Tag Archives: Liz Truss

A NON – Independent Review of Administrative Law

Posted on September 2, 2020 by ianchisnall

Yesterday was the first day back for Parliament and so the Government was finally able to announce to the MPs its plans which it made at the end of July to hold what they claim will be an “Independent Review … Continue reading →

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How close to solving the problem are we?

Posted on August 11, 2020 by ianchisnall

Over the last few days I have seen a number of pieces being posted on the internet about the future of our economy beyond the 31st December and the prospects of trade deals. This image was published just over two … Continue reading →

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We need a coherent National and International response to C-19

Posted on March 16, 2020 by ianchisnall

The challenge we are all facing in trying to understand the impact of Coronaviris or COVID-19 is made much more difficult by the lack of credible and consistent political leadership in a range of contexts (This piece was written on … Continue reading →

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The EU departure proposals need a higher level of accountability

Posted on March 3, 2020 by ianchisnall

The news yesterday that our Prime Minister is opposing the proposal by Matt Hancock to work with the European Union on pandemic warning on subjects such as Cornovirus is clearly very concerning and then the suggestion from Truss that workers … Continue reading →

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Seven years is not a very long time in unchained Politics

Posted on October 31, 2019 by ianchisnall

Its is intriguing that a group of people like Patel, Truss, Raab, Kwarteng and Skidmore who are now presenting themselves as credible members of the next Government (if their party gets a majority of seats) sat down and wrote a … Continue reading →

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The law was broken – Is an apology really sufficient?

Posted on September 18, 2019 by ianchisnall

If a retailer or publican sold alcohol or cigarettes to people under the legal age would their offer to apologise be considered acceptable? As another comparison would a business that sells weapons be allowed to apologise for selling them to … Continue reading →

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A very very tough mandate, if it really exists

Posted on July 24, 2019 by ianchisnall

Thanks to a couple of the new prospective Cabinet Ministers writing on twitter we now know that they believe that our next Prime Minister has a clear or even great mandate to unite the country. The reality is that within … Continue reading →

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A changed attitude towards local taxes

Posted on November 21, 2017 by ianchisnall

There was a time when the Conservative led Government under the watchful eye of Eric Pickles promised us all that local taxation would be frozen and they criticised all the local authorities that sought to increase taxes and they penalised … Continue reading →

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A record high – we should be ashamed of

Posted on May 3, 2017 by ianchisnall

The latest Government statistic shows that on at least one measure this Government has completely failed one vulnerable group in our society. Tragically they are people whose predicament is of little concern to the current Government and unlike the nurses … Continue reading →

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A perfect storm?

Posted on November 11, 2016 by ianchisnall

The news in the last few days tells us that Prison Officer numbers are at a point of near crisis, with almost 2000 needed across the prison estate, yet 400 more left than joined the service in the last year. … Continue reading →

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