Tag Archives: Keir Starmer

Government requires mandatory housebuilding targets

Posted on December 16, 2022 by ianchisnall

Early last week our Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) set out a piece in their magazine which is here and it begins with the headline Government to remove mandatory housebuilding targets and the first couple of sentences are UK … Continue reading →

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Avoiding the question, ducking responsibility in PMQ

Posted on October 13, 2022 by ianchisnall

Yesterday was the first Prime Ministers Questions (PMQ) session since Elizabeth Truss became our latest nations Prime Minister. Her first question in her new role came from Graham Stringer who is the Labour MP for Blackley and Broughton and he … Continue reading →

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Electoral reform is a priority and party’s should endorse

Posted on September 27, 2022 by ianchisnall

This image appeared on the weekend from the Guardian which can be obtained from here and it took place before yesterday when the Labour Conference adopted Proportional Representation based on the information arising from the Radio. Clearly we don’t know … Continue reading →

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Several Sussex MPs seem to want Johnson to leave now!

Posted on July 11, 2022 by ianchisnall

Today would be a lot more positive if the decision that was taken on Thursday morning by the Prime Minister would have been followed by his departure from Downing Street. Sadly, he has claimed he will remain there until their … Continue reading →

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Some MPs ignore Motions while others promote them

Posted on June 13, 2022 by ianchisnall

It is always interesting to discover actions that MPs could work on together in the House of Commons to raise high profile themes. A few weeks ago, Caroline Lucas of Brighton Pavilion promoted the 90th Anniversary of Right to Roam … Continue reading →

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Some nice words about our Queen and her Jubilee

Posted on June 2, 2022 by ianchisnall

Yesterday a friend of mine here in Brighton, Andy Winter wrote a piece that he has included in his blog and also in his column in the Argus newspaper yesterday about his experience of meeting the Queen. It is a … Continue reading →

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Will Government remove Johnson for these three cases

Posted on May 24, 2022 by ianchisnall

In the last few hours two cases have emerged that of course are not very new cases. However these two cases include very strong criticism of people led by the Prime Minister. In addition there was a visit 10 days … Continue reading →

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Today’s Parliament will hold a Privilege Motion

Posted on April 21, 2022 by ianchisnall

According to the “They Work for You” website on the calendar section the image which is shown here there is a group of senior MPs who will be coordinating a Privilege Motion. This is clearly a debate that may lead … Continue reading →

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The UK government is by far the most distrusted

Posted on March 30, 2022 by ianchisnall

A few days ago a significant person on twitter posted the following comments directed to Keir Starmer and she also posted this image which comes from John Major who was our Prime Minister 1990-1997. In addition to these elements there … Continue reading →

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A disturbing basis for free COVID testing post March

Posted on February 22, 2022 by ianchisnall

Yesterday in the House of Commons Boris Johnson made a statement and one of the themes was the the testing capability for COVID. The whole of the statement and indeed the range of conversations can be seen from here. In … Continue reading →

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