20 August 2015: Issue 16 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Now I’m a Union Man by J.R.Thomas Finding a way forward for British Trade Unionism Tourism v Terrorism by Neil Tidmarsh A source of hope in Gaza Duty Free Sales- a nasty piece of bullying by John Watson A slander exploded Features Education for All… Continue reading Issue16:2015 08 20 Contents
Month: August 2015
Issue 16: Crossword – Somewhat comic – solution
20 August 2015 Crossword by Boffles Somewhat comic – solution Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 17: 2015 08 27: Tianjin: It Tolls For Thee
27 August 2015 Tianjin: It Tolls For Thee By John Watson Children with a taste for philosophy used to ask each other a difficult question. “Which would you prefer,” they would say, “the death of someone close to you or the deaths of 1 million foreigners?” That was of course a trap. Any child would… Continue reading Issue 17: 2015 08 27: Tianjin: It Tolls For Thee
Issue 17: Crossword – A Middle-Eastern flavour – printable
27 August 2015 Crossword by Boffles We regret that due to technical issues this week’s crossword is only available in printable form A Middle-Eastern flavour Across 1 Jewish lady commemorated in a Book for her drastic treatment of Holofernes (6) 4 Civil and religious successor of Muhammad (6) 9 How many were… Continue reading Issue 17: Crossword – A Middle-Eastern flavour – printable
Issue 17:2015 08 27:Internships
27 August 2015 Internships by Lynda Goetz A useful career move or an exploitation of young people? ‘All Apprenticeships are real jobs so all apprentices earn a salary’ (GOV.UK A Guide to Apprenticeships). Unfortunately for those looking for on-the-job training in the so-called white-collar world, internships are not only frequently unpaid, they… Continue reading Issue 17:2015 08 27:Internships
Issue 17:2015 08 27: BUSINESS AND THE CITY
27 August 2015 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY BLACK MONDAY?: So the Tuesday headlines might have had you believe. Certainly stock markets round the world dropped very abruptly, and the cause is very easy to find – the faltering of the Chinese economy. China has had a long run of economic growth, around twenty… Continue reading Issue 17:2015 08 27: BUSINESS AND THE CITY
Issue 17: 2015 08 27: A Matter of Style
27 August 2015 A Matter of Style by Chin Chin Well, we’ve all got some explaining to do; all of us, that is, who dragged our children to antique fairs stifling their protests with the mantra “It is a great investment. One day you will thank me. They don’t make more of them. Values can… Continue reading Issue 17: 2015 08 27: A Matter of Style
Issue 17:20015 08 27: International News
27 August 2015 Week in Brief:INTERNATIONAL NEWS BANGLADESH: Counter-terrorism police have arrested three supreme court lawyers accused of financing a militant Islamic group. BRAZIL: Eduardo Cunha, the Speaker of the Lower House of Congress, has been charged with receiving bribes of £3 million in the scandal engulfing Petrobas, the state-owned oil company. Scientific tests in… Continue reading Issue 17:20015 08 27: International News
Issue 17: 2015 08 27;Dogs and their Owners
27 August 2015 Dogs and their Owners by Serena Sinclair It has long been noted that people often buy dogs which reflect aspects of their appearance or personality. The cartoonists have had great fun with the images of lanky, long-haired models with look-alike Afghan hounds or the primped poodles with similarly beribboned owners. We tend… Continue reading Issue 17: 2015 08 27;Dogs and their Owners
Issue 17: 2015 08 27: Biding Their Time
27 August 2015 Biding Their Time by J R Thomas The front runner is pulling yet further ahead – but with an uncompromising personality, some unfortunate history coming out of the woodwork and a lack of popularity among key parts of the party machine, doubts are starting to be expressed even among loyal party members… Continue reading Issue 17: 2015 08 27: Biding Their Time
Issue 17: 2015 08 27: Scotched
27 August 2015 Scotched by J R Thomas When you consider its pleasures and advantages, it really is astonishing that cricket in England is not even more popular. Admittedly, matches that can go for five days without a clear result do not really conform to the modern taste for things that are quick, decisive, and… Continue reading Issue 17: 2015 08 27: Scotched
Issue 17: 2015 08 27: Week in Brief: UK NEWS
27 August 2015 Week in Brief: UK NEWS ADULTERY WEBSITE: It is believed that there are 1.2 million Britons among the 37 million users of adultery website Ashley Madison whose details were revealed by hackers last week. These include military personnel, government employees and a Scottish Nationalist MP, as well as two people working at… Continue reading Issue 17: 2015 08 27: Week in Brief: UK NEWS
Issue 17: 2015 08 27: El Dorado’s Ghost
27 August 2015 El Dorado’s Ghost by Neil Tidmarsh Gold! Innately beautiful, never tarnishing, durable, malleable, relatively scarce – is it any wonder that it’s always been mankind’s standard measure of all things, from aesthetics to economics? At the same time, is it any wonder that a gold coin will almost inevitably have its… Continue reading Issue 17: 2015 08 27: El Dorado’s Ghost
