Category Archives: Journalism

Government defends broken promises and International laws

Posted on September 9, 2020 by ianchisnall

Clearly some people chuck away manifestos soon after they have decided who to vote for and indeed obtaining a manifesto and reading it before voting is not common behaviour either. Indeed this is one of the challenges of a party … Continue reading →

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Politicians need to understand Freedom of Press

Posted on September 6, 2020 by ianchisnall

Over the last 24 hours a significant number of Conservative Politicians along with an ex Labour Politician have been calling for free speech or freedom of the press to take place following on from the Extinction Rebellion attempt to block … Continue reading →

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MPs be careful when you claim to understand the public!

Posted on August 25, 2020 by ianchisnall

Steve Brine is the Conservative MP for Winchester where he has been their MP since 2010. Prior to that he did spend some time as a journalist so his ability to listen to the public should be relatively competent. His … Continue reading →

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Let us revise our examination aspect of education

Posted on August 23, 2020 by ianchisnall

Yesterday I wrote about Friday’s Any Questions? programme on Radio 4 that was clearly focused on education issues. Sadly the contributions were limited to two political parties (Labour and Conservative). They involved a current Minister from each party and then … Continue reading →

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Why did Radio 4 involve Toby Young in Any Questions?

Posted on August 22, 2020 by ianchisnall

It is often hard to understand how Radio 4 puts together its group of speakers for the Any Questions? programmes. To be fair I have written about this before on several occasions such as here. However last night they involved … Continue reading →

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We need some real Common Sense by MPs and Ministers

Posted on August 20, 2020 by ianchisnall

Ten days ago 23 Conservative MPs who are all part of a group that calls itself Common Sense wrote to Priti Patel on the theme of Asylum Seekers trying to cross the English Channel. The group is led by John … 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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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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Any Questions hit a brick wall on COVID-19 last night

Posted on July 11, 2020 by ianchisnall

Sadly I only managed to listen to a very short part of the programme last night when the subject of COVID-19 was being discussed. I was left wondering how two people who clearly have a high profile and in one … Continue reading →

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