Category Archives: Justice Issues

Sussex Tory MP calls for law of collective liability!

Posted on October 4, 2018 by ianchisnall

Back on 10th September in a debate in the House of Commons, the Conservative MP for East Worthing and Shoreham, Tim Loughton stated “Is not the change in the law that we need that, rather than having to point to … Continue reading →

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77 days detention while we wait for the Home Office to come up with its plan!

Posted on September 30, 2018 by ianchisnall

On the last day of term in Parliament back at the end of July, a debate took place on the theme of Immigration Detention and specifically on the Review carried out by Stephen Shaw which was Commissioned in September 2017 … Continue reading →

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Public sector workers getting strangely mixed messages

Posted on September 20, 2018 by ianchisnall

Last Friday in Parliament this question and answer (only the first few lines are shown here, the rest of the answer can be seen on this website) took place and on the face of things, there is no reason for … Continue reading →

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Politicians must try to grasp historic and future trends

Posted on August 27, 2018 by ianchisnall

Over the last few days a significant number of Mods were due to arrive in Brighton and Hove to celebrate one of the historical beach locations that their forbears came to in the 1960s placing their group identity well and … Continue reading →

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Remove Tebbit from the Lords & remind Fraser about wider Church History

Posted on August 15, 2018 by ianchisnall

The daily promotions of the Telegraph newspaper on facebook rarely catch my eye, beyond the noisy nonsense from Boris Johnson. However in the last few days a couple of columns did and so I used my weekly free access to … Continue reading →

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A Heineken Political Party or proper democratic reform?

Posted on August 13, 2018 by ianchisnall

The indications are growing of attempts by members of various political parties to form a new one that will somehow solve all of the problems that their current party does not address. Perhaps they will call it the Heineken party … Continue reading →

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Collusion – is not illegal?

Posted on July 31, 2018 by ianchisnall

The news that something which is clearly not morally acceptable may not be illegal according to the lawyer for the President of the USA raises several matters. How much collusion went on whilst he was Mayor of New York from … Continue reading →

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The difference between local and regional

Posted on July 27, 2018 by ianchisnall

Todays news that the Government plans to abolish the existing 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies and replace them with 10 larger bodies is deeply flawed for several reasons. Listening to Dame Glenys Stacey on Radio 4 she referred on at least … Continue reading →

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Police and Crime Commissioners – an unnecessary reform?

Posted on July 3, 2018 by ianchisnall

For anyone interested in how Policing operates in our communities and how police forces impact on our lives, last Thursday in the House of Lords an informative debate took place on the subject of the responsibilities of Police and Crime … Continue reading →

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Representation of the People (Equal Franchise)

Posted on July 2, 2018 by ianchisnall

Ninety years ago today, Parliament passed an Act that brought our nation into a modern and meaningful world and made a significant and meaningful change to the way in which our society operates. The Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) … Continue reading →

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