Sir Bernard Christison Jenkin is a British Conservative politician. He has been Member of Parliament for Harwich and North Essex since the 2010 general election. He was first elected to represent Colchester North in the 1992 general election, and went on to represent North Essex before the current Harwich and North Essex constituency was created.He was elected Chairman of the Public Administration Select Committee in May 2010. He was Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party, and had responsibility for candidates until 7 November 2006 when this role was given to John Maples. Jenkin was dismissed from his position over a race row regarding the use of the racial descriptor "coloured", in referring to British Asian Conservative A-List candidate Ali Miraj.He is a long-standing critic of the European Union, believing that the European Union undermines the United Kingdom's national sovereignty, and he was one of the Maastricht Rebels during the premiership of John Major. In the 2016 EU Referendum, he supported Brexit and since 2017 has been one of the most vocal supporters of the Eurosceptic pressure group Leave Means Leave.
“Strategy is a constant reconciling of possibilities, means and ends.”
The Today Programme, BBC Radio 4 (October 18, 2010)
