I suppose he thinks that by making these ridiculous right wing announcements, he is keeping his electorate happy.
He has only known the army and then was a HoC researcher for Tom King.
Interesting snippet from his Wikipeda entry -
'In September 2018, Ellwood announced that he had been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel as a reservist in the 77th Brigade.'
Shades of Salisbury and the Skripals there?
'The 77th Brigade is a British Army formation, created in January 2015 by renaming the Security Assistance Group which was created under the Army 2020 concept. It is based at Denison Barracks in Hermitage, Berkshire and became operational in April 2015.' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/77th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)