Category Archives: Syria

Please can we have a plan

Posted on December 3, 2015 by ianchisnall

Dear David, So it is the morning after the night before, you chose not to apologise for making comments that many of us judge to have been a complete lack of statesmanship. However despite that you have persuaded a large … Continue reading →

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Extremely worried, full of terror

Posted on December 2, 2015 by ianchisnall

The language and tone of our elected leaders and public agencies in their desire to protect the sanctity of our society is at risk of destroying it from within. It is understandable that David Cameron would have strong views about … Continue reading →

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The call to war

Posted on November 30, 2015 by ianchisnall

The Guardian on Saturday carried an opinion piece by Natalie Nougayrede which argues that unless we participate in the attacks on ISIS ‘rebels’ in Syria, that Russia will not be persuaded to redirect their firepower from the moderate ‘rebels’ towards the ISIS fighters. This … Continue reading →

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Matt needs better briefing

Posted on November 27, 2015 by ianchisnall

Last night on Question Time Matthew Hancock MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office articulated an enthusiastic case for the UK to bomb Syria to try to defeat ISIL. He argued that this view was despite the fact that he had opposed the Iraq war, at … Continue reading →

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knee jerk efficiencies

Posted on November 24, 2015 by ianchisnall

The news from yesterday that some £11Bn of efficiencies in MOD back office costs have been identified is the sort of announcement which deserves a fanfare. This is a significant sum and it would make a big dent in the funding of … Continue reading →

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Party Politics RIP

Posted on November 20, 2015 by ianchisnall

Last night on BBC One we were ‘treated’ to one of the clearest examples of why Party Politics is achieving so little in the leadership of our nation. The real question is do we throw our lot into movements such as the … Continue reading →

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How angry are our Politicians?

Posted on November 18, 2015 by ianchisnall

There are numerous website postings dedicated to the things one should not do if one is angry. They cover all sorts of social media and the old fashioned social interactions. As yet I have not found one that refers to … Continue reading →

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The real terror begins

Posted on November 15, 2015 by ianchisnall

The appalling death and destruction in Paris on Friday night is the front page story on all of our national newspapers. The bravery of French special forces in willingly taking on the gunmen and killing those who did not have … Continue reading →

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Time for a new Secretary

Posted on November 7, 2015 by ianchisnall

The Right Honourable Michael  Fallon is Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for Defence or Defence Secretary which means he is head of the Ministry of Defence. It is clear from his comments over the last 24 hours that he … Continue reading →

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The need for a proper Syrian strategy

Posted on October 6, 2015 by ianchisnall

In the last two years since David Cameron first recalled Parliament to debate military intervention in Syria, there does not appear to have been any progress made by our Government in its strategy for addressing the crisis between President Assad and … Continue reading →

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