Tag Archives: Labour Party

Party planning

Posted on March 24, 2015 by ianchisnall

The decision by the Home Secretary to change the funding formulae for policing political conferences will have a negative impact on Sussex Police as it will on all Police forces in areas where our Political Parties hold their occasional set piece … Continue reading →

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No idea?

Posted on March 17, 2015 by ianchisnall

The election campaign is providing all sorts of evidence of how ill suited our major political parties are to running our Government on our behalf. Yesterday the Labour Party showed its willingness to bow to the pressure from the Conservative … Continue reading →

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The challenge of unsustainable growth

Posted on March 2, 2015 by ianchisnall

At the heart of any organisational change is the truism that the greatest challenges are presented to the business, charity or indeed Political Party when it is undergoing a period of rapid growth (or facing major reductions in scale). Over … Continue reading →

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A tale of 3 campaigns

Posted on February 14, 2015 by ianchisnall

In the last week, thanks to social media and email, I have seen three classic examples of how distant from the electorate our Party Political hopefuls really are when it comes to their public communications: Labour – late yesterday afternoon I received an … Continue reading →

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The cost of being Liked

Posted on February 7, 2015 by ianchisnall

The stakes could not be higher. The Parties that form the next Government have the potential to attract substantial sums from funders for the next election and senior party representatives will be appointed to high office giving them well paid jobs, positions … Continue reading →

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From one degree of chaos to another

Posted on January 19, 2015 by ianchisnall

The news from Brighton & Hove City Council that the Green Party have not been able to set a budget is disappointing, but hardly a shock. This sort of outcome has been threatened for the last 3 years if my … Continue reading →

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Its make your mind up time!

Posted on January 9, 2015 by ianchisnall

As we read about the tussle over the ‘Leaders Debates’ it would be useful to recap how we got here. In the 16th Century Political Parties were created to allow individual MPs to work together to challenge the King. At … Continue reading →

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Be a do gooder

Posted on January 3, 2015 by ianchisnall

According to twitter one of the items that has excited the Sun newspaper today is a critique of the Labour Party by the wife of one of its MPs, that the party has been “hijacked by middle class do gooders & career … Continue reading →

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Out of touch

Posted on December 23, 2014 by ianchisnall

I have written several blogs about the decision by the coalition Government to gag charities in the period prior to General Elections through the Lobbying Act. I have spoken to others involved in the charitable sector whose concerns echo my own and perhaps unsurprisingly a number … Continue reading →

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Lets end revenge evictions

Posted on November 8, 2014 by ianchisnall

Yesterday I attended the launch of a campaign in Brighton & Hove to seek cross party support for legislation to be presented to the House of Commons by Sarah Teather MP as a private members Bill. The case for the Bill … Continue reading →

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