Tag Archives: Conservative Party

Our Government needs higher ambitions

Posted on September 30, 2014 by ianchisnall

Yesterday one of the UKs most responsible public servants stood up in the presence of many other people who are being paid by the State to represent you and me and made a speech regarding his ambition to reduce the … Continue reading →

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“Utterley Nuts”

Posted on September 29, 2014 by ianchisnall

This weeks conference in Birmingham by the Conservative Party has already enabled a number of very telling speeches or articles. According to this piece from the BBC, the Mayor of London, someone who the Prime Minister describes as one of … Continue reading →

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Page 84

Posted on September 21, 2014 by ianchisnall

If you were distracted from your reading of the 2010 Conservative manifesto and didn’t get as far as page 84 you are in for a treat now. I confess I didn’t read any of it, simply because at the time … Continue reading →

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Is this democracy?

Posted on September 18, 2014 by ianchisnall

The criticisms of the EU from many within the Conservative Party and espoused on many occasions by the Prime Minister and Conservative members of the Cabinet is that it lacks democratic robustness. David Cameron was constantly on our screens when he wanted … Continue reading →

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Understanding you have a problem ……

Posted on August 13, 2014 by ianchisnall

The idea that we must understand our problems, before we can put them right is well understood, what is often less clear is knowing the solution and making the changes needed. Take the issue of our faith in politics and politicians. It is clear … Continue reading →

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Peculiar priorities

Posted on August 9, 2014 by ianchisnall

Yesterdays announcement by the three main English Political Parties to nominate 21 out of 22 new Peers shows that the dominance of the Parties is intended to continue long past the time when the political careers of Miliband, Cameron and Clegg … Continue reading →

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Systemic Political Failure

Posted on August 7, 2014 by ianchisnall

The return of Boris Johnson to the House of Commons in May 2015 whilst retaining the role of Mayor of London will reflect failures within our Political System, that takes the UK back several decades to the era we were all acknowledging … Continue reading →

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That’ll do nicely

Posted on July 30, 2014 by ianchisnall

Yesterday BBC Radio broke the news that Labour were the best funded Political Party in the UK during 2013. This lead over the Conservatives was almost entirely due to the donations that you and I made to the Party. As the official Opposition Party they receive … Continue reading →

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A time for honour, not pragmatism

Posted on July 29, 2014 by ianchisnall

According to certain commentators Michael Gove has pulled off a good compromise over the behaviour and publicity associated with the MP for Bury St Edmunds, David Ruffley who has announced via his website that he will no longer stand as the … Continue reading →

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Closed for Business

Posted on July 22, 2014 by ianchisnall

One of the challenges of our polarised Parliament is that the collective grasp of our 650 MPs on many subjects is a great deal worse than the breadth of constituents that they seek to represent. This means that in practice … Continue reading →

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