Tag Archives: MPs

How our elected representatives can get things wrong

Posted on September 17, 2011 by ianchisnall

None of us can be expected to be right all the time, but in political terms Dr Caroline Lucas MP whose face appears on the banner photo above this blog has made a number of very good public judgements since her election in … Continue reading →

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The turkey’s should vote for an even better Christmas!

Posted on September 13, 2011 by ianchisnall

Today the Boundary Commission has released proposals for changes to Parliamentary constituencies to take effect after the 2015 General Election (so in effect for 2020). The impact of these changes will be to reduce the number of MPs from 650 to 600. This is part of wider electoral reform … Continue reading →

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A new political paradigm

Posted on August 29, 2011 by ianchisnall

Our political processes and structures are about to undergo a period of change as the number of parliamentary constituencies are reduced to 600 from the current 650. However this change will not improve the public attitude towards those who make decisions on our behalf. … Continue reading →

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Benefits a safety net, not a reward for being good

Posted on August 24, 2011 by ianchisnall

At the time of posting over 219,000 people in the UK have signed an e-petition requesting that the Government withdraws benefits from any of the rioters who have been convicted for offences committed in London in recent weeks. The threshold for the Government to consider … Continue reading →

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Can we let the public Decide?

Posted on August 17, 2011 by ianchisnall

A great deal of attention is apparently being paid to the views and feelings of the British public in the court sentences being meted out to those involved in this months riots. During Tuesday evenings Newsnight on BBC2, two MPs spoke to justify taking public opinion into account and … Continue reading →

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The last 10 days have been a difficult time for many of us in a number of ways. Not everyone has the certainty of a regular holiday, so sympathy for Boris and Dave who under some duress (particularly on the part of the … Continue reading →

Posted on August 14, 2011 by ianchisnall | 2 Comments

The taste of ones own medicine

Posted on July 6, 2011 by ianchisnall

The headlines today are a culmination of the story that has been running for several years, but perhaps things are now drawing to a head? This story is of course something relatively localised to one group of people out of … Continue reading →

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