Tag Archives: Newsnight

Training people in low skills is needed?

Posted on May 10, 2017 by ianchisnall

In an interview on Monday night’s newsnight, Iain Duncan Smith explains what sort of barriers to immigration he believes that the Government will impose post Brexit. He was interviewed by Emily Maitlis who carefully asked who would be let in. … Continue reading →

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Silence is hard to achieve

Posted on March 24, 2017 by ianchisnall

The last few hours since the terrible attack on Westminster have seen a wide range of responses from people some of which are almost as appalling as the attack itself. Two public responses that have stood out came from Simon … Continue reading →

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A clash of thinking

Posted on October 27, 2015 by ianchisnall

Last night on Newsnight Jacob Rees Mogg, raised his well rehearsed arguments about how the Lords had got above themselves and that this vote against a matter involving spending was a constitutional outrage. However Baroness Hollis took merely a few … Continue reading →

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Lets focus on what the nation needs

Posted on January 6, 2015 by ianchisnall

The dispiriting interview on last nights Newsnight with Michael Gove and the earlier ‘debates’ between Chris Leslie (Labour) and Matthew Hancock (Conservative) which took place separately on both BBC and Channel 4 have provided the evidence that unless something changes the … Continue reading →

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New Politics for a new Year!

Posted on January 7, 2014 by ianchisnall

The opening piece on last nights Newsnight picked up on a theme that had been running all day on the BBC, we are 15 months from a General Election. The Conservative Party has been making statements about spending plans for … Continue reading →

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We should welcome scrutiny

Posted on December 5, 2013 by ianchisnall

In my blog yesterday, I responded to the inept suggestion from Margaret Hodge that the current work of the Charity Commission should be passed to the Tax Office (HMRC) because she believes that they could do a better job. Whilst I was working … Continue reading →

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Consultation deniers

Posted on October 27, 2013 by ianchisnall

The timing of the Newsnight interview with Russell Brand and this piece of analysis by Mark Easton of the BBC could not be more inconvenient for the Government and for Parliament as a whole. While Russell was explaining his desire for a … Continue reading →

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The Brand Manifesto

Posted on October 24, 2013 by ianchisnall

Last nights Newsnight interview between Jeremy Paxman and Russell Brand on the  failure of the UK Political System is a worthwhile watch if you can spare 8 minutes, I have included it below in case you do have the chance to do … Continue reading →

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Bedroom Tax, we can fix it, or perhaps we can’t

Posted on September 19, 2013 by ianchisnall

One of the features on Newsnight last night was a discussion on the Governments single room subsidy or bedroom tax policy. The topic was chosen by the Newsnight team, fronted by Emily Maitlis following the release of some data that had been gathered by the … Continue reading →

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