Category Archives: EU Referendum

Who should we appoint to advise the Board of Trade?

Posted on September 5, 2020 by ianchisnall

The new Board of Trade group of advisers for the UK is an interesting range of people. The list has come from this page on the Government website. Along with a Tory MP who is the deputy President of the … Continue reading →

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How MPs make claims that are based on dishonesty or ignorance

Posted on September 1, 2020 by ianchisnall

As Parliament reopens today one of their senior MPs in Scotland has over the last few hours been stating very clearly on twitter that “I would have no hesitation in voting against any legislation which would allow chlorinated chicken or … Continue reading →

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Who will be the next Politician to resign?

Posted on August 30, 2020 by ianchisnall

According to Friday’s Guardian subtitle “MP quits six weeks after humiliating failure to become committee chair” and of course it has taken Chris Grayling that long to make his resignation from the Intelligence and Security Committee known. However the Committee … Continue reading →

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The irony of the latest No Deal Brexit barrier – 1500 years old

Posted on August 29, 2020 by ianchisnall

As the Government is making a last minute dash towards a No Deal Brexit, and is just spending around a Billion Pounds to prepare for how we will deal with such issues, it has hit a barrier that was built … Continue reading →

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An investigation into Russian involvement in the Brexit vote!

Posted on August 21, 2020 by ianchisnall

As Parliament was closing down at the end of July, the Government finally allowed the Russian Report to be made available to MPs along with its initial response which has been made public. It is very clear that there were … Continue reading →

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The Home Office must change its behaviour and attitudes

Posted on August 19, 2020 by ianchisnall

This tweet re-appeared yesterday along with a comment from Paul Bernal, a tweeter I often agree with. He was responding to how the Home Office is currently behaving towards our borders and Scotland and I have included his comment below. … Continue reading →

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Its great to see the Telegraph promoting French Holidays

Posted on August 14, 2020 by ianchisnall

The promotion of France as a place to go on holiday is very understandable. Living in the South Coast near Newhaven means that I have been to France for day trips on several occasions and many many years ago we … Continue reading →

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How close to solving the problem are we?

Posted on August 11, 2020 by ianchisnall

Over the last few days I have seen a number of pieces being posted on the internet about the future of our economy beyond the 31st December and the prospects of trade deals. This image was published just over two … Continue reading →

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Most Conservative MPs have ended Parliamentary Sovereignty

Posted on August 10, 2020 by ianchisnall

It can sometimes take time for mistakes that have occurred in Parliament to emerge and for them to begin to be understood. I appreciate that writing about an event that took place three weeks ago today is not very prompt, … Continue reading →

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Beirut was not a Nuclear explosion, but….

Posted on August 6, 2020 by ianchisnall

As the work begins in Beirut to deal with the catastrophe caused by the explosion that occurred on Tuesday evening, it is very clear that all nations need to do whatever we can to prevent such things ever happening again. … Continue reading →

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