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Category Archives: Economics
Small and Micro Businesses need linking to the Government
Our Government must now start to pay serious attention to Small and Micro businesses as we seek to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown period. The prospect of these businesses assisting in recovery is very clear as the … Continue reading
Sussex MPs responded well to Sussex Day priorities
Last week we had the opportunity to celebrate Sussex Day even though large gatherings are not possible currently. However one place where large numbers of people do meet together is the House of Commons and so last Tuesday it was … Continue reading
Is this Absolute Crap?
Yesterday in the House of Commons the man on the right Chris Philp who is one of the Ministers in the Home Office made a statement which the man on the left called absolute crap. Inevitably the Deputy Speaker asked … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Immigration, Parliament and Democracy, Syria, Yemen
Tagged Asylum Seekers, Chris Philp, David Linden, Priti Patel, UNHCR
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From today we need all 16 Sussex MPs to re-focus their priorities
Sussex Day is very important to a number of people who live in our region. Even for people who don’t know what it means, or who don’t think it is an important day, some of the priorities of the Sussex … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Economics, Environment, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Edward Mallalieu, St Richard, Sussex Day
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Could our MPs begin to focus on Sussex Day priorities?
Tomorrow is an important day for those of us who live or work in Sussex, perhaps more this year than in recent years. My awareness of Sussex Day only occurred when a friend, Martin Ellis alerted me to his campaign … Continue reading
A high profile charitable mistake that raises several questions
Yesterday the Charity Commission published a report that will have sent enormous concerns outside and inside of the Royal Family. It relates to a charity called The Prince Andrew Charitable Trust and the money that was inappropriately used to pay … Continue reading
Posted in Charities, Economics, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Charity Commission, Prince Andrew, Priti Patel
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Hi Deborah, please arrange to visit FareShare Sussex
On Wednesday in the House of Lords, Thomas Pendry who used to be the Labour MP for Stalybridge and Hyde asked the Government “what assessment they have made of the increased demand for emergency food parcels from low-income families; and … Continue reading
We need to find new ways of communicating with our nation
The Government had claimed to be paying attention to SAGE for some time and passing that information onto us via their evening presentations. Unfortunately this all went badly wrong a few days ago when the catastrophic story of one of … Continue reading
Who can actually detect the Virus, let alone control it Boris?
According to various newspapers and social media sources this green sign is the one that Boris Johnson intends to unveil this evening as part of his presentation for phase 1.01 for COVID-19. It will replace the red one which has … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Andrew Griffith, Boris Johnson, C-19, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Erin Bromage, University of Essex
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Conservative Backbench MPs or at least one of them needs to get a grip with reality
Yesterday a small group of MPs held a debate in the House of Commons regarding COVID-19 and the only Sussex based MP who took part pointed out, that the debate was too short and involved far too few MPs. Those … Continue reading
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