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Tag Archives: Chris Grayling
Why does Government claim it makes Public Appointments?
At the weekend these two tweets emerged following a swirl of press media and other social media claims that Paul Dacre was to become the Head of Ofcom and Charles Moore would become the Chair of the BBC. The very … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Alasdair Smith, Andrew Neil, Boris Johnson, Charles Moore, Chris Grayling, Nicky Morgan, Peter Riddell
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Who will be the next Politician to resign?
According to Friday’s Guardian subtitle “MP quits six weeks after humiliating failure to become committee chair” and of course it has taken Chris Grayling that long to make his resignation from the Intelligence and Security Committee known. However the Committee … Continue reading
We need some action from Today’s reopening of Parliament
It is lovely that Members of Parliament have had a few days break which began on Wednesday night, 20th May, but now they are back at work today with some real challenges. One of these is the incompetent approach of … Continue reading
We need a more coherent support approach to businesses
The comments by Grant Shapps at the Tory Party conference yesterday on what is referred to as Operation Matterhorn according to the tweet will no doubt have raised a few moments of applause for him in the auditorium along with … Continue reading
Closing down Parliament and the licensing of Drones
The actions by Sussex and indeed Kent and Surrey MPs last Tuesday during a debate on matters relating to Northern Ireland have presented our nation with a very slim mechanism to avoid the new Prime Minister from shutting down Parliament … Continue reading
Lets eat the cake and then ask for it to be supplied
The idea that our departure from the EU will have an impact on flights to Europe is a matter that has been discussed on many occasions and given that Henry is a supporter of Boris who has promised we will … Continue reading
Posted in EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Chris Grayling, Gatwick Airport, Henry Smith, Prorogation, Prorogue
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Uckfield gets longer trains but no link to Lewes
On Thursday the news about the Uckfield train line was finally admitted by a Government Lords based Minister, Charolotte Vere. This response came almost two years since Chris Grayling made a statement about the same issue when he was answering … Continue reading
Our demand for HS2 is clear and unquestionable
Nusrat Ghani MP spoke on Monday in the House of Commons “I am indeed the Minister responsible for this project[HS2]. Not only is the project this Government’s policy, but it was in the Conservative party’s manifesto as well as in … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Network Rail, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Andrew Bridgen, Bill Cash, Brexit, Cheryl Gillan, Chris Grayling, HS2, Judith Blake, Leeds, Nusrat Ghani, Victoria Prentis
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We need to overhaul Parliamentary answer processes
A couple of weeks ago a Labour member of the House of Lords asked a rather simple and basic question and got what could be described as an absent answer. The person who asked the question is Alan West, Baron … Continue reading
Posted in Network Rail, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Alan West, Chris Grayling, Elizabeth Sugg, Steve Bassam
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