Category Archives: Network Rail

A need for Sussex and other MPs to work together with residents

Posted on January 26, 2021 by ianchisnall

Last week in the House of Commons, a Sussex MP Andrew Griffith asked a question regarding transport in rural settings and he got a response that clearly needs people like Andrew and his neighbouring MPs to work together and much … Continue reading →

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At least one MP who raises concerns for the whole of Sussex

Posted on December 5, 2020 by ianchisnall

Many of the people who live or work in Sussex are aware of its shape and some of the elements of its history. However when it comes to MPs they are all faced with a challenge. One option which is … Continue reading →

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Does Grant Shapps understand what “guiding mind” means?

Posted on October 27, 2020 by ianchisnall

Last Thursday in the House of Commons the session for Transport Sector: Support and Covid-19 Emergency Funding was a series of questions by MPs and responses by Grant Shapps. The challenge of course is for the responses to sound credible … Continue reading →

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11 Sussex MPs must be confused or furious! and 3 must be delighted

Posted on February 12, 2020 by ianchisnall

The claim that a week is a long time in Politics is clearly very true when it comes to a key issue which will impact residents and visitors to Sussex. A week ago, last Wednesday these 11 Sussex MPs opposed … Continue reading →

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Most Sussex MPs are not concerned about the NHS or improving our transport provision!

Posted on February 10, 2020 by ianchisnall

Last week in Parliament two themes emerged that also led to votes which help us as local residents and potential voters for local MPs to understand what position our representatives have taken. The first took place last Tuesday on the … Continue reading →

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Is 11 months to resolve our departure from EU in a coherent way, given this example?

Posted on February 6, 2020 by ianchisnall

Last Thursday in the House of Commons, our Hove MP asked a question which is illustrated here and the answer was one that clearly failed to define what “near term” means as well as raising serious concerns about our Governments … Continue reading →

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Do any of the Tory MPs believe in their manifesto promises?

Posted on January 27, 2020 by ianchisnall

We seem to be at a very significant point in history on several levels. For those of us who were thrilled that were able to join the European Communities almost exactly 47 years ago following campaigns by the two main … Continue reading →

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HS2 must be ended now! and a range of new investments Nusrat

Posted on January 25, 2020 by ianchisnall

The challenge for people like me who live in the South East of the UK or perhaps I should say of England given we are now entering a high risk of a break up of the UK, is that our … Continue reading →

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Two very different levels of support for public transport

Posted on June 26, 2019 by ianchisnall

On Monday there were a series of answers relating to Transport type questions that came from Nusrat Ghani who is a Transport Ministers and also the MP for the location where I work. I work in Uckfield which is located … Continue reading →

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Uckfield gets longer trains but no link to Lewes

Posted on May 17, 2019 by ianchisnall

On Thursday the news about the Uckfield train line was finally admitted by a Government Lords based Minister, Charolotte Vere. This response came almost two years since Chris Grayling made a statement about the same issue when he was answering … Continue reading →

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