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

Last week Lloyd asked Home Office about Police Medals


Last Tuesday was the final day of Parliament for MPs prior to the various Party Conference and one of the written questions that was submitted to the Home Office came from Lloyd Russell-Moyle. He is the MP for Brighton Kemptown … Continue reading

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A review of the close of Parliament for Conferences


(This item was published in the Brighton Argus on 25th September 2023 with their document “XL bully debate has sparked huge response“ which supports Glyn Saville who formed that e-petition) This week is the beginning of the Party-Political annual Conferences … Continue reading

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New petitions for public schools and art primary schools


Back on 10 days ago on 13th September a petition entitled “Bad owners are to blame not the breed – don’t ban the XL bully” was published by Glyn Saville and his document has so far achieved 571,600 signatures. I … Continue reading

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A member of the House of Lords has Sussex experience


The Earl of Lytton who is John Lytton has been speaking this week on a couple of discussions and it is fascinating that his role is officially “Earl of Lytton, in the County of Derby” while he seems to be … Continue reading

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Additional Jobcentre Support Pilot in Sussex and Surrey


On Tuesday Guy Opperman who is the Minister for Work and Pensions introduced a statement which was entitled “Additional Jobcentre Support Pilot – Phase 2 rollout” and one of the themes he referred to was “The second phase will be … Continue reading

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A nine-month wait for granting simple probate is unfair


Last Tuesday in Parliament on 12th September there was a session called Topical Questions and one of the MPs who took part was Peter Bottomley, the MP for Worthing West who is also the Father of the House of Commons. … Continue reading

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last week in Parliament some unusual voting took place


Today is the beginning of the third week of Parliament however this week marks the end of usual Parliament sessions until the third week of October as the three main political parties will hold their Party Conferences for this year. … Continue reading

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Football and Dementia involving Gordon Smith


On Thursday there was a debate in Parliament entitled “Football and Dementia” which was organised by Ian Blackford who is an SNP MP for Ross, Skye and Lochaber which is a location I have been to in the past. He … Continue reading

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A very significant petition that raised in 2 days


On Friday afternoon on 15th September just before 18.00pm this petition passed 80,000 signatures and it was achieving more than 20,000 signatures in that hour. The petition 643611 can be obtained from here which was provided by Glyn Saville and … Continue reading

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SVRO for Thames Valley, Merseyside, Sussex and West Midlands


On Monday at the first day of Parliament following the Summer, one of the MPs, Grahame Morris, the Labour for Easington which is in Yorkshire asked four questions and they were all answered by Chris Philp who is the Minister … Continue reading

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