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Tag Archives: Theresa May
Five Sussex MPs took part in the Afghanistan debate
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
Thank you for opposing your appalling Government
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
MPs such as in Sussex need to start communicating more widely
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
Posted in Parliament and Democracy, Syria, Yemen
Tagged Foreign Aid, Israel, Overseas Development Aid, Palestine, Peter Bottomley, Theresa May
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The first day back into Parliament for our MPs
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
The greater our unity at home, the stronger our influence abroad
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
Posted in EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Boris Johnson, David Cameron, Foreign Aid, Peter Bottomley, Theresa May
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MPs like John Hayes have created these problems
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
Posted in Economics, EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Boris Johnson, Good Friday Agreement, John Hayes, Theresa May
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Government defends broken promises and International laws
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
A NON – Independent Review of Administrative Law
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
Can we help Edward Leigh by forming a 2020 Recall Act?
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
Can we ask all Governments to permanently maintain listening mode?
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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