Category Archives: Parliament and Democracy

The British Political system is viewed by many as the Mother of all Parliaments. This Grand old lady is also unsteady on her feet and the electorate have considered putting her in a home. We need to find new ways of doing Democracy in England to counter-balance the reforms in the other parts of the UK

Islamophobia Awareness Month EDM in Parliament


Last week Christine Jardine who is the Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh published an EDM item that is entitled Islamophobia Awareness Month which can be seen here and the text is below. So far 20 other MPs have endorsed it … Continue reading

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The Newcastle MP Chi is calling to promote STEM


On Tuesday Chi Onwurah who is the Labour MP for Newcastle Upon Tyne Central wrote two questions to the Government that both focused on STEM. This is very good for an MP to be challenging the Government. The questions and … Continue reading

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Lloyd Russell-Moyle asked about the Bibby Stockholm


On Monday Lloyd Russell-Moyle who is the MP for Brighton Pavilion submitted a question to the Government about them “became aware of legionnaire’s disease on the Bibby Stockholm.” and the response from the Government was Robert Jenrick who is the Minister … Continue reading

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Only two of our (Sussex) MPs debated King’s Speech


(This article was published in the Brighton Argus today – 13th November 2023) Today is the first full week for Parliament following the very significant opening of Parliament with King Charles III first event last Tuesday. Last week only two … Continue reading

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Could there be a Bishop Parliament for the Government?


I have just spotted that there is a Parliament in the North East area in County Durham which is described as the “Bishop Auckland”. The current MP in that setting is Dehenna Davison who is the Conservative MP. She took … Continue reading

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Roger Roberts call at King’s Speech – Debate (2nd Day)


A number of credible MPs and members of the House of Lords have spoken this week following the very significant first speech in Parliament of King’s Charles III Speech that took place on Tuesday. One of the Lords who spoke … Continue reading

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Theresa May, previous PM referred to Brighton & Hove


On Tuesday afternoon in Parliament following from the Presentation by the King Charles III setting out his first session there were a number of MPs who spoke in response. One of them was Caroline Lucas from Brighton Pavilion and the … Continue reading

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Parliament shuts again…this time for the King


(This article was published in the Brighton Argus today – 6th November 2023) Tomorrow Parliament is opening up again with the King present for the first time for over a year. The public comment on the website, ‘TheyWorkForYou’, currently provides … Continue reading

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Eastbourne MP asks about Holiday Activities and Food


On Monday 23rd October in Parliament one of the the sessions that took place was organised by Caroline Ansell who is the Eastbourne MP. She began the session with a request “What recent assessment her Department has made of the … Continue reading

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Many MPs agree new rules to ease EV charging


Last week on the 25th October Jack Loughran published a document on the Institution of Engineering of Technology which is entitled in “MPs agree new rules to ease EV charging” that can be obtained from here. I have included some … Continue reading

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