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Tag Archives: Philip Hammond MP
How to Alienate half of a Nation by accusing us of being Anti-Semitic?
The memoir written by Toby Young in 2011, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People appears to be reappearing in this tweet a couple of days ago which has claimed that when Philip Hammond attacked the Boris Brexit backers in … Continue reading
Posted in EU Referendum, Journalism
Tagged Anti-Semitism, Philip Hammond MP, Toby Young
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A very very tough mandate, if it really exists
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
Policing promises are constantly being broken!
On the 12th March the Policing Minister Nick Hurd responded to a written question from an Essex MP regarding the resolving of organised crime. Whilst the question related to the outer London Boroughs, the answer disclosed how out of touch … Continue reading
Philip it is clearly time to end the freeze
In a debate on 26th February on the subject of Universal Credit, Frank made a statement that included the following few words regarding the budget which is to take place on Wednesday. Let us hope that Philip Hammond will have … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Parliament and Democracy, Welfare Reform
Tagged Frank Field, Harold Macmillan, Philip Hammond MP
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Government must correct Gavin’s speech
Listening to Philip Hammond on Radio 4 Today this morning it is very clear that the grasp of how offensive and damaging the recent speech by Gavin Williamson (covered in my blog here) was outside of the tall and solid … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Gavin Williamson, Philip Hammond MP
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Public sector workers getting strangely mixed messages
Last Friday in Parliament this question and answer (only the first few lines are shown here, the rest of the answer can be seen on this website) took place and on the face of things, there is no reason for … Continue reading
An inspiring 28 minutes
The focus by Politicians and Industry on vehicles that can be powered by electricity and eventually be self driven has sadly led to all sorts of ignorance being demonstrated in a manner that is bound to create disappointment and cynicism. … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Education, Environment, Parliament and Democracy, STEM
Tagged Clare Gray, Philip Hammond MP, STEM
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“We’re introducing” means very little!
In last weeks budget Philip Hammond made the following statement We’re introducing T-levels. And today I provide a further £20m to support FE colleges to prepare for them. Whilst this was hardly a detailed statement, it did indicate a sense of immediacy, … Continue reading
A week is a long time in Politics
Once a week my blog appears as a column in the Argus newspaper under the heading ‘I do like Mondays’. This is today’s piece: Last week should have been important for most people in the UK as two … Continue reading
Will bribing Schools add up?
The decision by Philip Hammond to offer a £600 Bribe to Schools that manage to persuade their students who have passed Maths at GCSE to then go onto Maths A Level is deeply worrying. Society is crying out for better … Continue reading
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