Tag Archives: coalition government

Charity Commission obeyed Parliament and blocked free speech

Posted on May 22, 2018 by ianchisnall

Last Thursday a fascinating debate took place in Parliament which on the face of it involved both Lords and MPs although the only people who spoke were MPs and the irony of their frustration towards the Charity Commission was lost … Continue reading →

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How did #wato get it so wrong Martha?

Posted on July 27, 2017 by ianchisnall

The news from yesterday that the coalition Government got it wrong when they introduced huge employment tribunal fees to try to raise funds for the Government and also reduce the number of vexatious cases for employers is not a shock. … Continue reading →

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We need a diagram too

Posted on November 4, 2015 by ianchisnall

This diagram, based on American data tells a very important story. The deep green bars are the full life cycle cost of electricity generation. It shows that gas (first column) and coal costs will remain constant but that wind and solar … Continue reading →

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Who moved the goal posts?

Posted on February 16, 2015 by ianchisnall

Charities are an ancient form of organisational governance, that were formed long before the modern form of Government in which all of us are entitled to vote, and the predate the welfare state by several centuries. Some of us have … Continue reading →

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Out of touch

Posted on December 23, 2014 by ianchisnall

I have written several blogs about the decision by the coalition Government to gag charities in the period prior to General Elections through the Lobbying Act. I have spoken to others involved in the charitable sector whose concerns echo my own and perhaps unsurprisingly a number … Continue reading →

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Challenging words

Posted on December 21, 2014 by ianchisnall

According to Twitter, Liam Fox has written a piece for todays Sun newspaper. I have not seen the full article and the image above does not provide the complete text, however it seems sufficient to give a flavour of what the … Continue reading →

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The failure of the SYPCC election

Posted on October 31, 2014 by ianchisnall

Today the electors of South Yorkshire will discover who their new Police and Crime Commissioner will be. They will discover which man will replace the disgraced Shaun Wright, the Labour PCC who refused for months to take any responsibility for a … Continue reading →

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Sound of Silence?

Posted on October 3, 2014 by ianchisnall

The comment by Martin Niemöller regarding the way in which the Third Reich gradually removed from society all of those who they disliked and who were opposed to them is far too serious to use in a superficial way, but there … Continue reading →

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Stop the tit for tat arguments

Posted on September 15, 2014 by ianchisnall

This weekend I participated in the briefest of twitter dialogues with a few Labour supporters in my constituency. Their line was that only Labour was opposed to the coalition and so it was vital to vote Labour at the General Election. I … Continue reading →

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See you in Court!

Posted on August 8, 2014 by ianchisnall

When the Government cuts itself, you and I are the ones left bleeding! The decision by solar panel manufacturers to seek a judicial review over U turns in policy should concern us. The idea of taking a Government to Court is … Continue reading →

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