If you find any of these posts relevant to some of the social or political issues of the moment do leave a comment or contact me directly (click on my photo for my contact details)
Blog Stats
- 105,196 hits
-
Join 86 other subscribers
-
Recent Posts
Archives
Top Rated
Categories
- Afghanistan (27)
- Brighton & Hove (856)
- Casey Review (5)
- Charities (526)
- Church Teaching (232)
- Community Safety (289)
- Data Retention and Investigatory Powers (17)
- Deaf & Hard of Hearing (62)
- Economics (556)
- Education (487)
- Environment (222)
- EU Referendum (554)
- Health Reform (137)
- Housing (87)
- Immigration (126)
- Journalism (130)
- Justice Issues (221)
- Lobbying Bill (65)
- Network Rail (64)
- Obituary (22)
- Parliament and Democracy (3,659)
- Phone Hacking (7)
- Planning Rules (57)
- Police & Crime Commissioner (207)
- Policing (412)
- Scottish Referendum (23)
- STEM (68)
- Syria (90)
- Think Tanks (15)
- UK Riots in August 2011 (15)
- Ukraine (17)
- Uncategorized (61)
- Welfare Reform (72)
- Yemen (44)
- Youth Issues (499)
Twitter Updates
Tweets by IanChisnall- Amber Rudd
- Andrew Griffith
- Boris Johnson
- Brexit
- Brighton & Hove
- Brighton & Hove City Council
- C-19
- Caroline Ansell
- Caroline Lucas
- Charities
- Charity Commission
- Charity Commission for England and Wales
- Chris Grayling
- Conservative Party
- Coronavirus
- COVID-19
- Daniel Hannan
- David Cameron
- David Davis
- Department for Education
- Donald Trump
- e-petition
- Eric Pickles
- EU Referendum
- European Union
- FareShare
- Foodbanks
- George Osborne
- Gillian Keegan
- Government
- Green Party
- Henry Smith
- Home Office
- House of Commons
- House of Lords
- Huw Merriman
- Iain Duncan Smith
- Independent Candidates
- Jacob Rees-Mogg
- Jeremy Corbyn
- Jeremy Hunt
- Jeremy Quin
- Katy Bourne
- Keir Starmer
- Labour Party
- Lib Dem Party
- Liz Truss
- Lloyd Russell-Moyle
- Lobbying Bill
- Maria Caulfield
- Matthew Hancock
- Member of Parliament
- Michael Gove
- MPs
- NHS
- Nick Gibb
- Nigel Farage
- Nusrat Ghani
- Parliament
- Peter Bottomley
- Peter Kyle
- Police and Crime Commissioner
- Priti Patel
- Rishi Sunak
- Sajid Javid MP
- Sally-Ann Hart
- Small Businesses
- SME
- Steve Bassam
- Sussex
- Sussex Police
- Syria
- Theresa May
- Tim Loughton
- UKIP
Tag Archives: Jeremy Corbyn
The hour to rethink UK politics
Yesterday it was announced that Jeremy Corbyn had received 61.8% of the 506,438 votes cast in the Labour leadership contest making him a clear winner amongst those who voted. The balance of the party membership, around 147,000 people had either … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Jeremy Corbyn, The electorate, Theresa May
Leave a comment
A First class Parliament
There are real risks of missing the big picture when we start measuring details too much, but as Jane and Michael Banks were told in Mary Poppins, even small amounts of money have the potential to change the world if … Continue reading
Unintended consequences
Its impossible to make decisions, particularly on the magnitude of the EU referendum without a variety of unintended consequences, at least as far as some voters are concerned. Unfortunately certain groups of British citizens whose intentions are not honourable, have … Continue reading
Contempt of our Parliament
At 10.30 last Thursday while we were voting or going about our usual business two veteran Politicians called Chris had a heated exchange in Parliament during the regular session on the subject ‘Business of the House of Commons’. The two … Continue reading
Lets end the pretence
The uncivil war in the Conservative Party is not about one man and his decision to resign, but rather about the extent to which loyalty to a political party has broken ranks with the need to be open and honest … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Andrew Marr, Brexit, David Laws, Iain Duncan Smith, Jeremy Corbyn
Leave a comment
Extremely worried, full of terror
The language and tone of our elected leaders and public agencies in their desire to protect the sanctity of our society is at risk of destroying it from within. It is understandable that David Cameron would have strong views about … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy, Syria
Tagged ANC, Camden, David Cameron, IRA, ISIS, Jeremy Corbyn, Nelson Mandela, Raqqa, Syria
Leave a comment
Why Generals and MPs should tread carefully
It appears that on the day when we were supposed to be reflecting on the sacrifice of men and women whose lives have brought us peace, that a few men who should know better were getting themselves into a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Adam Holloway, Crispin Blunt, Jeremy Corbyn, Nicholas Houghton, Trident
Leave a comment
Incoherent use of social media
The use of social media by Politicians, along with the rules or limitations that they want to set for others shows an incoherence that crosses political divides and operates at both a local and a national level. One of the outcomes of … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Daniel Hannan, David Cameron, Jeremy Corbyn, Twitter, Warren Morgan
Leave a comment
A good sign of things to come
The decision by 21 Labour MPs to abstain in the vote last night on George Osborne’s unnecessary and irrelevant fiscal charter is very welcome. It is possible that their decision to take Jeremy Corbyn at his word will send such … Continue reading
Ignoring his past
This week while Labour and Jeremy Corbyn have been enjoying our city and holding debates, or in some cases avoiding them, the Prime Minister was in Jamaica trying to explain why he will ignore the part we played in pillaging the Island and … Continue reading
Posted in Justice Issues, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged David Cameron, Jamaica, Jeremy Corbyn, Sir James Duff
Leave a comment
ianchisnall 