Tag Archives: Caroline Lucas

A Communications Breakdown

Posted on October 25, 2013 by ianchisnall

It is becoming clear that a significant number of our MPs do not understand how to fully carry out their role in a world where many of us choose to use social media to communicate with a range of people and organisations as … Continue reading →

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How to ensure we do get a green government

Posted on September 17, 2013 by ianchisnall

According to this article and the report that lies behind it, the three political parties which will soon be plying us with all sorts of sophisticated and crude mechanisms to attract our votes are all struggling to get a grip on … Continue reading →

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Two short of the ton

Posted on September 14, 2013 by ianchisnall

This weekend the Green Party are holding their annual conference in Brighton & Hove. It is an event that will largely be overshadowed in the national media by the slightly larger conference being held in Glasgow by the Liberal Democrats. … Continue reading →

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Let Balcombe participate in the Public Discord

Posted on August 20, 2013 by ianchisnall

The uneasy tension in Balcombe that is being played out on our TV screens and on the radio moved up a gear last night with the arrest of Caroline Lucas, MP for Brighton Pavilion, a mere 20 miles away to … Continue reading →

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No time for modesty

Posted on June 13, 2013 by ianchisnall

Yesterdays stunt by Caroline Lucas in drawing attention to the No More Page 3 campaign, one I am proud to support personally was a clear breach of House of Commons etiquette. The chair of the Westminster debate on sexism in the … Continue reading →

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Parliamentary Double Standards

Posted on June 14, 2012 by ianchisnall

There is no actual link between the abuse of power which Caroline Lucas employed as part of her debate on the work of undercover police officers and the abuse of power which Tory MPs employed in the Public Accounts Committee investigation into Welfare … Continue reading →

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A poor alternative to a BBQ

Posted on April 14, 2012 by ianchisnall

According to the lesser known US poet, John Godfrey Saxe (or if you don’t check your facts) Otto Von Bismarck, there are two things that people shouldn’t see – the making of laws and sausages. Last night around 200 residents of Patcham (Patchamites as one claimed) exchanged … Continue reading →

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How our elected representatives can get things wrong

Posted on September 17, 2011 by ianchisnall

None of us can be expected to be right all the time, but in political terms Dr Caroline Lucas MP whose face appears on the banner photo above this blog has made a number of very good public judgements since her election in … Continue reading →

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A new political paradigm

Posted on August 29, 2011 by ianchisnall

Our political processes and structures are about to undergo a period of change as the number of parliamentary constituencies are reduced to 600 from the current 650. However this change will not improve the public attitude towards those who make decisions on our behalf. … Continue reading →

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