Tag Archives: Conservative

Will Patrick become the first Labour MP for Southport?

Posted on June 15, 2024 by ianchisnall

My column below which I published back in mid June spoke about Patrick Purley and his potential MP role for Southport – I have now seen that he was correct with 17,252 votes and Damien Moore for Conservative who has … Continue reading →

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The situation of voting for Surrey this year

Posted on June 2, 2024 by ianchisnall

This item was initially set out on 2nd June, but subsequently there have been a number of changes on the Wikipedia publication so this item has been changed most recently on 4th June. – It is amazing that the 11 … Continue reading →

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Several significant MPs rejected the Capital gains tax

Posted on March 14, 2024 by ianchisnall

On Tuesday this week on 12th February there were two votes that took place, both of them were set out by the Government and so most of the Conservative MPs and indeed DUP MPs endorsed on the two events. The … Continue reading →

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We need a by-election from all three MPs

Posted on October 3, 2021 by ianchisnall

This is not the first time that MPs have decided to reject their party politics and tragically it is not the first time that MPs have decided to leave a political party and transfer to another political party. However this … Continue reading →

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A new form of Politics is needed

Posted on May 9, 2015 by ianchisnall

This weeks election means that for many of us our political landscape has changed and it is useful to reflect in a bit of detail what impact the election has or should have had. For several decades I have worked … Continue reading →

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Credit where it is due

Posted on December 7, 2013 by ianchisnall

Regular readers of this blog will know that for the last month, a recurring theme has been the disaster which is the ‘Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill 2013-14′. I won’t repeat my previous comments here … Continue reading →

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That was the Summer that was

Posted on September 8, 2013 by ianchisnall

Here in Sussex, the public confirmation that a new season was on its way came on Friday with heavy rain that along with a drop in temperature felt and smelt like Autumn. Sadly the warm days we have got used to … Continue reading →

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A little local difficulty

Posted on July 7, 2013 by ianchisnall

To the best of my knowledge Polegate is not the hotbed of any particular activity, but this weeks Eastbourne Herald tells the story of a defection by a local town councillor from the Conservative Party to UKIP. This won’t have … Continue reading →

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What a tangled web…….

Posted on September 19, 2012 by ianchisnall

Yesterday Francis Maude, the MP for Horsham and Minister for the Cabinet Office made the following statement in the House of Commons: “Guidance has today been issued to civil servants in UK departments on the principles which they should observe in … Continue reading →

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