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Tag Archives: Theresa May
Christmas is [nearly] over
Depending on ones point of view and tradition, Christmas is either over, as Jane Garvey and Julia Hobsbawm (I borrowed this photo from Julia) were discussing on twitter, having already taken down their Christmas decorations, has 3 days more to … Continue reading
Posted in Charities, Housing, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Homelessness, Jane Garvey, Julia Hobsbawm, Theresa May
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A New Year recommendation
One of the best bloggers that I read regularly is my friend Andy Winter, CEO of Brighton Housing Trust whose latest blog posted yesterday on the Government announcement of £1.25M for Brighton and Hove to ‘to prevent homelessness in the first … Continue reading
The future for Democracy
The following is the piece posted in todays Argus followed by a few extra words: The year ahead is going to be one of many challenges for all of our society and in the USA. We face at least 3 months … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Democracy, Donald Trump, Levellers, Theresa May
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Why do Politicians spoil Christmas?
Last Christmas I posted a blog about the seasonal message from David Cameron as Prime Minister. As I pointed out there was little wrong with the message itself, however coming from a man who had overseen five years of the … Continue reading
Posted in Church Teaching, EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Christmas, David Cameron, Justin Welby, Nigel Farage, Theresa May
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A Government out of its depth
The Attorney General, Jeremy Wright appears to be out of his depth, or else he is being undermined by people in the Government to which he belongs. When the Referendum was being planned, no one expected Brexit to be adopted. … Continue reading
Posted in EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged EU Referendum, European Union, Jeremy Wright, Parliament, Theresa May
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A deeply disturbing perspective
The news today that under the leadership of Theresa May, the Home Office offered a written proposal, tabled by Mrs May in Cabinet that the children of illegal immigrants should be moved to the worst performing schools in a given … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Education, Failing Schools, Immigration, Theresa May
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A perfect storm?
The news in the last few days tells us that Prison Officer numbers are at a point of near crisis, with almost 2000 needed across the prison estate, yet 400 more left than joined the service in the last year. … Continue reading
The benefit of open negotiations
Over the last few weeks we have all been treated to a lot of hoary nonsense about the idea of secret negotiations over our departure from the EU. It is time for people like Sajid Javid, David Davis, Jacob Rees … Continue reading
We need a reshuffle, at least
The appearance of Sajid Javid on Question Time on Thursday night from Watford showed how ill suited he is to be a Government Minister under the condition our nation faces as we must respond to the decision taken to leave … Continue reading
Posted in EU Referendum, Justice Issues
Tagged Brexit, EU Referendum, Liz Truss, Sajid Javid MP, Theresa May
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Brexit and HS2
On the face of things, there are few connections between HS2 and Brexit. The new train line connecting the North of England and London and ultimately Europe is deeply unpopular amongst some people who see it as a costly exercise … Continue reading
Posted in EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Bernard Jenkin, Brexit, HS2, John Redwood, Theresa May
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