Tag Archives: MPs

A busy day

Posted on August 24, 2015 by ianchisnall

According to CNN late yesterday afternoon 4,400 migrants have been rescued from the coast of Libya in the space of 24 hours, in a massive international rescue operation involving several ships. The migrants were pulled from 22 vessels, including rubber dinghies, … Continue reading →

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Lets see some Leadership George

Posted on July 25, 2015 by ianchisnall

The announcement earlier this week that George Osborne wants all Government departments to identify 40% savings across their budgets is something of a smokescreen. Some Departments will come up with savings that are real and achievable, others will struggle to … Continue reading →

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Empty gesture Politics

Posted on June 12, 2015 by ianchisnall

A local MP has published on social media how he will determine which charities should benefit from his largesse of giving away this years pay rise. Up and down the country other MPs will be making similar gestures. Perhaps some … Continue reading →

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Who sets the salary?

Posted on March 4, 2015 by ianchisnall

The news that a select group of Universities have been paying their Vice Chancellors in excess of half a Million pounds per year comes hard on the heels of research that shows that a small number of charities are paying … Continue reading →

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Be a do gooder

Posted on January 3, 2015 by ianchisnall

According to twitter one of the items that has excited the Sun newspaper today is a critique of the Labour Party by the wife of one of its MPs, that the party has been “hijacked by middle class do gooders & career … Continue reading →

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Out of touch

Posted on December 23, 2014 by ianchisnall

I have written several blogs about the decision by the coalition Government to gag charities in the period prior to General Elections through the Lobbying Act. I have spoken to others involved in the charitable sector whose concerns echo my own and perhaps unsurprisingly a number … Continue reading →

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English Devolution

Posted on November 24, 2014 by ianchisnall

According to news reports this weekend, David Cameron who promised us all greater sovereignty as part of the settlement for the Scottish voters in the hours after the referendum in September, has now ruled out tax raising powers for English Cities. … Continue reading →

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Our Government needs higher ambitions

Posted on September 30, 2014 by ianchisnall

Yesterday one of the UKs most responsible public servants stood up in the presence of many other people who are being paid by the State to represent you and me and made a speech regarding his ambition to reduce the … Continue reading →

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Closed for Business

Posted on July 22, 2014 by ianchisnall

One of the challenges of our polarised Parliament is that the collective grasp of our 650 MPs on many subjects is a great deal worse than the breadth of constituents that they seek to represent. This means that in practice … Continue reading →

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What just happened?

Posted on July 11, 2014 by ianchisnall

Its not easy to persuade some local MPs to spend the time needed to explain why they vote as they do. This is complicated by the fact that for each of us, there is only one MP in theory who … Continue reading →

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