Tag Archives: Simon Kirby

A bit of a muddle in parliament

Posted on April 23, 2017 by ianchisnall

When Parliamentary questions are being directed at matters that are of concern to local residents, it is inevitable that people will listen to every word and want the MP concerned to squeeze every last drop of value out of the … Continue reading →

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Time for all voices to be heard

Posted on April 3, 2017 by ianchisnall

The following item is published in this mornings Argus Newspaper: The news that we have finally enacted Article 50 has left many Sussex residents feeling disturbed and ignored by our Government. The outcome of the referendum was far from overwhelming … Continue reading →

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A man living in fantasy land

Posted on March 18, 2017 by ianchisnall

On Thursday Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown wrote the daily opinion piece in The Argus newspaper. It was entitled ‘We must reunite behind the country after the Brexit vote’ and in the piece he goes on to say “Whilst I … Continue reading →

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A tale of 3 campaigns

Posted on February 14, 2015 by ianchisnall

In the last week, thanks to social media and email, I have seen three classic examples of how distant from the electorate our Party Political hopefuls really are when it comes to their public communications: Labour – late yesterday afternoon I received an … Continue reading →

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Credit where it is due

Posted on December 7, 2013 by ianchisnall

Regular readers of this blog will know that for the last month, a recurring theme has been the disaster which is the ‘Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill 2013-14′. I won’t repeat my previous comments here … Continue reading →

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Its on our tab

Posted on September 7, 2013 by ianchisnall

The cost of running our Parliamentary democracy is a substantial sum, according to a BBC website from 2009 which suggests that following some cost cutting the annual cost had reduced to around £500M. I could not find any more up to date … Continue reading →

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Another Political Disconnect

Posted on August 28, 2013 by ianchisnall

I wrote yesterday about the failure of Theresa May to take people trafficking seriously for over 6 years, and then her welcome but unexpected decision to introduce additional legislation during this governmental year, even though no mention was made of … Continue reading →

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Simon needs to stop talking rubbish

Posted on July 14, 2013 by ianchisnall

The Bin Dispute in Brighton & Hove began in earnest on the 14th June with a seven day walkout. This followed many weeks of failed attempts to resolve the issues that lie behind the strike. Behind this lies many years of … Continue reading →

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