Tag Archives: Theresa May

Five Sussex MPs took part in the Afghanistan debate

Posted on August 23, 2021 by ianchisnall

The unexpected return to Parliament last Tuesday was clearly necessary given what took place in Afghanistan a few days earlier. Many of the people who spoke set out legitimate calls for the Government to do more in terms of actions … Continue reading →

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Thank you for opposing your appalling Government

Posted on July 14, 2021 by ianchisnall

The 2019 Conservative Manifesto stated very clearly as shown here that they would “proudly maintain their commitment to spend 0.7% of our Gross National Income on development and do more to help countries receiving aid become self-sufficient” They never focused … Continue reading →

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MPs such as in Sussex need to start communicating more widely

Posted on June 14, 2021 by ianchisnall

Whenever our Parliament is open, it in theory provides an opportunity for MPs to support or challenge views or actions from other settings. The extent to which this can take place is partly controlled by the Government that often closes … Continue reading →

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The first day back into Parliament for our MPs

Posted on June 7, 2021 by ianchisnall

Today is the start of a new half term in Schools and the return to Parliament by MPs after their own week away. This week also involves a visit to Cornwall by representatives of many countries under the title of … Continue reading →

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The greater our unity at home, the stronger our influence abroad

Posted on April 8, 2021 by ianchisnall

I wrote a piece yesterday on the theme of our nations Foreign Aid provision that a local Tory MP pointed out was promised in his 2019 Manifesto and several previous manifestos. Along with that MP there are a number of … Continue reading →

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MPs like John Hayes have created these problems

Posted on March 5, 2021 by ianchisnall

There are a significant number of Conservative and indeed DUP MPs and even some Labour MPs who were very strongly of the opinion that our departure from the EU would be the right thing to do, with no consideration of … Continue reading →

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Government defends broken promises and International laws

Posted on September 9, 2020 by ianchisnall

Clearly some people chuck away manifestos soon after they have decided who to vote for and indeed obtaining a manifesto and reading it before voting is not common behaviour either. Indeed this is one of the challenges of a party … Continue reading →

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A NON – Independent Review of Administrative Law

Posted on September 2, 2020 by ianchisnall

Yesterday was the first day back for Parliament and so the Government was finally able to announce to the MPs its plans which it made at the end of July to hold what they claim will be an “Independent Review … Continue reading →

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Can we help Edward Leigh by forming a 2020 Recall Act?

Posted on June 25, 2020 by ianchisnall

On Tuesday in the House of Commons several significant things happened, some of which have already been covered in yesterdays blog which focused on the very poor approach taken by the Prime Minister toward settings such as Sussex seafront locations. … Continue reading →

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Can we ask all Governments to permanently maintain listening mode?

Posted on May 20, 2020 by ianchisnall

This morning on the Radio it was announced that Robert Buckland had announced that in the light of the reactions from a range of Councils and Teachers that the Government was going to set out in listening mode over the … Continue reading →

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