Tag Archives: Labour Party

What is good for the North……

Posted on October 23, 2014 by ianchisnall

The promises of Devo-Met being made to some of the Northern Cities and the land in between may yet come to naught. We are about to elect a new Government and just as this Government has picked and chosen the … Continue reading →

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not #labourdoorstep

Posted on October 17, 2014 by ianchisnall

The use of hashtags to promote a campaign or event can be very useful, where there are large numbers of people involved and some are using twitter with confidence. I was at an event this week which proposed the use … Continue reading →

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A media fit for purpose

Posted on October 14, 2014 by ianchisnall

There can be no excuse for our 3 major broadcasters, working together as they did to come up with such an incompetent set of proposals as they announced yesterday. Not only do they have substantial resources to allow a meaningful … Continue reading →

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Page 84

Posted on September 21, 2014 by ianchisnall

If you were distracted from your reading of the 2010 Conservative manifesto and didn’t get as far as page 84 you are in for a treat now. I confess I didn’t read any of it, simply because at the time … Continue reading →

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Stop the tit for tat arguments

Posted on September 15, 2014 by ianchisnall

This weekend I participated in the briefest of twitter dialogues with a few Labour supporters in my constituency. Their line was that only Labour was opposed to the coalition and so it was vital to vote Labour at the General Election. I … Continue reading →

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The countdown continues

Posted on September 10, 2014 by ianchisnall

In all of the excitement of the Independence Referendum, it would be easy to overlook that the 19th September 2014 as being a significant date for more people than just those concerned about the state of the Union. It also marks … Continue reading →

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Peculiar priorities

Posted on August 9, 2014 by ianchisnall

Yesterdays announcement by the three main English Political Parties to nominate 21 out of 22 new Peers shows that the dominance of the Parties is intended to continue long past the time when the political careers of Miliband, Cameron and Clegg … Continue reading →

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Prepare for 9 months silence

Posted on August 6, 2014 by ianchisnall

The resignation statement from Sayeeda Warsi on twitter yesterday read “With deep regret I have this morning written to the Prime Minister & tendered my resignation. I can no longer support Govt policy on #Gaza.” Although some commentators have questioned if the Government actually … Continue reading →

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That’ll do nicely

Posted on July 30, 2014 by ianchisnall

Yesterday BBC Radio broke the news that Labour were the best funded Political Party in the UK during 2013. This lead over the Conservatives was almost entirely due to the donations that you and I made to the Party. As the official Opposition Party they receive … Continue reading →

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Swagger not required

Posted on July 9, 2014 by ianchisnall

Mathew Parris claims the reason why the Conservative Party has failed so significantly in its attempt to achieve some level of gender balance in its list of MPs is down to a lack of swagger in the many otherwise competent female applicants. … Continue reading →

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