21 May 2015 Not quite gentlemen: will the Guardian go back to Manchester? by John Watson Readers familiar with Conan Doyle’s Brigadier Gerard stories (and if you haven’t read them you should – they are every bit as good as Sherlock Holmes), will remember the one about his escape from Dartmoor. In his flight across… Continue reading Issue3: 2015 05 21:Not quite gentlemen: will the Guardian go back to Manchester?
Month: May 2015
Issue3:2015 05 21:‘Well, I never heard it before, but it sounds uncommon nonsense’ (Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland )
21 May 2015 ‘Well, I never heard it before, but it sounds uncommon nonsense’ (Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland ) by Lynda Goetz Last week head teacher Janet Felkin was apparently cleared of a ‘disability hate crime’. A what?! I checked my copy of George Orwell’s ‘1984’ and could only find reference to a ‘thought… Continue reading Issue3:2015 05 21:‘Well, I never heard it before, but it sounds uncommon nonsense’ (Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland )
Issue 3 :2015 05 21: Samauri Rising
21 May 2015 SAMURAI RISING by Neil Tidmarsh Should we be worried or reassured by Japan’s move away from its ‘peace clause’? This week, the deputy commander of the Royal Marines, Brigadier Richard Spencer, has been advising Japan on the creation of a marine commando force. Last week, Japan announced that it is hoping to… Continue reading Issue 3 :2015 05 21: Samauri Rising
Issue3: 2015 05 21:Welcome to Ourtown; twinned with Votreville
21 May 2015 Welcome to Ourtown; twinned with Votreville by Lynda Goetz Is there a future for Town Twinning? As the smiling young waitress cleared the plates, the attractive, petite French (or rather Bretonne) woman in her early 40s laughed and handed her phone across the table to me by way of response… Continue reading Issue3: 2015 05 21:Welcome to Ourtown; twinned with Votreville
Issue 3: 2015 05 21:Harriered to Death
21 May 2015 Harriered to Death by R.J. Thomas On a northern hillside there are strange goings on. Half hidden in a heather moor above the Forest of Bowland in North Lancashire are a small group of camouflaged figures, with survival rations and powerful binoculars, keeping a round the clock vigil. This is not,… Continue reading Issue 3: 2015 05 21:Harriered to Death
Issue3:2015 05 21:In a Pickle
21 May 2015 In a Pickle by R J Thomas Whatever has happened to Eric Pickles? He is, with the greatest respect, hardly a man you could miss. Large, jovial, and free spoken with a disarming northern bluntness, he has been the living embodiment that there is Tory life north of Retford – even if… Continue reading Issue3:2015 05 21:In a Pickle
Issue 3:2015 05 21:A robot amongst the sharks
21 May 2015 A robot amongst the sharks by Chin Chin If you’re looking forward to the time when a driverless car will sweep you towards your business meetings as you prepare the paperwork in the back, you may be due for something of a disappointment. Before long, you won’t be going to business meetings… Continue reading Issue 3:2015 05 21:A robot amongst the sharks
Issue 3: 2015 May 21; letter
21 May 2015 Letters The Human Rights Act Sirs, I was disappointed to see the otherwise excellent and balanced “Shaw Sheet” falling under the spell of the little Islanders with the suggestion that the Human Rights Act gives the European Court of Human Rights jurisdiction in the UK. The UK was one of the first… Continue reading Issue 3: 2015 May 21; letter
Issue 3:2015 05 21: UK news
21 May 2015 Week in Brief: UK NEWS PRINCE CHARLES: 27 letters between the Prince of Wales and Labour ministers were released under the Freedom of Information Act following legal action by the Guardian newspaper. The subjects covered include herbal medicine, the badger cull and the need for additional aircraft for the armed services involved… Continue reading Issue 3:2015 05 21: UK news
Issue3:2015 05 21: Business and the City
21 May 2015 Week in brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY . DEFLATION: For the first time for many years official government figures showed that the UK economy is in deflation, with the measuring basket of prices falling 0.1% in the last year (to end of April). This is caused by a range of factors, but… Continue reading Issue3:2015 05 21: Business and the City
Issue 3:2015 05 21: overseas news
21 May 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS GREECE: Members of the Greek government called for the resignation of the governor of the central bank, Yannis Stournaras, for concealing from them the existence of an emergency holding account of 650 million euros (a reserve asset created by the IMF in 1969). Such funds are… Continue reading Issue 3:2015 05 21: overseas news
Issue2:2015 05 14; contents page
14 May 2015: Issue 2 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Snubbing Putin: should the British Lion have accepted the invitation to the Russian Bear’s party after all? by Neil Tidmarsh An analysis of whether it was right to keep away from Red Square because of the Ukraine Aftermath by John Watson Some suggestions as… Continue reading Issue2:2015 05 14; contents page
Issue 2: 2015 05 14: Aftermath
14 May 2015 Aftermath by John Watson One of the sadder sights of Thursday night was that of the constitutional pundits leaving the offices of the various broadcasters and newspapers. The cold light of dawn, which revealed that the Conservatives would achieve an absolute majority, meant the end of what had looked like a nice… Continue reading Issue 2: 2015 05 14: Aftermath
