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Some nice words about our Queen and her Jubilee


Yesterday a friend of mine here in Brighton, Andy Winter wrote a piece that he has included in his blog and also in his column in the Argus newspaper yesterday about his experience of meeting the Queen. It is a … Continue reading

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Breach of Collective Responsibility is now accepted


Back in August 2019 a month after he was selected as the leader of the Conservative Party and therefore had become an unelected Prime Minister, Boris Johnson wrote an introduction to the Governmental Ministerial Code. The text that he formed … Continue reading

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The Prime Minister must now resign


This statement yesterday in the House of Commons came from the Prime Minister following the document from Sue Gray that he had been reflecting on previously. It is very clear that this should be sufficient for him to resign. Sadly … Continue reading

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Will Government remove Johnson for these three cases


In the last few hours two cases have emerged that of course are not very new cases. However these two cases include very strong criticism of people led by the Prime Minister. In addition there was a visit 10 days … Continue reading

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“this solution requires a change in the protocol itself”


The words come from Liz Truss during “Northern Ireland Protocol” which was when she was speaking yesterday in Parliament. The whole of her words can be obtained here. The following few words below make it very clear. The Government is … Continue reading

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Last week was a strange opening of the Parliament


It was very sad that Parliament opened up last week for the first time since 1963 without our Queen able to attend and read the statement provided by the Government. She was previously prevented from attending when she was pregnant … Continue reading

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Too many people face level of coastal deprivation


At the end of the Parliament back on the 27th April during the Prime Ministers Questions one of the Sussex MPs raised a very significant question. The question and the answer are both shown below. However what we now need … Continue reading

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Conservative changes are now required


Parliament will open up tomorrow after a short break due to the elections that took place last Thursday that have led to calls from Conservative Councillors to their MPs and the Government. One call is related to the many challenges … Continue reading

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Some terrible cases that took place last week


Last week in Parliament a number of debates and decisions took place and it was interesting to see how some of our local MPs and indeed others responded to them. The completion of the Nationality and Borders Bill was very … Continue reading

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Only three Sussex MPs responded to Boris last week


At the end of last week in Parliament, there was a significant debate and decision which was completed within 25 minutes of the deadline. The debate was called “Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of Privileges” and it started at … Continue reading

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