Category Archives: Journalism

Daniel, listen to your colleagues and read headlines more carefully

Posted on April 23, 2020 by ianchisnall

This tweet by Daniel Hannan was sent out at lunchtime yesterday and he is clearly a bit out of touch with the current view of his political party based Government and the actual theme of the article in the Financial … Continue reading →

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The latest effort to protect people on construction sites from COVID-19

Posted on April 15, 2020 by ianchisnall

Yesterday a Government formed agency, albeit one that Ministers claim is a ‘business led membership council’ published its third version of a guidance document under the short title of Site Operating Procedures or the slightly longer title of Construction Sector … Continue reading →

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The nature of a Battle, let alone War requires some clarity

Posted on April 14, 2020 by ianchisnall

All of us are currently being heavily impacted by Coronavirus in differing ways. Even though the numbers of people seriously wounded or killed by it may be relatively small in proportional terms, the rest of our nation are either being … Continue reading →

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Healthy MPs must respond to Emily Maitlis, our clapping and this petition

Posted on April 9, 2020 by ianchisnall

In a few hours time at 8pm many of us will do what we did last week and the week before at the same time to applaud the people who are working very hard on our behalf to try to … Continue reading →

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Can BBC Any Questions / Question Time try a more radical approach?

Posted on April 5, 2020 by ianchisnall

We are in the middle of a major crisis in our nation, and at long long last, after 10 weeks since the Coronavirus first arrived in our nation (albeit unknown at the time when it arrived in East Sussex), the … Continue reading →

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How competent is Michael Gove’s script?

Posted on April 1, 2020 by ianchisnall

It is understandable that when someone like Michael Gove stands up and speaks on behalf of the Government, that everything he reads from the lectern will be listened to by many people and some observers will assess those words in … Continue reading →

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The Telegraph needs to be held to account for this provocation

Posted on March 31, 2020 by ianchisnall

Our nation is in a state of crisis due to Coronavirus which is a matter that is impacting a great many people and it is clear that we need some credible information to be published by newspapers, even if the … Continue reading →

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An interesting, if concerning access point to Central Government

Posted on March 22, 2020 by ianchisnall

As the Government tries to resolve its decision making, on the one hand we have reflections that in the last 7 weeks the call by the government for the UK to acquire coronavirus ‘herd immunity’ is not working and the … Continue reading →

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We must protect people first and foremost and then in my view defend the BBC

Posted on February 20, 2020 by ianchisnall

I am well aware that many people in my city are offended by the way the BBC treated Labour in comparison to the Conservatives prior to the last General Election and indeed how it handled the Brexit issues throughout the … Continue reading →

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Gavin’s next final warning must go to Lee Cain & Boris Johnson

Posted on February 7, 2020 by ianchisnall

This article from todays Times is calling for a group of Independent Charities (Universities) to offer freedom of speech and freedom of listening on their premises. This is clearly a challenge as not only may this need to apply to … Continue reading →

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