Category Archives: Journalism

Telegraph journalists need to experience the real world

Posted on June 11, 2019 by ianchisnall

Our Government claimed almost a year ago that austerity had ended, even though the cuts to police, education, NHS, low income benefits and local government are still impacting the deepest bones of our society. However if suddenly the Government discovered … Continue reading →

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The need for credible security and economic analysis

Posted on May 7, 2019 by ianchisnall

Last Thursday a friend of mine commented on social media about an blog that was published on ‘The Conservative Woman’ website and the title interested me ‘Britain is now ruled by civil servants‘. The website is not something I have … Continue reading →

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Northern Ireland Secretary of State must now act

Posted on April 25, 2019 by ianchisnall

On Tuesday Evening Parliament held a debate about the extension of the executive formation for Northern Ireland. It was an interesting debate and whilst most of the people who participated were MPs for Northern Ireland, and therefore also mostly members … Continue reading →

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Helpful advice for newspaper columnists

Posted on April 13, 2019 by ianchisnall

When Boris Johnson wrote his first Daily Telegraph column of  2019, he made some claims that were far from accurate. The column that earns him £5,300 each week was published online on the 6th January 2019 and available in printed … Continue reading →

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Knife Crime is not one size fits all

Posted on March 5, 2019 by ianchisnall

Unlike policing cuts, the way in which young and not so young people in certain communities resort to knifes and even guns when they feel they need to damage others or protect themselves is far from homogenous across the UK. … Continue reading →

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The Anti-Democratic Elephant trying to get into the room

Posted on March 2, 2019 by ianchisnall

As we approach Brexit with a matter of hours till midnight, this piece in todays Telegraph should be sufficient to make all voters demand a new and much more coherent referendum before we leave the EU and are forced into … Continue reading →

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Is this man’s judgement worth £3,000 an hour?

Posted on January 29, 2019 by ianchisnall

We clearly live in a very unequal society, with top end footballers paid £120,000 or more a week and CEOs earning £6.24m or more a year. Even when a person is paid £3,000 an hour for merely 20 hours each … Continue reading →

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A poor grasp of racism from someone who should know much better

Posted on January 22, 2019 by ianchisnall

Over the last ten days there have been two public statements by Melanie Phillips on the theme of racism that both raise some serious questions. According to Wikipedia Melanie who is a Jew was born to parents who arrived in … Continue reading →

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A ridiculous article in yesterdays FT

Posted on December 2, 2018 by ianchisnall

When MPs and Ministers or ex Ministers write articles in newspapers they rarely do so in a fully balanced or non-political way. Tragically some of them such as Boris Johnson write comments that are deeply outrageous. One wonders if the … Continue reading →

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Government Departments need real leadership

Posted on November 29, 2018 by ianchisnall

Whilst journalists, broadcasters and commentators are focusing on the nonsensical ideas, statements and behaviour of  Theresa, Jacob and Priti along with Michael and Amber and the lack of them by Jeremy, the reality within most Government departments is they are … Continue reading →

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