2 July 2015: Issue 9 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment The Referendum Card by John Watson The apex of democracy or just another manoeuvre? The Refugee Crisis; Any Solutions? by Neil Tidmarsh Just what can be done about the Mediterranean migrants? Fading Icons: Digging the National Parks by J.R.Thomas The permission for the North York Moors… Continue reading Issue 9: 2015 07 02: contents
Month: July 2015
Issue 9: Crossword – Pop music
2 July 2015 Crossword by Boffles Pop music To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 9: Crossword – Pop music printable
2 July 2015 Crossword by Boffles Pop music Across 1 Aid hit for 6dn (4) 3 Brian Wilson was one (5,3) 9 Massive hit album from band with link to Lancashire seaside resort (7) 10 Member of 6dn (5) 11 America singer wandered through this uninhabited area on… Continue reading Issue 9: Crossword – Pop music printable
Issue 8: Crossword – Conflict – solution
25 June 2015 Crossword by Boffles Conflict – solution Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 9: 2015 07 02: Send and Unsend
02 July 2015 Send and Unsend By Chin Chin It was all very well for Edith Piaf to sing “Je ne regrette rien” but for most of us reality is rather different. The thoughtless word that gives too much away, the bon mot that turns out not to be so bon after all, that order… Continue reading Issue 9: 2015 07 02: Send and Unsend
Issue 9: 2015 07 02: UK News
02 July 2015 Week in Brief: UK NEWS SCOTTISH FUNDING FOR QUEEN: Following a period of misunderstanding by palace officials, the SNP has confirmed that it has no intention of cutting Scotland’s contribution to the costs of funding the monarchy. The contribution to the sovereign grant is paid out of the revenues of the Scottish part… Continue reading Issue 9: 2015 07 02: UK News
Issue 9: 2015 07 02: Opening Your Oyster
02 July 2015 Opening Your Oyster by John Watson Got a degree? Now get the job! So here you are. The exam results are through and at last, after long hard years, the education system has finally spat you out. You have achieved the degree you had hoped for and the horizon should be aglow… Continue reading Issue 9: 2015 07 02: Opening Your Oyster
Issue 9: 2015 07 02: The Referendum Card
02 July 2015 The Referendum Card by John Watson With all eyes on Greece and the prospect of a referendum, it is easy to forget that something not entirely dissimilar is going on on this side of the English Channel. Of course the political background is very different indeed. Britain is committed to austerity and… Continue reading Issue 9: 2015 07 02: The Referendum Card
Issue 9: 2015 07 02:overseas news
2 July 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS GREECE: Alexis Tsipras rejected the EU’s final deal on economic reform. Consequently, further bail-out funds were withheld so Greece failed to pay the 1.6 billion euros due to the IMF this week. Tsipras announced a referendum for this Sunday so Greece can vote for or against the austerity… Continue reading Issue 9: 2015 07 02:overseas news
Issue 9:2015 07 02:BUSINESS AND THE CITY
2 July 2015 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY BULGING WALLETS: The British Chancellor, George Osborne, has advised British tourists going on holiday to Greece to prepare for banking chaos as a Greek default on its external debts seems more and more likely. The Chancellor’s advice is to carry all the cash needed for… Continue reading Issue 9:2015 07 02:BUSINESS AND THE CITY
Issue 9: 2015 07 02:The Refugee Crisis; Any Solutions?
2 July 2015 The Refugee Crisis; Any Solutions? by Neil Tidmarsh The migrant crisis intensified this week, with violent scenes in Calais, registration procedures breaking down in Greece and Italy and the World Food Programme running out of funds to feed Syrian refugees in Jordan. Last Wednesday, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees reported that… Continue reading Issue 9: 2015 07 02:The Refugee Crisis; Any Solutions?
Issue 9: 2015 07 02: Dress For Work
02 July 2015 Dress for Work by J R Thomas Sometimes, when reading the popular prints, one’s eye glides half-seeing over a piece… then, like something glimpsed from a fast car, some rare tree or ancient Bentley behind a gate, one has to back up and have another look. That happened this morning as I… Continue reading Issue 9: 2015 07 02: Dress For Work
Issue 9: 2015 07 02: Fading Icons: Digging the National Parks
02 July 2015 Fading Icons: Digging the National Parks by J R Thomas Big ideas often take a remarkably long time to come to fruition in British politics. In the USA of the 1860’s, even before the West was finally won, the American federal government began to take public ownership of great swathes of the… Continue reading Issue 9: 2015 07 02: Fading Icons: Digging the National Parks
