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Huw Merriman discussed small businesses yesterday
Yesterday in the House of Commons a debate took place followed by a vote on the theme of supporting small businesses. It was clear that the votes were not sufficient to adopt the call by the Labour Party to support … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Andrew Griffith, Caroline Lucas, Huw Merriman, Nick Gibb
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A Windrush question that did not get an answer
Yesterday there was a question and answer session with Priti Patel when Parliament reopened after their 3 week break. Towards the end of the session the following question took place raised by Kate Osamor who is the Labour MP for … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Kate Osamor, Priti Patel, Windrush
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The House of Lords raised two vital themes
Last week in Parliament two very important themes were raised in the House of Lords by Sussex Peers. Sadly, the first of them which related to apprenticeships, raised by Ralph Palmer had some deeply negative comments that I don’t recognise. … Continue reading
How can we get some more signatures?
So this is the latest partial map from a petition which I set out at the end of June and so far it has received 2,635 signatures. It has benefited support from most of the UK constituencies but there are … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Charities, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Neil Parish, Victoria Prentis
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Another very disturbing comment regarding NI
All of us were very aware of the claims made by Boris Johnson prior to the EU deal that he promised to a group of businesses in Northern Ireland in a public session. The EU deal that he then negotiated … Continue reading
Posted in EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Boris Johnson, Grant Shapps, Ian Paisley Junior
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Proportional Representation is needed for the UK
I had the privilege of meeting Tony Blair on a couple of occasions and I also met some of his Ministers during my time working for Churches Together in Sussex and coordinating the Hope08 campaign across the UK. My meetings … Continue reading
A very disturbing attack onto the National Trust
In the past I have written ac couple of times about the challenges being presented to the National Trust by parts of the Conservative Party. They seem unwilling to accept that some of the premises which the National Trust now … Continue reading
Posted in Charities, Church Teaching, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged John Hayes, National Trust
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There was a clear call today for a NI Referendum
This morning on the Today programme on Radio 4 the call by Sir Jeffery Donaldson was very clear. He did not refer to a referendum in the formal sense but his words are clearly calling for the views of his … Continue reading
Could Peter Bottomley consider levelling up?
This week appears to be rather quiet in terms of politics as several of the parties have carried out their annual conferences and the others seem not due to do so for several weeks. Yet the House of Commons is … Continue reading
