Tag Archives: Boris Johnson

Guidelines on Gifts, Gratuities and Hospitality for the Government to consider

Posted on February 13, 2020 by ianchisnall

It is understandable that after a General Election, most people who have worked hard as part of the campaign would need a break. Indeed for those who can afford to take a holiday and can get a few days off, … Continue reading →

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11 Sussex MPs must be confused or furious! and 3 must be delighted

Posted on February 12, 2020 by ianchisnall

The claim that a week is a long time in Politics is clearly very true when it comes to a key issue which will impact residents and visitors to Sussex. A week ago, last Wednesday these 11 Sussex MPs opposed … Continue reading →

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A valuable suggestion by IDS and his chums, for once

Posted on February 8, 2020 by ianchisnall

According to this mornings Evening Standard article “Senior Tories have reportedly written to Conservative MPs to raise concerns over Boris Johnson’s decision to allow Huawei a role in the UK’s 5G network. The letter, from a group of Tories including … Continue reading →

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“We’re welcome to brief whoever we like.”

Posted on February 4, 2020 by ianchisnall

My friend Joe posted this view on twitter earlier today and he is not someone who is biased towards one political party or another based on my own understanding. Clearly nobody is obliged to read papers or watch the news … Continue reading →

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Let us acknowledge these very clear words printed, published and promised!

Posted on January 19, 2020 by ianchisnall

The current Government published these words in mid October 2019 as one of their manifesto promises if they were to get elected on 12th December. Whilst a week, let alone three months is judged to be a long time in … Continue reading →

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Two calls to Unite our Nation, two actions to break it up

Posted on January 15, 2020 by ianchisnall

The Tory Manifesto did not focus too much on the need for a United Nation, although it did of course refer to our United Kingdom in many places (18 in total). However in two places it did call on the … Continue reading →

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Two pieces of news that demonstrate how badly organised our two mainstream political parties are

Posted on January 14, 2020 by ianchisnall

The main item is of course the crazy decision or lack of coherence in the Labour Party to enable Clive Lewis to be considered as a Party Leader. Listening to him on Radio 4 yesterday morning there were some very … Continue reading →

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Chief Constable Martin Hewitt is right and Patel/Johnson are wrong

Posted on January 8, 2020 by ianchisnall

This article in the Independent newspaper which is matched by similar articles in Policing Insight and Police Oracle raises the need for the Government to reverse its focus on simple tests for crime capture statistics and instead focus in part … Continue reading →

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The first 150 days for Johnson are well and truly over as the drummers start drumming!

Posted on January 5, 2020 by ianchisnall

When a person first gets elected as a President or Prime Minister it is very common for them to be assessed as though the first 100 days of their new role will demonstrate how effective they are. However when the … Continue reading →

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We desperately need Political leaders with International understanding

Posted on January 4, 2020 by ianchisnall

It is hard to judge which is most disturbing aspect of the murder of Qassem Soleimani by the American Government. Given that Johnson has been our Prime Minister for six months and claims to be well connected with Trump, the … Continue reading →

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