Tag Archives: Huw Merriman

East Sussex MPs must work together along with neighbours

Posted on November 28, 2020 by ianchisnall

On Thursday the discussion regarding COVID-19 that took place in Parliament involved a number of MPs. One of these was Nusrat Ghani from the Wealden constituency of East Sussex. In another debate on the same day there was also a … Continue reading →

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Government is to make and implement with PUBLIC CONSENT

Posted on November 27, 2020 by ianchisnall

Yesterday in Parliament, the MP for Bexhill and Battle, Huw Merriman raised a very serious question in front of Jacob Rees-Mogg who is the leader of the House of Commons. The answer was even more radical than aspects of the … Continue reading →

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The Government likes to change rules when it suits them

Posted on November 12, 2020 by ianchisnall

Given how many recent external appointments the Government has made involving high profile members of their Conservative Party, we might imagine that they are in favour of involving people from political backgrounds. However on Tuesday there was this debate regarding … Continue reading →

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Three Sussex MPs who have mis-judged their role

Posted on November 9, 2020 by ianchisnall

It is very sad that in two days’ time, just as was the case yesterday that we will not be able to publicly participate in the annual Remembrance Day due to our COVID lockdown. Last week in the House of … Continue reading →

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MPs must lead as well as represent their constituents

Posted on November 5, 2020 by ianchisnall

At this weekend the call by Boris Johnson for our nation to enter into our second lockdown from the 5th November came nearly 3 weeks after Keir Starmer had called for that to happen. Starmer’s call came almost as soon … Continue reading →

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Does Grant Shapps understand what “guiding mind” means?

Posted on October 27, 2020 by ianchisnall

Last Thursday in the House of Commons the session for Transport Sector: Support and Covid-19 Emergency Funding was a series of questions by MPs and responses by Grant Shapps. The challenge of course is for the responses to sound credible … Continue reading →

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Black History Month – Some MPs need to be better informed

Posted on October 24, 2020 by ianchisnall

Yesterday I wrote a blog piece about a few of the people I know who I could refer to as current Champions in the Black History Month. To be honest not all of them are from Sussex and indeed I … Continue reading →

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A significant day for our whole nation and other parts of the world

Posted on September 14, 2020 by ianchisnall

Today there are clearly several matters taking place that will impact all of us immediately or within the next few months. The changes to the COVID-19 guidance are very clear and based on the announcement from the Government last week. … Continue reading →

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Positive words to small businesses from the Government

Posted on July 2, 2020 by ianchisnall

The following are some very recent words that various Ministers have stated in response to their colleagues but relating to companies that are small or SME or that are not Multinational. The challenge as always is for these very nice … Continue reading →

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We need much more openness from all of our Sussex MPs

Posted on June 29, 2020 by ianchisnall

It can sometimes seem very difficult to fully understand how people work in settings that we have no personal experience of, but that we have an interest in. This is clearly the case in a range of locations but providing … Continue reading →

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