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Tag Archives: Priti Patel
Does our Government understand what accountability means?
Most politicians if challenged about making themselves accountable will argue that they get voted for by their constituents at each General Election and that is their key form of accountability. However it is clear to everyone else that setting out … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged C-19, Cathy Newman, Channel 4 News, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Emily Maitlis, GMB, Piers Morgan, Priti Patel
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Some very inspiring words – We clearly need a Law that is comparable
Over many years I have often found myself in total disagreement with David Davis on many issues, but on this occasion when he spoke yesterday I found most of his words very inspiring. My disagreement with David Davis includes the … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged David Davis, David Lammy, Priti Patel, Yarl's Wood Detention Centre
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A tragic line we’ve crossed and an ongoing lack of understanding
So yesterday the official number of people in the UK whose death was due to COVID-19 was 813 which brought the total up to 20,319. It is really distressing to read about the people who many of us have met … Continue reading
Posted in Health Reform, Journalism, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged C-19, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Daniel Hannan, Paul Waugh, Priti Patel
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Two MP’s refer to County Lines and drug issues with credible understanding
As I wrote a month ago, it is clear that at least one of our current MP’s is very ignorant when it comes to the nature of County Lines. However the debate that took place at the House of Commons … Continue reading
Posted in Justice Issues, Parliament and Democracy, Policing, Youth Issues
Tagged C-19, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Nick Thomas-Symonds, Priti Patel, Royston Smith
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Politicians training needs to be at least as effective as the standard expected of SME’s
A few days before Philip Rutnam stood up and announced his resignation as a result of what he claims is the bullying towards his staff from Priti Patel, a question arose in the House of Lords from the Labour Peer … Continue reading
Posted in Community Safety, Education, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Clive Brooke, Nicholas True, Philip Rutnam, Priti Patel
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Small business claims on behalf of the Government – are they credible?
Yesterday in the House of Commons three Tory MPs asked the same question as a starter for a discussion about small businesses “What recent steps he has taken to support small businesses” The response which came from Paul Scully who … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Environment, Immigration, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged BEIS, Kelly Tolhurst, Paul Scully, Priti Patel
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Priti Patel needs to understand how crime reduction can be achieved
One of the themes that was not very evident in the publicity around Priti Patels speech yesterday was that of crime reduction or crime prevention. Sadly the reference to crime reduction only occurred three times in her speech and crime … Continue reading
Perhaps Patel can also guide the British people who are emigrating?
It is deeply disturbing hearing and reading the comments from a number of the highest profile people in our current Governmental organisation. Although the departure of Andrew Sabisky is to be welcomed, what was much more disturbing was that he … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Andrew Sabisky, Boris Johnson, Priti Patel, Special Advisers
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So Victoria, what has occurred over the last 15 weeks?
On Wednesday David Lammy asked a question that quite reasonably came after all of the Tory MPs in our nation including 13 in Sussex voted to prevent the amendment to improve the prospect of children who are refugees from being … Continue reading
Posted in EU Referendum, Immigration, Youth Issues
Tagged Caroline Ansell, David Lammy, Gillian Keegan, Peter Bottomley, Priti Patel, Victoria Atkins
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Chief Constable Martin Hewitt is right and Patel/Johnson are wrong
This article in the Independent newspaper which is matched by similar articles in Policing Insight and Police Oracle raises the need for the Government to reverse its focus on simple tests for crime capture statistics and instead focus in part … Continue reading
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