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About ianchisnall

I am passionate about the need for public policies to be made accessible to everyone, especially those who want to improve the wellbeing of their communities. I am particularly interested in issues related to crime and policing as well as health services and strategic planning.

Today Parliament is opening – what will take place?

Posted on September 4, 2023 by ianchisnall

Today is the first day of Parliament that has opened since it closed down on Thursday the 20th July. It has been a very long six week holiday break for all of our party politicians and MP’s. Today marks the … Continue reading →

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A significant Petition for 16 – 17 people travelling costs

Posted on September 3, 2023 by ianchisnall

At the beginning of May Finnian Rees set out this 637607 Petition which is entitled Fund half price bus and trains fares for 16 and 17 year olds. So far in the last 4 months tragically Finnian has only managed … Continue reading →

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Parham House and Gardens in West Sussex

Posted on September 2, 2023 by ianchisnall

Parham House and Gardens includes an Elizabethan house and several other buildings and their various estates in the civil parish of Parham, on the West side of the Cootham Village area which is between Storrington and Pulborough in West Sussex. … Continue reading →

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Justice Chamberlain did well to challenge Government

Posted on August 31, 2023 by ianchisnall

Yesterday the CYPN set out a document entitled Local authorities urged to fulfil Children Act duties to child asylum seekers which can be obtained from here and one of the elements they have focused on was the criticism from Justice … Continue reading →

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‘Technical issue’ causes travel chaos across UK airports

Posted on August 29, 2023 by ianchisnall

This morning Beatriz Valero de Urquia who works for the Institution for Engineering and Technology published this document which focuses on the problem for several of my friends to arrive back in the UK following their visits in other nations … Continue reading →

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MPs should review Petitions that have many signatures

Posted on August 28, 2023 by ianchisnall

(This item appears on the Brighton Argus on 21st August 2023) Today we can enjoy our final Bank Holiday. Next Monday will see Parliament reopen and so it is likely that this week our MPs will be preparing for their … Continue reading →

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Short, long, or in-between: How long do parliaments last?

Posted on August 27, 2023 by ianchisnall

So this is an image from Electoral Reform Society and the whole comment which is submitted by Thea Ridley-Castle can be obtained from here. Most of her text is also included below, but before that text here is a comment … Continue reading →

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We visited Biamp when it opened its Brighton office

Posted on August 26, 2023 by ianchisnall

Biamp is one of the suppliers of our Ashdown Audio Visual Company and this year they opened their UK building in Brighton. It was very nice to visit their new premises in Brighton and several of our competitor companies attended … Continue reading →

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Scotland needs more pylons for wind power expansion

Posted on August 25, 2023 by ianchisnall

An article from the Institution of Engineering and Technology magazine that came out yesterday written by Jack Loughran began with the headline Scotland needs more pylons to support wind power expansion, experts urge and the first few words are Scotland … Continue reading →

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A very significant petition that was published this week

Posted on August 24, 2023 by ianchisnall

So on Tuesday this week on 22nd August a petition was published that Laura Evans submitted and at nearly 10pm on Wednesday evening it achieved 20,000 signatures and on Friday evening it has achieved 26,000. On Wednesday there were seven … Continue reading →

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