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Tag Archives: Boris Johnson
Simon Hoare made a great contribution on Wednesday
Simon Hoare is the Conservative MP for North Dorset where he has been MP since 2015. He is also the Chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee. On Wednesday he took part in the Liaison Committee scrutiny session with … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings, Liaison Committee, Simon Hoare
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We need to find new ways of communicating with our nation
The Government had claimed to be paying attention to SAGE for some time and passing that information onto us via their evening presentations. Unfortunately this all went badly wrong a few days ago when the catastrophic story of one of … Continue reading
What does it really mean to be accountable for one’s actions?
As I wrote yesterday, one of the comments that came from Dominic Cummings who is working directly for the Prime Minister of our Nation related to his claim that he should be made accountable for his actions. He stated “I … Continue reading
Will your review your position? Its up to the Prime Minister!
The presentation yesterday by Dominic Cummings in the back garden of No10 Downing Street was fascinating and frustrating in equal aspects. So what is clear and easy to understand is that he was the first and possibly the last SpAd … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Parliament and Democracy, Youth Issues
Tagged Boris Johnson, Cedd, Dermot Cummings, Mary Wakefield
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A very difficult position for the Government and our whole Nation
I find writing about the Dominic Cummings situation as difficult as I did about writing about Neil Ferguson’s situation. Both men have worked very hard to try to communicate with our Nation about COVID-19 along with many of their colleagues … Continue reading
Can we ask all Governments to permanently maintain listening mode?
This morning on the Radio it was announced that Robert Buckland had announced that in the light of the reactions from a range of Councils and Teachers that the Government was going to set out in listening mode over the … Continue reading
Is this the end of a very short but very positive era for Parliament?
We are at the start of a significant week for Parliament for a range of factors, most of which have been set up as a consequence of COVID-19. Clearly last week was a rather radical change for a very large … Continue reading
Can the Government communicate “Coronavirus: Disease Control”?
On Thursday 14th May after Parliament had closed for the week, the Government kindly provided an answer to this written question from John Hayes MP who asked it under the title of Coronavirus: Disease Control. Presumably Matthew Hancock was too … Continue reading
Posted in Health Reform, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Boris Johnson, C-19, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Helen Whately, John Hayes, Matthew Hancock, SAGE
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How Politicians and Journalists should correct their mistakes
As I wrote yesterday, all journalists get things wrong some of the time because like the rest of us, they are all human and we all make mistakes. Of course just like Politicians and unlike most people, they have teams … Continue reading
Who can actually detect the Virus, let alone control it Boris?
According to various newspapers and social media sources this green sign is the one that Boris Johnson intends to unveil this evening as part of his presentation for phase 1.01 for COVID-19. It will replace the red one which has … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Andrew Griffith, Boris Johnson, C-19, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Erin Bromage, University of Essex
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