Category Archives: Journalism

Is our next General Election a way for existing MPs to depart?

Posted on October 27, 2019 by ianchisnall

As these two images demonstrate, some of the highest profile right wing campaigners appear to want to refresh our Parliament completely. Given that until the 3rd of September the Tories had a minor majority this could argue for an increase … Continue reading →

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How to Alienate half of a Nation by accusing us of being Anti-Semitic?

Posted on October 2, 2019 by ianchisnall

The memoir written by Toby Young in 2011, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People appears to be reappearing in this tweet a couple of days ago which has claimed that when Philip Hammond attacked the Boris Brexit backers in … Continue reading →

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We need an improved set of media rules

Posted on September 13, 2019 by ianchisnall

A week ago on last Thursday Boris Johnson travelled to West Yorkshire to speak about the extra  funds he proposes to supply to enable Police Services to replace a significant number of police officer roles that were terminated by his … Continue reading →

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Does Priti and her colleagues understand our economy?

Posted on August 13, 2019 by ianchisnall

After Boris was elected as leader of his party by 93,000 party members and appointed Prime Minister by the Queen two weeks ago, he began the process of putting together a Cabinet to run our nation. However he also had … Continue reading →

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Britain’s Trump needs to be challenged over his media barriers

Posted on July 31, 2019 by ianchisnall

The decision by Boris and his media team to control when he is given questions and when he speaks is clearly something his mentor, Donald would support. However we are not the US and Boris is not our President, he … Continue reading →

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Telegraph needs to organise its journalism

Posted on July 14, 2019 by ianchisnall

The content contained within most newspapers is of course quite diverse, particularly where external columnists are included. However the internal team of journalists should be working with something of a strategy and understanding of one another. I write a weekly … Continue reading →

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Two Brexiteer journalists named Simon point out its catastrophic impact

Posted on July 12, 2019 by ianchisnall

There are many journalists who either personally or corporately oppose our remaining in the EU. However as they attempt to carry out their work it becomes clearer and clearer that our departure from the EU is nonsensical and that we … Continue reading →

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Is TReason the nature of the Darroch leak?

Posted on July 11, 2019 by ianchisnall

It is clear that when most journalists publish leaked state material, they are doing so to make the nation aware of issues that are going on behind closed doors, that will have an impact on many of us. In theses … Continue reading →

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Stephen Kinnock needs to adopt the clear alternative

Posted on July 7, 2019 by ianchisnall

In yesterdays Guardian, Stephen Kinnock wrote a piece under the snazzy headline “The withdrawal agreement bill is the only game in town – Labour must back it” His arguments are both very understandable and also very inadequate. One paragraph is … Continue reading →

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Why Revoking Article 50 should be the way forward

Posted on June 28, 2019 by ianchisnall

This is a fascinating article that emerged through social media over the last few hours which explains why departing from the EU if it is to be effective demands an entirely different approach to the one which our Government has … Continue reading →

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