Tag Archives: Catherine Bearder

Many thanks and I wish you a good future

Posted on January 31, 2020 by ianchisnall

It would be very easy to say thanks to people like Catherine, John and Alexandra Philips and to be pleased that people like Nigel and Daniel are no longer earning money from our funding. However the fact is that all … Continue reading →

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The vital but inadequate actions today

Posted on May 23, 2019 by ianchisnall

Its rather frustrating that what should be a very inspiring vote today is deeply mitigated because the electoral process has been controlled by people who want you and I to vote for their party as a bloc and not to … Continue reading →

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Two out of 27 with 25 more to go!

Posted on May 18, 2019 by ianchisnall

On Thursday the MP for Mid Sussex, Nicholas Soames got answers for two identical questions he had asked regarding the Governments objectives with nations that are in the European Union. The answers varied a wee bit and of course once … Continue reading →

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Ignorance shared by Daily Mail & Nigel Farage!

Posted on August 18, 2018 by ianchisnall

When I woke up this morning I spotted a Daily Mail headline for an article by Chris Pleasance which stated “Nigel Farage vows return to front line politics to attack Theresa May’s ‘fraudulent’ Chequers plan” My initial reaction was a … Continue reading →

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Thursday’s vote on Bee protection

Posted on June 25, 2017 by ianchisnall

On Thursday members of the European Parliament Environmental Committee will be asked to vote to allow farmers to continue using Neonicotinoids on food crops. The ban on their use on flowering crops has been in place since 2013. However, the European Food … Continue reading →

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Credit where its due

Posted on August 21, 2015 by ianchisnall

                      All MEPs face an enormous challenge to keep in touch with their constituents, in the South East where the electorate is over 8M this is one of the largest … Continue reading →

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What does the EU ever do for us?

Posted on January 21, 2014 by ianchisnall

The popular debate which passes for analysis of the EU seems dominated by many voices that are Eurosceptic, with only rare moments when good work carried out by the European Commission filter through the promises by the Conservatives to offer a … Continue reading →

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