Tag Archives: Jacob Rees-Mogg

He insists that MPs can only participate physically within the Parliamentary estate

Posted on June 3, 2020 by ianchisnall

So nearly all of the Conservative MPs for Sussex have once again voted to prevent MPs from being able to take part in debates from outside of Parliament and for the voting to also to have to take place from … Continue reading →

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We need some action from Today’s reopening of Parliament

Posted on June 2, 2020 by ianchisnall

It is lovely that Members of Parliament have had a few days break which began on Wednesday night, 20th May, but now they are back at work today with some real challenges. One of these is the incompetent approach of … Continue reading →

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Tories voted to stop working from home and move to their second homes

Posted on June 1, 2020 by ianchisnall

For many of us, it is great news that there has been significant changes which have taken place regarding COVID-19 over the last week or two or that are going to take place over the next few weeks. Sadly many … Continue reading →

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Why is the Government and Parliament ignoring so many people?

Posted on May 31, 2020 by ianchisnall

It is understandable that the Government and Parliament is a very busy place right now with all of the challenges that have been caused by COVID-19 and some of the Political problems that have arisen externally or been introduced by … Continue reading →

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We need to find new ways of communicating with our nation

Posted on May 28, 2020 by ianchisnall

The Government had claimed to be paying attention to SAGE for some time and passing that information onto us via their evening presentations. Unfortunately this all went badly wrong a few days ago when the catastrophic story of one of … Continue reading →

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Is this the end of a very short but very positive era for Parliament?

Posted on May 18, 2020 by ianchisnall

We are at the start of a significant week for Parliament for a range of factors, most of which have been set up as a consequence of COVID-19. Clearly last week was a rather radical change for a very large … Continue reading →

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Lindsay Hoyle and I both agree that Jacob Rees-Mogg is mistaken

Posted on May 14, 2020 by ianchisnall

My blog yesterday explored why Parliament needs to be radically overhauled, primarily in the light of COVID-19 but also in the context of a 300 year tradition that has needed changing for many decades. This point in history is an … Continue reading →

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An amazing thing happened last night in Parliament that the Government wants to prevent

Posted on May 13, 2020 by ianchisnall

It is easy to find comments about our need to respond to the latest UK position of COVID-19 and depending who is writing or speaking about them we either need to stay in acute lockdown, return to more or less … Continue reading →

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Hey Rosie, Henry Smith might pay some attention but Jacob R-M clearly will not do so!

Posted on February 22, 2020 by ianchisnall

On Thursday 13th February the MP for Crawley was asking a question regarding how to find more about the current arrangements for the M23. This is of course a matter that many of us would be interested to hear about. … Continue reading →

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Are Early Day Motions a waste of money & time or a vital facility?

Posted on January 18, 2020 by ianchisnall

Back at the end of last year I wrote a piece about a couple of EDM’s that had been submitted into the Parliamentary arrangements within a few minutes of the New Government being set up. However there must be a … Continue reading →

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