Tag Archives: Daniel Hannan

How to ensure other people make the rules

Posted on January 16, 2016 by ianchisnall

The constant criticism of Eurosceptics such my MEPs Diane James, Nigel Farage, Ray Finch (all members of UKIP) along with Janice Atkinson (no longer allowed to be a member of UKIP) and Daniel Hannan (Conservative) that too many of our laws are decided by other … Continue reading →

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Incoherent use of social media

Posted on October 19, 2015 by ianchisnall

The use of social media by Politicians, along with the rules or limitations that they want to set for others shows an incoherence that crosses political divides and operates at both a local and a national level. One of the outcomes of … Continue reading →

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A man who has missed the point

Posted on October 11, 2015 by ianchisnall

At the recent Conservative Party Conference, the Institute of Economic Affairs, a rightwing pressure group hosted numerous fringe meetings within the steel cordon that keeps unwelcome visitors at bay. One of these meetings was on the theme of whether the state … Continue reading →

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Disappointing MEPs

Posted on October 1, 2015 by ianchisnall

Towards the end of August I received an annual update from one of my MEPs on the work she had carried out over the first year since her election. I wrote a blog pointing out that some of our MEPs … Continue reading →

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Credit where its due

Posted on August 21, 2015 by ianchisnall

                      All MEPs face an enormous challenge to keep in touch with their constituents, in the South East where the electorate is over 8M this is one of the largest … Continue reading →

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Crumbling International relationships

Posted on July 21, 2014 by ianchisnall

The current pain and distress that is emanating from various corners of the world is only a snapshot of the chaos which some of us allow to impact our world view from time to time. If we were truly able to measure … Continue reading →

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Selective application of principles

Posted on June 2, 2014 by ianchisnall

On Friday Morning Sir John Major was on Radio 4 Today programme speaking about his experience of negotiating the Maastricht agreement back in the early 1990’s. He spoke about how a concept called subsidiarity was introduced into it which spoke about … Continue reading →

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Transparency in the European Union

Posted on March 24, 2014 by ianchisnall

One of the challenges of the debate around the European Commission and Union is that most of us hear and read so little about the work of these institutions that we are left to the soundbites that emerge from people such … Continue reading →

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