Tag Archives: Independent Candidates

Why Tim’s decision matters

Posted on February 18, 2016 by ianchisnall

The news that Tim Montgomerie, founder of Conservative Home blog is to leave the Conservative Party after 28 years is a matter of significance to our national political life. Not because he is personally important to the future of the … Continue reading →

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A disturbingly unfair election

Posted on January 24, 2016 by ianchisnall

In May all of us will be involved in an election which will have a substantial impact on all of our lives. At the end of the last Government the coalition, led by the well funded Tory Party decided that … Continue reading →

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A curious question

Posted on October 21, 2015 by ianchisnall

On Monday in Parliament, the MP for Mid Sussex, Nicholas Soames asked the Home Secretary to merge Sussex Police with its neighbour in the North and West. It was a written question and so there is no way of knowing … 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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The quality of our Politicians

Posted on July 11, 2015 by ianchisnall

It is easy for those of us who live outside of the bubble that is Party Political ideology to assume that the residents of that strange and unfriendly land can make sense of their own world. Sadly that is clearly … Continue reading →

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Please register and we’ll argue for a change!

Posted on April 20, 2015 by ianchisnall

Twitter is buzzing with calls for people who are not yet registered to do so by midnight and then to vote. The point has been made that more people did not vote in 2010, than voted for the Tories who … Continue reading →

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Party Loyalty?

Posted on September 28, 2014 by ianchisnall

The loss of a second MP to UKIP is bound to be upsetting for the Conservative Party, perhaps made worse coming on the eve of the Conservative Party conference. However Douglas Carswell and Mark Reckless have changed parties in the context … Continue reading →

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Volunteers, not pressed men!

Posted on June 7, 2014 by ianchisnall

Defining volunteering is not easy, due to the criteria used by different organisations that use the term. In the case of this poster, the brave lads recruited 100 years ago received the kings shilling, but they chose to sign up, rather than being subject to the … Continue reading →

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Media responsibility

Posted on June 6, 2014 by ianchisnall

My broadcaster of choice, BBC Radio 4 has been reporting the results of the Newark by-election with some regularity this morning. Despite the actual results the BBC have been acting as though they cannot count. They have explained carefully that … Continue reading →

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Equal access to oxygen

Posted on May 28, 2014 by ianchisnall

As I wrote on Monday, the Newark By-Election that is taking place next Thursday is a very unequal struggle. On the one side there are five Political Parties which are well resourced and sending in significant numbers of people from … Continue reading →

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