people crawled through it to freedom. Not one was ever caught. #history #documentary #educationalvideo #survival #humanity #europehistory🇪🇺 #historytime #shorts #reels
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Fired up and ready to speak in Kampala, Uganda, about crimes, including rape and torture, committed by Russian paramilitaries deployed across Africa.
Russian propagandist Karnaukhov called for striking Poland with Oreshnik missiles to test NATO reactions, saying Poland "will wash up and stop participating because it's dangerous."
Israeli🇮🇱settlers damaging Palestinians' 🇵🇸crop in Masafer Yatta, a southern region of the occupied #WestBank particularly exposed to army & settler violence #Act to stop #ethniccleansing @president.europarl.europa.eu @spokesperson.europarl.europa.eu @europarl.europa.eu @euronews.com @news.sky.com
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Un étrange signal, des sonorités mystérieuses, de vastes paysages brutalistes ? Lofsöng sent bon l'expérience indé originale, à condition d'adhérer à son univers tout à fait singulier.
Spurs center Victor Wembanyama, on meeting the moment in Game 6: “I think we were consistent and did what we needed to do. Trusted the game, trusted the basketball Gods.”
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Il #20dicembre, #BlueOrigin, la società spaziale di #JeffBezos, ha anciato con successo il 37° volo del programma #NewShepard, chiamato #NS37 La missione, suborbitale, ha portato per la prima volta nello #spazio una persona costretta sulla sedia a rotelle, l’ingegnera @esa.int Michaela Benthaus
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Can Polat, silahlı saldırı sonucu hayatını kaybetti. #DilanPolat #CanPolat #gramaltın #GodofWar