Tag Archives: IPPR

The need for transparency on our screens

Posted on April 26, 2017 by ianchisnall

A few weeks ago David Goodhart appeared on the BBC Sunday Morning programme ‘The Big Questions’. David is Head of Demography, Immigration, and Integration for a think tank called Policy Exchange. Ten days later Warwick Lightfoot, Policy Exchange’s Director of Research, and … Continue reading →

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A geography of ignorance

Posted on August 8, 2016 by ianchisnall

Today the Independent online newspaper has published a story with a headline and some of the text that suggests that those of us in the South are enjoying an excessive level of expenditure on our transport infrastructure when compared to … Continue reading →

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The need for electoral reform

Posted on September 17, 2015 by ianchisnall

In the context of a change to the way in which Labour in particular and Westminster more broadly is being impacted by the election of Jeremy Corbyn, its important that changing a few deckchairs does not allow commentators to assume … Continue reading →

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Another Big Society mess you’ve got into?

Posted on June 25, 2014 by ianchisnall

As I have written previously in this space, the tension between Politics and Charities is at something of a peak following the enaction of the Lobbying Bill in January and recent challenges to charitable impartiality by Conservative MPs or their staff … Continue reading →

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