Tag Archives: EU Referendum

Many charities need a strategy

Posted on March 11, 2016 by ianchisnall

I wrote at the beginning of February about plans by Matthew Hancock MP, Minister in the Cabinet Office to gag all charities that receive public funding. This will put many charities into a very difficult position. The Government has begun … Continue reading →

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Be seen and not heard

Posted on March 3, 2016 by ianchisnall

Its disturbing how ill prepared the Politicians who ostensibly run our nation are for the real world around them. They have got used to bullying and controlling the public sector to do as they are told and stay quiet until … Continue reading →

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The need for disinfectant

Posted on March 1, 2016 by ianchisnall

Yesterday on twitter a brief conversation with an old friend and his family disclosed that based on our discussion, the public debate on the EU is full of opinion and bereft of accessible facts. This seems to bear out other anecdotal information … Continue reading →

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Two long weeks

Posted on February 22, 2016 by ianchisnall

The quotes above are from the same Politician taken 13 days apart. In that time the change in the negotiating position of our nation through the hands of David Cameron have barely changed. Yet according to our various press and … Continue reading →

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Speculate to elect

Posted on July 23, 2015 by ianchisnall

Yesterday morning on Radio 4 Bernard Jenkin MP who is Chair of the Public Administration Select Committee and also a Euro Sceptic was interviewed on his views regarding the need for a robust purdah period in the period before the European … Continue reading →

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Who gets to vote?

Posted on June 23, 2015 by ianchisnall

A debate took place in Parliament on 18th June to decide if young people aged 16 and 17 should be entitled to vote in the forthcoming referendum on our membership of the EU. I am personally in favour of the … Continue reading →

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Equal votes for all

Posted on May 23, 2015 by ianchisnall

The news from Northern Ireland has impacted observers in a number of ways. However one of the lessons that could be drawn is that in Northern Ireland, the Political Parties are prepared to trust their constituents with contentious issues, or … Continue reading →

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