If you find any of these posts relevant to some of the social or political issues of the moment do leave a comment or contact me directly (click on my photo for my contact details)
Blog Stats
- 77,821 hits
-
Join 1,971 other subscribers
-
Recent Posts
Archives
Top Rated
Categories
- Afghanistan (27)
- Brighton & Hove (702)
- Casey Review (5)
- Charities (517)
- Church Teaching (130)
- Community Safety (285)
- Data Retention and Investigatory Powers (17)
- Deaf & Hard of Hearing (62)
- Economics (554)
- Education (439)
- Environment (222)
- EU Referendum (553)
- Health Reform (123)
- Housing (83)
- Immigration (115)
- Journalism (130)
- Justice Issues (220)
- Lobbying Bill (65)
- Network Rail (64)
- Obituary (21)
- Parliament and Democracy (3,176)
- Phone Hacking (7)
- Planning Rules (57)
- Police & Crime Commissioner (204)
- Policing (402)
- Scottish Referendum (21)
- STEM (49)
- Syria (90)
- Think Tanks (15)
- UK Riots in August 2011 (15)
- Ukraine (16)
- Uncategorized (49)
- Welfare Reform (72)
- Yemen (44)
- Youth Issues (420)
Twitter Updates
- So an MP for East Worthing and a Minister from North Portsmouth recognise the inadequacies of the Government… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2 hours ago
- It was not a shock to see criticism to Conservatives by Lindsay Hoyle but it was very surprising to see from two Co… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 13 hours ago
- It was very significant to read the response from a question asked by Peter Bottomley a couple of weeks ago - will… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 day ago
- An interesting statement from a man who used to represent the South East region for us in the EU agency ianchisnall.blog/2023/03/21/eu-… 2 days ago
- Amber Rudd
- Andrew Griffith
- Boris Johnson
- Brexit
- Brighton & Hove
- Brighton & Hove City Council
- C-19
- Caroline Ansell
- Caroline Lucas
- Charities
- Charity Commission
- Charity Commission for England and Wales
- Chris Grayling
- Conservative Party
- Coronavirus
- COVID-19
- Daily Telegraph
- Daniel Hannan
- David Cameron
- David Davis
- Department for Education
- Donald Trump
- Eric Pickles
- EU Referendum
- European Union
- FareShare
- Foodbanks
- George Osborne
- Gillian Keegan
- Government
- Green Party
- Henry Smith
- Home Office
- House of Commons
- House of Lords
- Huw Merriman
- Iain Duncan Smith
- Independent Candidates
- Jacob Rees-Mogg
- Jeremy Corbyn
- Jeremy Hunt
- Katy Bourne
- Keir Starmer
- Labour Party
- Lib Dem Party
- Liz Truss
- Lloyd Russell-Moyle
- Lobbying Bill
- Local government
- Maria Caulfield
- Matthew Hancock
- Member of Parliament
- Michael Gove
- MPs
- NHS
- Nick Gibb
- Nigel Farage
- Nusrat Ghani
- Parliament
- Peter Bottomley
- Peter Kyle
- Police and Crime Commissioner
- Priti Patel
- Sajid Javid MP
- Sally-Ann Hart
- Small Businesses
- SME
- Sussex
- Sussex Police
- Syria
- Theresa May
- Tim Loughton
- Tony Blair
- UKIP
- YMCA Downslink Group
Tag Archives: Channel 4
Thankyou for challenging the Government on Channel 4
On Tuesday Lucy Powell, the Labour Shadow Secretary for DCMS raised a call to challenge the Government over their incompetent approach to try to sell Channel 4. Sadly many Conservatives are very happy to support Nadine Dorries despite her ignorance. … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Ben Everitt, Channel 4, Julia Lopez, Lucy Powell, Nadine Dorries, Peter Bottomley
Leave a comment
Several positive petitions that would benefit from us
Yesterday one of my friends made this comment on Facebook and I had already spotted that there is a very constructive petition in the Government Petition block. As it happens so did one of her other friends. The petition is … Continue reading
Posted in EU Referendum, Immigration, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Boris Johnson, Channel 4, Dawn Gracie, EU, Nadine Dorries, Priti Patel, Rwanda
Leave a comment
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
Sign this petition to Stop the privatisation of Channel 4
One of my friends, Eddie Howson kindly promoted this important Petition late last night. It is a Change.Org petition that had over 200,000 signatures when I spotted it this morning. It is a very clear challenge to the rather inept … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Channel 4, E.L McNally, Eddie Howson, Nadine Dorries
Leave a comment
The empty climate change podium of our less than Prime-Minister
It seems as though Mr Johnson along with Mr Farage are not willing to participate in a debate about climate change that is taking place this evening on Channel 4. Of course there is still a few hours to go … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Boris Johnson, Channel 4, Climate Change, Nigel Farage, Sarah Wollaston
Leave a comment
After 28 months, with 160 days left we must suspend Article 50 and go back to the people!
A recent suggestion by Nick Boles on Channel 4 news that as an interim solution to respect the people who voted to leave the EU whilst at the same time recognising that the Irish border issue is unresolved is that … Continue reading
Posted in EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Channel 4, Nick Boles, Peoples Vote
Leave a comment
Lets help end the ‘Trouble on our Trains’
Last night on Channel 4 Dispatches the documentary showed some of the small number of very appalling men who attend football matches across the UK, using trains to get from home to the relevant football grounds and back again. One … Continue reading
Lets focus on what the nation needs
The dispiriting interview on last nights Newsnight with Michael Gove and the earlier ‘debates’ between Chris Leslie (Labour) and Matthew Hancock (Conservative) which took place separately on both BBC and Channel 4 have provided the evidence that unless something changes the … Continue reading
A media fit for purpose
There can be no excuse for our 3 major broadcasters, working together as they did to come up with such an incompetent set of proposals as they announced yesterday. Not only do they have substantial resources to allow a meaningful … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged BBC, Channel 4, Conservative Party, DUP, Green Party, ITV, Labour Party, Lib Dem Party, Plaid Cymru, Sky, SNP, UKIP
Leave a comment
Breadline Kids
Last nights Dispatches programme on Channel 4 was very sober viewing. It provided for all of us who have never visited a foodbank a snapshot account of three families who have been forced to turn to one and the circumstances that … Continue reading
Posted in Charities, Parliament and Democracy, Welfare Reform
Tagged Cabinet Office, Channel 4, Dispatches, Foodbanks, MPs
2 Comments
ianchisnall 