Tag Archives: Iain Duncan Smith

Some new questions from the Bishop of St Albans

Posted on October 2, 2024 by ianchisnall

During the August Holiday period there were a significant number of questions raised by Alan Smith, The Bishop of St Albans, to the House of Lords. On the 6th August he asked questions to the “Department for Culture, Media and … Continue reading →

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We will bring it back to this House for a vote

Posted on December 13, 2021 by ianchisnall

Tragically last week the Government persuaded sufficient Conservative MPs to vote for the Nationality and Borders Bill at its third reading and they also prevented any changes being achieved. The eight clauses and one schedule were attempts to reduce the … Continue reading →

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Second day of the Nationality and Borders Bill

Posted on December 9, 2021 by ianchisnall

As I wrote yesterday there were six clauses that were debated and all of which were an attempt to make this Bill far less dangerous to the people who seek asylum in our nation. Sadly all six got rejected by … Continue reading →

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The threat against BBC and our credible media is much wider

Posted on March 6, 2021 by ianchisnall

Yesterday Iain Duncan-Smith put out his tweet and it was retweeted by one of our Sussex MPs Nusrat Ghani, referring to some evidence identified by an Australian thinktank called the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. According to this Guardian article which … Continue reading →

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A very disappointing political end to 2020

Posted on December 30, 2020 by ianchisnall

As MPs along with their supporters and opposers are debating the very inadequate Trade Deal with the EU, it is clear that our position is not very strong. There is only one worse position and that would have been a … Continue reading →

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An outstanding speech regarding modern slavery

Posted on October 20, 2020 by ianchisnall

Anti-Slavery Day takes place on the 18th October each year and given that Parliament was closed on Sunday, yesterday was the first opportunity after the day to raise the subject. There was a debate yesterday that was under the title … Continue reading →

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Government defends broken promises and International laws

Posted on September 9, 2020 by ianchisnall

Clearly some people chuck away manifestos soon after they have decided who to vote for and indeed obtaining a manifesto and reading it before voting is not common behaviour either. Indeed this is one of the challenges of a party … Continue reading →

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Beirut was not a Nuclear explosion, but….

Posted on August 6, 2020 by ianchisnall

As the work begins in Beirut to deal with the catastrophe caused by the explosion that occurred on Tuesday evening, it is very clear that all nations need to do whatever we can to prevent such things ever happening again. … Continue reading →

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Brexit has parallels with Harry and Meghan leaving the Royals

Posted on March 2, 2020 by ianchisnall

Every so often issues can emerge in parallel that may be very different but give us the opportunity to learn from one another, the comparison is only fleeting but it can work. In the last few days we have seen … Continue reading →

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A valuable suggestion by IDS and his chums, for once

Posted on February 8, 2020 by ianchisnall

According to this mornings Evening Standard article “Senior Tories have reportedly written to Conservative MPs to raise concerns over Boris Johnson’s decision to allow Huawei a role in the UK’s 5G network. The letter, from a group of Tories including … Continue reading →

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