Tag Archives: Victoria Atkins

So Victoria, what has occurred over the last 15 weeks?

Posted on February 9, 2020 by ianchisnall

On Wednesday David Lammy asked a question that quite reasonably came after all of the Tory MPs in our nation including 13 in Sussex voted to prevent the amendment to improve the prospect of children who are refugees from being … Continue reading →

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A pathetic response to a serious issue

Posted on July 25, 2019 by ianchisnall

While we wait for the dust to settle in the new Government (albeit one that was not elected) there is a myriad of issues to focus on that relate to the last few days of the previous Government. Given that … Continue reading →

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Government accepts criticism from next PM but not from other people!

Posted on June 13, 2019 by ianchisnall

The level of criticism directed at the Government by a number of the candidates campaigning to become leaders of the Government is not modest. Indeed some of the MPs who wish to lead the Tory Party or who support candidates … Continue reading →

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A cloud cuckoo Government Department (Home Office)

Posted on June 12, 2019 by ianchisnall

On Monday the Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Bow, Rushanara Ali asked the Home Secretary “What steps he is taking to tackle the rising level of knife crime” Because Sajid Javid was too busy campaigning to become the next … Continue reading →

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Government must clarify its use of CJTF

Posted on May 4, 2019 by ianchisnall

Our Government tends to adapt terminology from various sources in an attempt to sound good and sadly they often achieve nothing as a result. To clarify the term ‘task force’ which the Home Office seems to like using, NATO defined … Continue reading →

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MPs should pay attention to Victoria’s point of view

Posted on March 21, 2019 by ianchisnall

A few weeks ago Victoria Atkins made this rather radical statement as part of a debate on crime levels. It seems as though she is making a case for regional or local devolution of many things, not just policing. The … Continue reading →

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Policing promises are constantly being broken!

Posted on March 20, 2019 by ianchisnall

On the 12th March the Policing Minister Nick Hurd responded to a written question from an Essex MP regarding the resolving of organised crime. Whilst the question related to the outer London Boroughs, the answer disclosed how out of touch … Continue reading →

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Police Officer Numbers – the Home Office clearly doesn’t care!

Posted on July 18, 2018 by ianchisnall

On Monday four MPs and a Government Minister took part in a short debate on the theme of Police Officer numbers. The failure of the Government Minister to respond in a meaningful way to any of the questions shows how … Continue reading →

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