Category Archives: Journalism

Prime Minister and DfE Ministers must respond urgently

Posted on November 14, 2022 by ianchisnall

Last week several elements emerged in our Nation that require the Government to deal with. Some of them were raised within Parliament and others were raised externally but they were all being focused to the Government and indeed to the … Continue reading →

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Will the Tories and Daily Mail observe real conditions?

Posted on August 28, 2022 by ianchisnall

Today in the Daily Mail the journalist Brendan Carlin (shown on the left) wrote an article entitled Tory election planners fear Labour will back bid to axe ‘first-past-the-post’ system next month – risking a ‘coalition of chaos’ that could lock … Continue reading →

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Will the Government pay attention to Catherine?

Posted on June 26, 2022 by ianchisnall

The Departments for Education and Health and Social Care must respond very seriously to the call from the Duchess of Cambridge a few days ago. She was speaking to a group of people including Sajid Javid who is the Minister … Continue reading →

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Some nice words about our Queen and her Jubilee

Posted on June 2, 2022 by ianchisnall

Yesterday a friend of mine here in Brighton, Andy Winter wrote a piece that he has included in his blog and also in his column in the Argus newspaper yesterday about his experience of meeting the Queen. It is a … Continue reading →

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Nadine claims to remove a Channel 4 straitjacket!

Posted on May 27, 2022 by ianchisnall

Yesterday in the House of Commons the West Worthing MP, Peter Bottomley was one of a group of three MPs that took part in a debate about Channel 4 under the headline of “Privatisation of Channel 4”. His call was … Continue reading →

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A “legitimate public interest” according to Damian!

Posted on November 27, 2021 by ianchisnall

So this morning on Radio 4 the News at 10am which can be found here as part of the Saturday Live podcast includes a brief piece supplied carefully by Damian Hinds. Damian is the MP for East Hampshire and he … Continue reading →

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We need MPs to understand such cases

Posted on November 25, 2021 by ianchisnall

The rather inadequate levelling-up approach being proposed by this Government seems to totally ignore their other policies such as their very damaging approach in the Health and Care Bill which is failing to protect people who do not live in … Continue reading →

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Proportional Representation is vitally needed NOW!

Posted on November 7, 2021 by ianchisnall

As I am planning to write tomorrow in my blog and in my column in the Brighton Argus newspaper, that actions of the MPs such as those in Sussex need to be radically challenged. We currently have 16 Sussex MPs … Continue reading →

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The Daily Express reaches a weird position

Posted on September 8, 2021 by ianchisnall

According to an article online by Claire Anderson, the headline states ‘Out of his remit!’ Sadiq Khan slammed for criticising Boris Johnson on NI hike. Now of course the Daily Express may wish to criticise Sadiq Khan for a range … Continue reading →

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Nick and Gillian please reverse this cut for young people

Posted on September 4, 2021 by ianchisnall

Over the last decade the Government has dramatically cut the public funding for the provision for young people across the UK. This is a very disturbing element that has caused many problems. We now need the Government to admit that … Continue reading →

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