7 May 2015 Fading Icons: The stuffing is pulled out of the National Trust by R J Thomas Injudicious if revealing words have got Dame Helen Ghosh, Director General of the National Trust, the rural land and buildings conservation group and the largest landowner in England and Wales, into boiling water with the traditionalist wing… Continue reading Issue 1: 2015 05 07 Fading Icons: The stuffing is pulled out of the National Trust
Month: May 2015
Issue 1: 2015 05 07 international news brief
7 May 2015 Week in brief: INTERNATIONAL GREECE: A delay in pension payments saw pensioners queuing at banks, emptying their accounts and breaking into a board meeting of the state pension fund to demand that it stops transferring its cash reserves to the government (an emergency decree to keep the country solvent has recently forced… Continue reading Issue 1: 2015 05 07 international news brief
Issue 1; 2015 05 07 Saudi Arabia and the Yemen.
7 May 2015 Saudi Arabia and Yemen by Neil Tidmarsh Royal decrees change the lines of succession in Saudi Arabia; reports that the Saudi-led coalition has put special forces troops on the ground in war-torn Yemen; Senegal agrees to send troops to Yemen at the invitation of Saudi Arabia; President Hollande of France was the… Continue reading Issue 1; 2015 05 07 Saudi Arabia and the Yemen.
Issue 1: 2015 05 07 contents page
7 May 2015: Issue 1 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Democracy under siege by John Watson Manipulation of the electoral system is not restricted abuses of the type identified by the Election Court as having occurred in Tower Hamlets. Parliament should look to its own processes. Saudi Arabia and Yemen by Neil Tidmarsh Just… Continue reading Issue 1: 2015 05 07 contents page
Issue 1: 2015 Democracy under siege
7 May 2015 Democracy under siege by John Watson It is not often that a 200 page legal judgement can be described as “a good read”, so the decision of the Election Court in relation to the Tower Hamlets mayoral elections of 2014 is something of an achievement. The judge, Richard Mawrey QC, is dispassionate… Continue reading Issue 1: 2015 Democracy under siege
Issue 1: 2015 05 07 Princesses, Peerages and Primogeniture
7 May 2015 Princesses, Peerages and Primogeniture by Serena Sinclair The birth of Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana has, apart from giving the populace some momentary relief from the election, once again highlighted the issue of primogeniture. This is not one that is of great concern to most of us of course, but for some… Continue reading Issue 1: 2015 05 07 Princesses, Peerages and Primogeniture
Issue 1: Crossword – Russia
7 May 2015 Crossword by Boffles How well do you know Russia? Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
