Tag Archives: Keir Starmer

Can the Government be advised about Independent?


Yesterday at lunchtime in the House of Commons there were several statements being made about the concept of Independence and it would appear that there are some gaps between the views of the people who made the statements and the … Continue reading

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The Government must accept changes to this poorly prepared Bill!


The Government is currently demonstrating how well they can set out poor proposals or fail to respond to real issues in a timely manner. Over the last few days this emerged in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill which … Continue reading

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We need Electoral Reform as called for by the Cross Party Group!


Inside and outside of Parliament there are some very high profile people who are working very hard to find ways to reform our nations Politics. The image on the left came from this article in the Independent Newspaper back on … Continue reading

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A few of the comments made yesterday in Parliament


It is very difficult to ignore these calls from senior leaders in the opposition parts of Parliament. The question is how will the Government stop arguing for different approaches and start collaborating with these people so that our nation gets … Continue reading

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A Coalition type of leadership is now vital for our nation


The latest COVID-19 announcement by Boris Johnson which he made at 8pm last night seemed to be in a very clear change from his approach at 9am on the day before. Despite this change the positive aspects of his announcement … Continue reading

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MPs must lead as well as represent their constituents


At this weekend the call by Boris Johnson for our nation to enter into our second lockdown from the 5th November came nearly 3 weeks after Keir Starmer had called for that to happen. Starmer’s call came almost as soon … Continue reading

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Educational and School support is lacking from the Government


Yesterday in Parliament there was a brief discussion under the headline of Educational Disadvantage: Covid-19 and two of the elements that arose were rather disappointing. One was a request by an MP who represents the the constituency of Ashfield in … Continue reading

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Well done Lewes and Anthony for your first rate BLM event


Over the weekend while a number of BLM events were taking place I saw several debates and even entered into a few that were focused on BLM and involved people who argued that campaign was in error for a number … Continue reading

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Online Commons Votes are essential – it is time to reintroduce them


On Tuesday we had a ridiculous demand by Jacob Rees-Mogg for all Parliamentary votes to take place in Parliament by MPs who will have to queue up as these images show or else they cannot vote. This took place on … Continue reading

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Testing COVID-19 is vital for our future, as is the understanding by our Prime Minister


One of the vital pieces of data that the Government has been sharing with us for some weeks is how many tests there have been and how many people are being tested for COVID-19. I know that some of the … Continue reading

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