Tag Archives: Boris Johnson

Changes lie ahead as a general election looms


(This article was published in the Brighton Argus today – 1st January 2024) Today is the first day of our new year and those of us who are interested in the political scene for Sussex and for the Nation will … Continue reading

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Some strange votes for the Conduct of Boris Johnson


This week in Parliament there is only one event that has published that involves a Sussex MP. It is taking place on Wednesday under the headline of “Environmental impacts of Rosebank oilfield” and the contributor is Caroline Lucas who is … Continue reading

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Last week Parliament re-opened with several themes


(This item first appeared in the Brighton Argus on 12th June 2023 and its headline was “MP’s Commons debate on World Ocean Day”)  Parliament reopened last Monday following the Half Term break with a significant number of events that took … Continue reading

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Today Parliament re-opens with several elements


Today is the opening of Parliament following their Half Term break over the last week. Given the discussions that have taken place last week publicly concerning the behaviour of Boris Johnson it will be very interesting to see what MPs … Continue reading

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Today or Friday will determine our next Prime Minister


I wrote this blog in order to publish it into the Argus for today and then late yesterday Boris Johnson decided to remove himself from the Prime Minister prospect. So, some of these words are no longer relevant. However, the … Continue reading

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Can we reject this nonsense from Mail on Sunday


According to today’s Mail on Sunday, one of their headlines is Boris Johnson would do best against Labour, losing a General Election by 26 seats, new poll shows and the people who have written that document are Glen Owen, Clair … Continue reading

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The very disturbing response from a dishonest MP


Yesterday after Liz Truss had resigned, several news sources led to MP members of the Conservative Party that seem willing to claim that given that Johnson had resigned back in July that now he should return as their Prime Minister … Continue reading

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A very disturbing comment from a previous Party leader


It appears that William Hague is deeply concerned about the appointment of Elizabeth Truss and one can assume that he or perhaps many of us are also opposed to the appointment of Boris Johnson and some did oppose to Theresa … Continue reading

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Let us thank these MPs for supporting their colleagues


There are two very recent Early Day Motions that I have recently written about, the first one endorses England women’s national football team which I wrote about here and it was written by the Conservative MP Tracey Crouch from Kent. … Continue reading

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The Conduct of Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson


Yesterday the Government reopened the opportunity for MPs to raise their calls as part of the Early Day Motion documents. These arose late in the day and there were a total of 25 EDMs. The last time that they arose … Continue reading

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