Category Archives: Economics

A strange subject to write about for someone who sometimes struggles to add up. However this is economics as it applies to the social and cultural fabric of our lives together.

Carrier bags and Student Rags

Posted on September 15, 2013 by ianchisnall

Since I began blogging, there have inevitably been a number of topics that have occurred more than once, however usually these are topics with a degree of significance. Todays topic, although a matter I have written about in the last week … Continue reading →

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The man is bunkers

Posted on September 13, 2013 by ianchisnall

The charitable sector in England and Wales is a large and complex group of organisations. According to the charity commission which acts as the regulator for the sector there are a total of 163,000 charities with a combined income of nearly 61Bn. … Continue reading →

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A future for all of us

Posted on September 9, 2013 by ianchisnall

The period between this morning and the afternoon of the 2nd October is the political equivalent of the Olympic Games without the lavish opening or closing ceremony or indeed any medals. The venues will change from event to event as they did with … Continue reading →

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We’re on a road to Sompting

Posted on August 22, 2013 by ianchisnall

One of my regular twitter correspondents (@IJSbignose) tweeted this message last night “oh dear …  traffic a bit of a mess in SOmpting thanks to problems on A27 ( again)”. Chris Servante is a proud resident of Sompting and on twitter … Continue reading →

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Who will control tomorrows election?

Posted on August 17, 2013 by ianchisnall

On last nights BBC Radio 4 Any Questions the panel was given the opportunity to speak about party political funding in the light of the bequest from Joan Edwards to the government of the day. The question from Axel Landon … Continue reading →

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Why Quotas are not always wrong

Posted on August 16, 2013 by ianchisnall

In the last 36 hours the issue of quotas when applied to gender balance in UK boardrooms has been discussed extensively in the media. The starting point was a debate organised by a right wing Europhobic thinktank which posed the loaded question “Women … Continue reading →

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Another year older

Posted on August 13, 2013 by ianchisnall

Exactly a year ago we all woke up, knowing that London 2012 had been a great success and whilst there were things we could be cynical and critical about, that the end result was a great one. There were bound to be a few … Continue reading →

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Food for thought

Posted on August 12, 2013 by ianchisnall

Food waste will always be with us, to misquote the Bible unless all 63M of us are prepared to return to subsistence living, growing our own food and keeping chickens or pigs to eat all of our peelings and other inedible parts … Continue reading →

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Size and breadth affects all of us

Posted on August 9, 2013 by ianchisnall

The Conservative party is being dragged kicking and screaming to admit that their individual membership has fallen to its lowest ever level, possibly as low as 100,000 people as reported in yesterdays Independent and this morning on Radio 4. The fact … Continue reading →

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A Diversion from Reality

Posted on July 27, 2013 by ianchisnall

Yesterday Matthew Hancock MP who is a Minister in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and Nigel Farage MEP got into a bit of a scuffle over employment rights as the BBC reported here. The comments relate to the importance of … Continue reading →

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