Tag Archives: Ed Miliband

Ed Miliband refers to COP recently in Parliament

Posted on August 11, 2024 by ianchisnall

A day after the Government first opened Parliament in July one of the themes was a session entitled ‘Clean Energy Superpower Mission’, organised by Ed Miliband. His comments refer to COP28 and other COP issues and are available from here. … Continue reading →

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Ed claims Boris’s Government is asleep at the wheel

Posted on August 20, 2022 by ianchisnall

and 70% of UK households will be challenged by January 2023. According to the York University 90.4% of the single-parent households with two or more children will bear the brunt of falling into fuel poverty by January and 86.4% of … Continue reading →

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3 Sussex Tory MPs call the Government to change

Posted on May 23, 2022 by ianchisnall

It is fascinating to occasionally observe activities by local MPs taking part in campaigns or events that sadly many others seem to totally ignore. It would be fantastic if more of our MPs would be willing to respond to the … Continue reading →

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The UK Internal Market debate illustrates many political problems

Posted on July 19, 2020 by ianchisnall

On Wednesday in the House of Commons, Alok Sharma the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) led a debate on a White Paper which he was publishing in order to help unpack some of the consequences … Continue reading →

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Temporary reform of Construction legislation

Posted on July 5, 2020 by ianchisnall

Last Monday in the House of Commons a number of MPs took part in the second reading of the Business and Planning Bill which appears to be supported by both the Government and the Labour Party. This suggests it will … Continue reading →

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An urgent question following 37 months of Parliamentary inactivity

Posted on April 24, 2019 by ianchisnall

When Politicians ask urgent questions, it is easy to assume that they are responding to a matter that has emerged as a result of their discovery of a recent issue. However when Ed Miliband spoke up yesterday on St Georges … Continue reading →

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The Politics of who met who

Posted on April 29, 2015 by ianchisnall

The papers are in uproar, because Miliband has openly met with Brand. This is apparently evidence that Miliband is unfit to be our next Prime Minister. What we don’t know is how many wealthy donors, trade unionists, industrialists or newspaper moguls have … 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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Couldn’t organise a debate in a TV studio

Posted on March 22, 2015 by ianchisnall

David Cameron and Ed Miliband have both claimed that our next Prime Minister will be chosen from a short list of 2 and theirs are the only names on this list. For months these two men and several other party … 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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