Tag Archives: David Cameron

The pain of exclusion

Posted on November 11, 2014 by ianchisnall

The decision by David Cameron and Theresa May to avoid giving the other 648 MPs a vote on the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) yesterday may yet prove to be one of the final nails in the coffin of this coalition … Continue reading →

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Its ahead of you!

Posted on November 9, 2014 by ianchisnall

The great thing about bogeymen is that they distract us from the real issues we have to deal with. As long as Governments can stoke up our concerns about problems that don’t exist or that they have almost no control over, … Continue reading →

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A sense of isolation

Posted on November 1, 2014 by ianchisnall

Although the resignation of Fiona Woolf was predictable and necessary, the manner of her going leaves the Government looking even more inept than they did a few days ago. Political leadership in a democracy demands understanding the mood and views of … Continue reading →

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When neighbours fall out!

Posted on October 25, 2014 by ianchisnall

Sadly disagreements with the people who live next door are not unusual in our nation, they can happen in the richest of locations as well as the poorest. Occasionally due to an oversight or failure to communicate, something which could be easily resolved … Continue reading →

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Selecting a Chair

Posted on October 22, 2014 by ianchisnall

The national inquiry into historic child abuse is an inquiry that many people are opposed to due to its potential scope, cost and the time it could take to arrive at its conclusions. There are clearly others with ulterior motives for opposing … Continue reading →

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Europe and our deceit

Posted on October 21, 2014 by ianchisnall

The exchanges over the last 48 hours between the Prime Minister and President of the European Commission, show just how much of a mismatch exists between what our nation apparently wants in its relationship with other EU nations, and what … Continue reading →

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Lets end this now!

Posted on October 16, 2014 by ianchisnall

The revelation from yesterdays PMQs regarding Lord Freud and his comments about how he was looking for creative ways of paying certain people around 1/3 of the minimum wage demands a response. The Peer has already apologised, the PM has already explained … Continue reading →

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It hasn’t ended well!

Posted on October 2, 2014 by ianchisnall

Yesterday, the final day of the Conservative Party conference appeared to go very well. Mr Cameron gave a rousing speech that encouraged his supporters in the Birmingham Conference Hall, and no doubt many people who watched the excerpts played on our TV screens. … 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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Purrgate affects all of us

Posted on September 25, 2014 by ianchisnall

The newspapers have filled many of their column inches this morning with purrgate. The failure yet again of the Prime Minister to remember he was mic’ed up whilst having a private conversation. This time he was speaking to the retired … Continue reading →

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