Tag Archives: Maria Caulfield

Anti-Social Media

Posted on February 9, 2017 by ianchisnall

The following blog was published in a shortened form yesterday in the Argus Newspaper: The news that Brighton & Hove City Council Standards Committee judged Councillor Robert Nemeth of the Wish ward in Hove to have broken a code of … Continue reading →

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NHS plans its own chaos

Posted on January 16, 2017 by ianchisnall

In the last few days the level of chaos in the NHS created by a combination of cold weather and lack of financial resources and other factors depending on who one listens to has been capturing many headlines. It seems … Continue reading →

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The need for a major breakthrough

Posted on January 6, 2017 by ianchisnall

The idea that our railway services are in chaos is hardly a radical statement. Anyone who lives in the Southern Rail area would not need to be persuaded of that argument, and this morning the Argus newspaper carries the story … Continue reading →

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The need for a timetable

Posted on November 24, 2016 by ianchisnall

Last week in the House of Commons, Maria Caulfield the MP for Lewes raised two matters with Chris Grayling that are of great interest to many of us in Sussex and frankly his response was pathetic. Her first question was … Continue reading →

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The failure to address real issues

Posted on November 1, 2016 by ianchisnall

Over the weekend there was a disturbance in Lewes Prison which led to visits by families and friends being cancelled and the involvement of additional officers brought into the prison to bring order back to the wing on which the … Continue reading →

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Stop wasting our money

Posted on September 23, 2016 by ianchisnall

Its vital that we have an effective and dynamic Parliament, anything less is a waste of the annual 2Bn cost of running the institution. We can all see the large set piece events and debates and perhaps some of them … Continue reading →

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Minister lies over health reforms

Posted on September 16, 2016 by ianchisnall

Two weeks ago I wrote about a reorganisation to our health service which has emerged with a whimper rather than a bang. Known as Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STP) these have created new strategic organisations that will coordinate health care. They … Continue reading →

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We need a mature debate

Posted on March 7, 2016 by ianchisnall

Having watched Prime Ministers Questions on various occasions it is clear that when they are together in their Westminster debating chamber, our MPs believe that essentially anything goes and one wonders if some of them behave in a manner that … Continue reading →

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