Tag Archives: Priti Patel

Where does charity begin?

Posted on January 24, 2018 by ianchisnall

A number of MPs over recent years have challenged charities for making high payments to senior workers. I have written several times on this blog about such attacks. Most of these challenges have come from right wing MPs whose challenge … Continue reading →

Posted in Charities, Parliament and Democracy | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Kakistocracy: “Government by the worst people.”

Posted on December 4, 2017 by ianchisnall

If we were watching a satirical TV series in which the President of the USA re-tweeted deeply offensive messages without checking their veracity or source, the ability to switch off the screen or choose a different programme might make the … Continue reading →

Posted in Parliament and Democracy | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Political destruction by 1000 ‘resignations’

Posted on November 9, 2017 by ianchisnall

The inability by members of the Conservative Party to understand the seriousness of their failure as a Government as a whole is deeply concerning. As these two tweets indicate the Foreign Secretary believes Ministers should be free to jettison the … Continue reading →

Posted in Parliament and Democracy | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

A fair years pay?

Posted on February 8, 2017 by ianchisnall

On a number of occasions I have written here about comments by members of this Government regarding the pay packages of senior workers in charities. All too often they focus their ire on those earning sums in excess of £100,000 … Continue reading →

Posted in Charities, Economics, Parliament and Democracy | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Good news for Shawcross and Patel

Posted on January 25, 2017 by ianchisnall

  Its not too difficult when trawling through newspapers and online magazines to find comments by (mostly Conservative) MPs and (Conservative Party supporter) William Shawcross, the Chairman of the Charity Commission which criticise the level of pay which charities award … Continue reading →

Posted in Charities, Parliament and Democracy | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Can’t spot the wood for the trees

Posted on December 20, 2016 by ianchisnall

In the news in the last couple of days a number of stories have emerged that shows an incoherence amongst the men and women who are making decisions on our behalf. It appears that at a meeting of the International … Continue reading →

Posted in Charities, Parliament and Democracy | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

We need a Rand and Chris

Posted on September 24, 2016 by ianchisnall

The collective ears of the Yemeni nation must have been burning on Wednesday, and one assumes they were attuned to events taking place in two major American Cities. Whilst the outcome may not seem hugely significant, if there is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Parliament and Democracy, Yemen | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

We need expertise, not biased ignorance

Posted on April 28, 2016 by ianchisnall

This morning the MP for Witham, Priti Patel was speaking about the EU referendum on Radio 4, a subject for which her views are already very well known. She was after all a member of the Referendum Party before joining … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Be seen and not heard

Posted on March 3, 2016 by ianchisnall

Its disturbing how ill prepared the Politicians who ostensibly run our nation are for the real world around them. They have got used to bullying and controlling the public sector to do as they are told and stay quiet until … Continue reading →

Posted in Charities, EU Referendum, Lobbying Bill, Parliament and Democracy | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Everyone counts

Posted on July 24, 2015 by ianchisnall

Together we seem pretty bad at caring for a small number of vulnerable people and those with needs that are not the experience of most of us. Few of us are ever likely to end up in a police cell … Continue reading →

Posted in Parliament and Democracy, Police & Crime Commissioner | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment