Tag Archives: Liberal Democratic Party

Merseyside requires Proportional Representation

Posted on January 10, 2023 by ianchisnall

This weekend I visited my family in Merseyside where I was born and grew up prior to moving to Sussex in 1978. I was interested to observe that throughout the Merseyside region that there are currently 15 MPs who cover … Continue reading →

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How can we persuade more people to vote?

Posted on December 3, 2021 by ianchisnall

The result yesterday in Bexley and Sidcup could have led to a Labour to have won if they could have done a deal with the Liberal Democrats and the Greens and if they could have persuaded the supporters of the … Continue reading →

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We need to carry out a radical political approach

Posted on November 30, 2021 by ianchisnall

Over the weekend a significant article emerged in the Guardian/Observer which was written by Toby Helm that reflected on the data recently carried out by Best for Britain. The article is available on line here and it makes it very … Continue reading →

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It is time to achieve some form of cross party involvement

Posted on May 21, 2021 by ianchisnall

Living in a location like Sussex we currently have 16 Constituencies. Of these 16 locations at one time all 16 were Conservative dominated. Today there are three constituencies that are not Conservative controlled. In Brighton and Hove we have 3 … Continue reading →

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Is now the time for certain political parties to be radical?

Posted on December 17, 2019 by ianchisnall

The challenge if the Conservatives had not won the election would have been for parties such as SNP, Liberal Democrats, Green and Labour to work together to come up with an alternative way of leading the nation. It would have … Continue reading →

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One way to achieve national unity is through proportional representation

Posted on December 16, 2019 by ianchisnall

The political profile of most of our nation has changed rather dramatically since last Thursday and many residents here in Sussex are now feeling very concerned about it as it will clearly have a significant impact on us all, irrespective … Continue reading →

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Is it possible to reform Sussex Parliamentary representation?

Posted on December 15, 2019 by ianchisnall

As the results for Sussex emerged from our votes on Thursday, those of us who are deeply frustrated with such an unequal form of election results clearly want to find a solution so that in the future, the people voting … Continue reading →

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A great result from a radical democratic strategy

Posted on August 2, 2019 by ianchisnall

The approach that lies behind the blog I wrote yesterday explaining that I would have voted for Jane Dodds if I lived in the Brecon and Radnorshire constituency and that my view is that smaller political parties need to adopt … Continue reading →

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The vital but inadequate actions today

Posted on May 23, 2019 by ianchisnall

Its rather frustrating that what should be a very inspiring vote today is deeply mitigated because the electoral process has been controlled by people who want you and I to vote for their party as a bloc and not to … Continue reading →

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How can we call for a different outcome?

Posted on October 16, 2018 by ianchisnall

The high profile leaders of the Cabinet based #ChuckChequers campaign spent last night eating pizza and coming up with a series of plans to ensure that we as are a nation are denied a soft Brexit. Meanwhile my MEP Nigel … Continue reading →

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