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Tag Archives: Liz Truss
A vital women’s national football team campaign
Early last week a very significant Kent MP, Tracey Crouch who is the MP for Chatham and Aylesford set out a campaign using the Early Day Motions process. She is someone who understands the value of the EDMs even though … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Caroline Lucas, Liz Truss, Tracey Crouch
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A disturbing lack of involvement from the Prime Minister
One of the elements that most constructive MPs are actively involved with is the Early Day Motions. The EDMs are a way for MPs that are not part of the Government to raise their concerns and to call for the … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Boris Johnson, Early Day Motion, Liz Truss, Peter Bottomley, Rishi Sunak, Theresa May
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This is a very significant beginning of a new week
There are many weeks that begin with reflective responses of what has taken place in the previous few days or sometimes even the last few weeks. The impact on our politicians is a theme I often spot because these changes … Continue reading
Modest answers but that should be treated very seriously
In her first Prime Ministers Question time, towards the end of the session two of the questions came from Tony Lloyd and Helen Hayes that both related to children in our Nation. The first was focused on the cold impact … Continue reading
Posted in Community Safety, Economics, Parliament and Democracy, Youth Issues
Tagged Helen Hayes, Liz Truss, Tony Lloyd
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The critical issues emerged yesterday in Eastbourne
It was very encouraging to listen to Ben Weisz on the BBC Sussex Radio this morning. He described how tragic the Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak event in Eastbourne was for the many people who were campaigning for the Climate … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Adam Bienkov, BBC Sussex, Ben Weisz, DGH, Kent Online, Liz Truss, Nusrat Ghani, Rishi Sunak
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Party leaders should not attack credible, elected people
Those of us who vote for MPs and Councillors are entitled to be disappointed if the people who we prefer, do not win and we can understandably be critical towards the people who have been elected. However they become our … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged George Grylls, Liz Truss, Oliver Wright, Rishi Sunak
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Call out our local needs to these two PM candidates
Last Thursday the Conservative candidates who are campaigning to become Prime Minister began a series of regional visits to promote themselves to their voters. Their first location was in Leeds. They were being heard on the radio early in the … Continue reading
“this solution requires a change in the protocol itself”
The words come from Liz Truss during “Northern Ireland Protocol” which was when she was speaking yesterday in Parliament. The whole of her words can be obtained here. The following few words below make it very clear. The Government is … Continue reading
Posted in EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Boris Johnson, Daniel Hannan, Liz Truss, Theresa May
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Erasmus may not be the only matter to resolve
I confess I have not read any of the 2000 pages in the EU deal, but one of the clear headlines is Erasmus so it seems sensible to remind our Government of some of the statements that they made in … Continue reading
We need some additional impact assessments Greg
A few days ago on the 20th November, three written questions that had been asked by a Sussex based MP raised an interesting response from Greg Hands who is the Minister of State for the Department of International Trade and … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Andrew Griffith, Foreign Aid, Greg Hands, Japan, Liz Truss, Sussex, United Kingdom
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