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

How many unaccompanied children are housed in hotels?

Posted on October 21, 2023 by ianchisnall

Yesterday (Friday 20th October) Caroline Lucas, Green MP for Brighton Pavilion submitted a written question to the Government and her question is “To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied children are being housed in arranged hotel accommodation … Continue reading →

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Shoreham wants to produce its own hydrogen

Posted on October 20, 2023 by ianchisnall

On Wednesday in Parliament there was a session entitled Green Energy: Ports which took place in the Westminster Hall and the introduction for the event came from a Conservative MP Stephen Crabb who covers Preseli Pembrokeshire in Wales. He initially … Continue reading →

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Is Government promoting Scotch whisky internationally?

Posted on October 17, 2023 by ianchisnall

A few weeks ago on the 20th September while the Government was closed down because of the Conferences several MPs did submit written questions and one of the Sussex MPs was Peter Bottomley from Worthing West and this is his … Continue reading →

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Parliament reopens after most of the Conferences

Posted on October 16, 2023 by ianchisnall

Today is the opening Parliament for the first day in over three weeks. The TheyWorkForYou website informs us of what will take place this week but there is no listing of Sussex MPs contributing. There is an event in the … Continue reading →

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Could we get Petitions for FareShare and Food Banks?

Posted on October 14, 2023 by ianchisnall

A couple of years ago in 2021 I submitted a e-petition that was a clear call for funding from the Government for FareShare and Food Banks and other similar charities. Tragically I only managed just 3,4690 signatures. I have just … Continue reading →

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The Global Conflict website offers helpful information

Posted on October 13, 2023 by ianchisnall

This website is very helpful to provide information about what is happening in our World. It is entitled as Council on Foreign Relations and it includes a range of themes that include the “War of Ukraine”, “Israeli-Palestinian Conflict” and “Nagorno-Karabakh … Continue reading →

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How many have been identified as containing malware?

Posted on October 12, 2023 by ianchisnall

A couple of weeks ago Steve Bassam asked a question in the House of Lords and Lucy Neville-Rolfe answered the question. The headline was Government Departments: Computer Viruses and the first few words that Lucy supplied were The government does … Continue reading →

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The Government needs to focus on wildlife issues

Posted on October 10, 2023 by ianchisnall

A few days ago an article was published in the IET website which was written by Jack Loughran. The item is entitled “Government not doing enough to halt ‘devastating’ wildlife declines, report finds” and one of the contents within the … Continue reading →

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Gillian Keegan leads the way at Tory Conference

Posted on October 9, 2023 by ianchisnall

(This piece was published in the Brighton Argus today – 9th October 2023) The last few days has seen three Party Political Conferences overlapping this weekend. The only one taking part here in Brighton was the Green Party and on … Continue reading →

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How can we promote Petitions in our communities

Posted on October 8, 2023 by ianchisnall

I can see that there are some Petitions which have been only endorsed by a few people or a few hundred or even a few thousand signatures. Sadly these are unable to obtain a response from the Government if it … Continue reading →

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