If you find any of these posts relevant to some of the social or political issues of the moment do leave a comment or contact me directly (click on my photo for my contact details)
Blog Stats
- 73,937 hits
-
Recent Posts
Archives
Top Rated
Categories
- Afghanistan (27)
- Brighton & Hove (602)
- Casey Review (5)
- Charities (493)
- Church Teaching (102)
- Community Safety (267)
- Data Retention and Investigatory Powers (17)
- Deaf & Hard of Hearing (60)
- Economics (540)
- Education (411)
- Environment (202)
- EU Referendum (537)
- Health Reform (110)
- Housing (77)
- Immigration (106)
- Journalism (128)
- Justice Issues (219)
- Lobbying Bill (65)
- Network Rail (61)
- Obituary (20)
- Parliament and Democracy (2,934)
- Phone Hacking (7)
- Planning Rules (56)
- Police & Crime Commissioner (202)
- Policing (391)
- Scottish Referendum (21)
- STEM (46)
- Syria (90)
- Think Tanks (15)
- UK Riots in August 2011 (15)
- Ukraine (14)
- Uncategorized (48)
- Welfare Reform (72)
- Yemen (44)
- Youth Issues (379)
Twitter Updates
- I was delighted to attend on behalf of @AshdownAV you did a fantastic presentation and very welcome approach twitter.com/GBMETcoll/stat… 6 minutes ago
- The Government must provide more funds for @FareShareUK as expressed by @jessicamordenmp and @ChrisStephens (and as… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 8 hours ago
- Hi @Tracy37162125 @StirFromBelow @LawnShapes @edwasp @landreferencing this is my blog today - The Lower Thames Cros… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 19 hours ago
- The Lower Thames Crossing is proposed with over 1 Million trees to replace some of the challenges created by the im… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 22 hours ago
- Amber Rudd
- Andrew Griffith
- Boris Johnson
- Brexit
- Brighton & Hove
- Brighton & Hove City Council
- C-19
- Caroline Ansell
- Caroline Lucas
- Charities
- Charity Commission
- Charity Commission for England and Wales
- Chris Grayling
- Conservative Party
- Coronavirus
- COVID-19
- Daily Telegraph
- Daniel Hannan
- David Cameron
- David Davis
- Democracy
- Department for Education
- Donald Trump
- Eric Pickles
- EU Referendum
- European Union
- FareShare
- Foodbanks
- George Osborne
- Gillian Keegan
- Government
- Green Party
- Henry Smith
- Home Office
- House of Commons
- House of Lords
- Huw Merriman
- Iain Duncan Smith
- Independent Candidates
- Jacob Rees-Mogg
- Jeremy Corbyn
- Jeremy Hunt
- Katy Bourne
- Keir Starmer
- Labour Party
- Lib Dem Party
- Lloyd Russell-Moyle
- Lobbying Bill
- Local government
- Maria Caulfield
- Matthew Hancock
- Member of Parliament
- Michael Gove
- MPs
- NHS
- Nick Gibb
- Nigel Farage
- Nusrat Ghani
- Parliament
- Peter Bottomley
- Peter Kyle
- Police and Crime Commissioner
- Priti Patel
- Sajid Javid MP
- Sally-Ann Hart
- Small Businesses
- SME
- Sussex
- Sussex Police
- Syria
- Theresa May
- Tim Loughton
- Tony Blair
- UKIP
- YMCA Downslink Group
Tag Archives: Street Pastors
Black History Month – A small number of our Champions
Earlier this week the new MP for Erith and Thamesmead, Abena Oppong-Asare opened up a debate in the House of Commons on the theme of Black History Month. Although Abena has only been an MP since the last General Election … Continue reading
A very disturbing tweet from someone the Government respects
It is clear that Daniel Hannan who was a Conservative MEP for the South East region from 1999 till the beginning of this year was well respected by the political party as he was elected as leader of the regional … Continue reading
How do we combine our motivation for change?
This weekend in Brighton large parts of the city will be celebrating Pride as it falls within a few days of the 50th Anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality. Last weekend I was in Liverpool where they were celebrating … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Charities, Church Teaching, Policing
Tagged Boomtown, Brighton & Hove, Liverpool, New Wine, Paul Bayes, Street Pastors
Leave a comment
Greater licensing power for our Councils
Today’s blog also appears in The Argus newspaper and relates to the night time economy which is a big issue here in Sussex: Over the last few weeks, putting the nonsense of Easter Egg hunts aside, Government attention appears to all … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Charities, Community Safety, Parliament and Democracy, Policing, Youth Issues
Tagged Alcohol, Council, Police, Street Pastors
Leave a comment
Thank you for all you did last night
Every weekend in most of our major towns and cities the night time economy is supported by a range of volunteers who give up their time to keep the party goers, stag do’s and other drinkers and dancers safe. Its … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Charities, Church Teaching, Community Safety, Policing
Tagged Police, Red Cross, Street Pastors, YMCA
Leave a comment
Creative thinking produces results
Last night in Brighton and Hove the Council managed to pass the budget for the next financial year on its second attempt. One of the areas which has suffered, but thankfully not as much as could easily have been the … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Charities, Community Safety, Parliament and Democracy, Police & Crime Commissioner, Policing, Youth Issues
Tagged Brighton and Hove City Council, Brighton Beach Patrol, Community Works, Joanna Martindale, Nighttime Economy, Safe Space, Street Pastors, YMCA Downslink Group
Leave a comment
The challenge of inflexible budgets
I spent yesterday at an event which was focused on the nighttime economy in Brighton & Hove and how the infrastructure in the City which is provided by the statutory agencies is supported and extended by volunteers and services provided … Continue reading
The Challenge we all face
I have lived in Brighton since the late 1970s and the town and now city has always attracted men and occasionally women to find refuge on our beach or streets. This is not a challenge limited to Brighton & Hove, … Continue reading
A man who has missed the point
At the recent Conservative Party Conference, the Institute of Economic Affairs, a rightwing pressure group hosted numerous fringe meetings within the steel cordon that keeps unwelcome visitors at bay. One of these meetings was on the theme of whether the state … Continue reading
Dear Alison McGovern
I note from Hansard that on Wednesday you spoke up in Parliament as part of the debate on the budget as did my own MP, Caroline Lucas. Hansard lists your role as shadow Education Minister this suggests you are one of … Continue reading