Category Archives: Brighton & Hove

A very significant and credible publication Robert


Earlier today Jon Stone, an Independent Newspaper journalist who is a Policy Correspondent and covers areas including EU affairs, climate, transport, economic, social and politics has written a piece that can be found here called Corruption experts warn Boris Johnson’s … Continue reading

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Parliament must now discuss BTEC funding


Two weeks ago I along with a number of other people called for signatures for a Petition that had reached just under 75,000 signatures and only had nine days left to try to achieve 100,000 so that Parliament could be … Continue reading

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A bad Bill brought forward by a bad Government


Last week in Parliament several Sussex MPs spoke in the same discussions and all of them voted on a theme that impacts all of our communities. However the most unexpected contribution came from Boris Johnson who referred to Sussex in … Continue reading

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The Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill can go further


Our local MP, Caroline Lucas was the person who first proposed an Animal Welfare proposal as part of our departure from the EU. Her proposal was prevented by the Conservative Government at that time. The photo at the top shows … Continue reading

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Sussex agencies that are called to promote STEM


Last Thursday in the House of Lords a statement was made by Diana Barran who since September has been the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for the School System). She referred to her announcement that she had made on … Continue reading

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Will the Government review its grasp of the CPS?


On the day before Christmas Eve a response was made by Keith Stewart in the House of Lords from a written question that had been sent by Steve Bassam. It is not clear why Steve asked this question but it … Continue reading

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One year later and our BREXIT challenges


It is reasonable for people who have made mistakes or perhaps even told absolute lies to admit their mistakes (or admit their lies). This piece on the Sun was in 2016, these following statements would have taken place at a … Continue reading

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Fairytale of the Brighton and Hove


It would be fantastic if someone would be willing to work with Sussex Police to put together a song that is based on the Fairytale of New York that the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl song that was published in 1987 … Continue reading

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Christmas time for our local MPs – what will they do?


Last Thursday was the final day for the MPs working in the House of Commons and they are now able to spend some time with their families and friends over the Christmas period. They will be returning to the House … Continue reading

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A Boris Policeman’s lot is not a happy one


It is appalling that the Government will not answer a question in an honest or straightforward basis. On Tuesday my MP asked the Government a clear question and they simply ignored the question and responded based on a few words … Continue reading

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