Tag Archives: Daily Telegraph

Who really holds the powerful to account?

Posted on September 5, 2017 by ianchisnall

According to this piece in the Daily Telegraph the ten least trusted professions in the UK begins with teachers  who are trusted by 69% of the population and engineers (56%) and then the bottom position with 7% of public support … Continue reading →

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…when all about you are losing….

Posted on March 12, 2017 by ianchisnall

Its perhaps understandable that David Davis used yesterdays Torygraph to call on his Conservative colleagues in Parliament not to cause a problem for his Government. Most MPs read a selection of weekend papers but the Telegraph is probably where Conservative … Continue reading →

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A celebration, 2 weeks too late

Posted on May 22, 2015 by ianchisnall

The celebrations for the positive contributions for our nation of immigration is something many of us are thrilled at. With his comments today in the Telegraph Fraser Nelson is saying many of the things that I and many others have … 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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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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I would do more but …..

Posted on November 27, 2013 by ianchisnall

At the beginning of November I wrote about the challenge of persuading people to recycle and reuse their surplus goods and waste materials, when the Government has appointed a Minister whose social background is so different to the people he is attempting … Continue reading →

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Food for thought

Posted on August 12, 2013 by ianchisnall

Food waste will always be with us, to misquote the Bible unless all 63M of us are prepared to return to subsistence living, growing our own food and keeping chickens or pigs to eat all of our peelings and other inedible parts … Continue reading →

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Paying people to do good

Posted on August 8, 2013 by ianchisnall

Can we justify paying people to do good on our behalf, or should doing good be something that all of us do at personal cost to only ourselves? If we are prepared to pay others, is there a limit to how much? On … Continue reading →

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Dear Martha and Eddie

Posted on August 6, 2013 by ianchisnall

I am writing to you in your respective roles as presenter of #WATO and PM. Since 6am the front page of todays Telegraph has been promoted by BBC Radio4 news as though it was a factual piece of writing that has been … Continue reading →

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Don’t believe everything …..

Posted on August 6, 2013 by ianchisnall

With most Ministers, MPs and journalists on holiday, as the Today programme pointed out this morning the journalists still at their desks have to work harder for their stories. This must make it tempting to carry a piece that is provided by an MP wanting to get their … Continue reading →

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