Tag Archives: Vote Leave

It is clearly time to get this list of claims clarified

Posted on August 5, 2020 by ianchisnall

So a twitter today by Martin Davies has published this image and if this is correct, it is clearly time for Brexit to be suspended, even though we are close to the last minute. If this data is accurate then … Continue reading →

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The Anti-Democratic Elephant trying to get into the room

Posted on March 2, 2019 by ianchisnall

As we approach Brexit with a matter of hours till midnight, this piece in todays Telegraph should be sufficient to make all voters demand a new and much more coherent referendum before we leave the EU and are forced into … Continue reading →

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A clear line has been crossed

Posted on June 3, 2018 by ianchisnall

  A couple of days ago the Charity Commission published a case report on an educational charity and one of the research documents it had published. The commission states “Whilst we considered that the trustees do recognise the need for … Continue reading →

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Who really gets to make our laws?

Posted on December 20, 2017 by ianchisnall

One of the issues that has been debated by Parliament in recent days is how will the EU laws be transferred to the British statute books as we leave the EU. Will it be Ministers or Parliament itself that gets … Continue reading →

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What to do with £140m of public money

Posted on September 17, 2017 by ianchisnall

The way in which we spend public money or rather how it is spent on our behalf varies wildly depending on ones point of view. This weekend Boris Johnson has written a piece in the Telegraph, once again promoting the … Continue reading →

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Choose arguments with precision

Posted on August 13, 2017 by ianchisnall

In an opinion piece in todays Guardian Online, Anne McElvoy writes about how those of us who voted to Remain in the EU and still believe that doing so was the right line to take should respond as the problems … Continue reading →

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A man to unite the whole country?

Posted on September 13, 2016 by ianchisnall

In the light of our vote to leave the EU, by 52% to 48% there could not be much more evidence of division within the nation. The fact that only 72% of us did turn out means that in one … Continue reading →

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Stay or Leave, promises must be kept

Posted on June 22, 2016 by ianchisnall

The impending vote (accepting that many have already voted) tomorrow means that by Friday we will know the outcome. We will either be out for good or remaining at least for a generation. Prior to the vote, promises and inferences … Continue reading →

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An expensive driving lesson

Posted on May 28, 2016 by ianchisnall

Considering that Vote Leave have been arguing that the EU wastes money in a profligate manner, it seems bizarre that their campaign has spent £175,000 to hire a French built lorry from a Dartford trucking company along with the driver … Continue reading →

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In whose name?

Posted on May 12, 2016 by ianchisnall

The pathetic and ridiculous over reaction by the Vote Leave campaign over the decision by ITV to invite Nigel Farage to debate the EU with David Cameron reveals an insight into the way in which such debates and hustings are … Continue reading →

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