Tag Archives: Conservative Party

Runners up prize

Posted on May 10, 2015 by ianchisnall

The rearrangements of the Conservative front bench is taking place for all of the wrong reasons. David Cameron is making changes to his team to ensure in the first instance that his party is happy and feel the internal power … Continue reading →

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The day that Scotland went yellow

Posted on April 30, 2015 by ianchisnall

If as predicted in some polls, the SNP win all of the seats in Scotland, or even if they win all but one or two, it seems very likely that the attitude of both Labour and Conservative parties to electoral … Continue reading →

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We need a Government with integrity

Posted on April 28, 2015 by ianchisnall

The shortcomings in yesterdays list of ‘5000’ businesses which apparently want David Cameron and George Osborne to continue with their plan has become shredded at the edges. As this blog  amply demonstrates there are dozens of duplications. There is no excuse for this, even … Continue reading →

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A need for some rights

Posted on April 24, 2015 by ianchisnall

Its much easier to find fault than it is to find solutions – sadly if as it is reported, Ed Miliband will criticising the Prime Minister for mistakes made following the Libyan intervention in the context of the current Mediterranean migrant … Continue reading →

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The mis-use of public space

Posted on April 15, 2015 by ianchisnall

This week all sorts of large posters have begun to spring up in the Sussex countryside, in most cases the land and structures being pressed into service to display their messages of promise have been privately owned. However the sign shown … Continue reading →

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100 people whose views don’t count

Posted on April 8, 2015 by ianchisnall

At the end of the Parliament a Labour MP who was a shadow minister spoke about the evidence from one of her previous visits to Brighton that Street Homelessness in the city was evidence of the failure of the Council … Continue reading →

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Party planning

Posted on March 24, 2015 by ianchisnall

The decision by the Home Secretary to change the funding formulae for policing political conferences will have a negative impact on Sussex Police as it will on all Police forces in areas where our Political Parties hold their occasional set piece … Continue reading →

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No idea?

Posted on March 17, 2015 by ianchisnall

The election campaign is providing all sorts of evidence of how ill suited our major political parties are to running our Government on our behalf. Yesterday the Labour Party showed its willingness to bow to the pressure from the Conservative … Continue reading →

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Who is being institutionally arrogant?

Posted on March 7, 2015 by ianchisnall

The calls from the Conservative Party and Number 10 Downing Street for the BBC to be sanctioned over offers for Political debates in the run up to a General Election would be funny if they were not so absurd and … Continue reading →

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The challenge of unsustainable growth

Posted on March 2, 2015 by ianchisnall

At the heart of any organisational change is the truism that the greatest challenges are presented to the business, charity or indeed Political Party when it is undergoing a period of rapid growth (or facing major reductions in scale). Over … Continue reading →

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