Tag Archives: Robert Halfon

Our society must care for the old and the young

Posted on February 11, 2019 by ianchisnall

The experience that Robert Halfon MP has recently publicised of elderly residents from his Essex constituency ringing his office for news updates because their local paper is no longer available in printed format clearly makes an argument  for people to … Continue reading →

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Diversity, motivation and future ideas!

Posted on November 23, 2018 by ianchisnall

This week some of the young people who attend a University that is where a disproportionate number of Cabinet members are educated took a trip to the House of Commons and as the tweet makes clear listened to what they … Continue reading →

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A failure to grasp a vital issue

Posted on March 16, 2018 by ianchisnall

The image shown here is from the ‘They work for You’ website which displays how our MPs and Peers who are paid to represent us handle the public speeches they make in Parliament. The question from Robert Halfon is an … Continue reading →

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Robert deserves a proper answer

Posted on February 20, 2018 by ianchisnall

This year has been designated in the UK as ‘2018 – The Year of Engineering’. Yesterday I had the privilege of visiting the University of Kent at Canterbury to speak to a group of 3rd year Electronic Engineering Students to … Continue reading →

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Lets have a level playing field

Posted on December 2, 2017 by ianchisnall

At the end of the Summer period in Parliament back in July 2016 following the nation changing referendum along with the resignation of David Cameron and the appointment of Theresa May as his successor, a report emerged from Parliament that … Continue reading →

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A Government job creation scheme

Posted on October 26, 2017 by ianchisnall

When the Conservatives came to power they prided themselves on reducing the head count in the Government and in the public sector more widely. At the Conservative Party Conference in October 2009 David Cameron stated “We will have to tear down Labour’s … Continue reading →

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Corruption in Education

Posted on September 6, 2017 by ianchisnall

Over the Summer one of the topics being debated in the press as well as on social media was the pay of senior people in our Universities. One focus of this was the pay of the Vice Chancellor of Bath … Continue reading →

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