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Tag Archives: Caroline Nokes
A series of tragic votes from most of the Tory MPs
Last night was the first of two days of debates and votes for the Nationality and Borders Bill which involves a number of clauses and amendments. Sadly all of the votes that took place were opposed by the Government and … Continue reading
The appalling approach of our current Government
As I wrote yesterday here, we have a number of credible people in Parliament on the theme of the terrible Afghanistan issue. Here are some of the statements made by a few of the sensible and credible people and tragically … Continue reading
We now need some clear leadership across many nations
The Afghanistan crisis is currently demonstrating a great deal of individual voices from within our nation that have a similar amount of influence to all of the others. The failure from within our Government and the lack of connection to … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Afghanistan, Boris Johnson, Caroline Nokes, EU, Europe, Tobias Ellwood, Tom Tugendhat, USA
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Thank you for opposing your appalling Government
The 2019 Conservative Manifesto stated very clearly as shown here that they would “proudly maintain their commitment to spend 0.7% of our Gross National Income on development and do more to help countries receiving aid become self-sufficient” They never focused … Continue reading
How do we end this wiggle room?
Hansard is the official report of parliamentary debates, which records the words from the people who speak in Parliament and I personally find it a very useful way of discovering what our representatives say and what sort of responses they … Continue reading
The Home Office needs refloating
Two early examples so far this year have emerged from different places making it clear that the Home Office needs to be reformed in a manner that introduces some credible elements, or perhaps divided up into components that are each … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Caroline Nokes, Maria Caulfield, Sajid Javid MP
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Lets have some consistency in our border rules!
I am really delighted to read this article from the Guardian that at long last the Police are going to end some of their formal processes that for far too long have connected then to the UK Visas and Immigration … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, Parliament and Democracy, Policing
Tagged Association of Chief Police Officers, Caroline Nokes, UKBA, UKVI
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MPs like Yvette and Sajid need to use social media carefully
The way many of us refer to MPs and Parliament as a whole can vary enormously from treating them as the leaders of our nation to pointing out that they are our public servants. This must place anyone who is … Continue reading
77 days detention while we wait for the Home Office to come up with its plan!
On the last day of term in Parliament back at the end of July, a debate took place on the theme of Immigration Detention and specifically on the Review carried out by Stephen Shaw which was Commissioned in September 2017 … Continue reading
A letter that has taken 9 months to arrive
Occasionally letters get caught up in the Postal System and take a long time to be found. However when the letter is merely travelling from one MPs Office to that of a Government Minister, it seems hard to explain why … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Caroline Lucas, Caroline Nokes
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