3 September 2015 Appointments with Death By John Watson Prosecutions for assisting or encouraging suicide are very rare indeed and Sir Keir Starmer’s remark that during his tenure as Director of Public Prosecutions (2008-2013) there was only one of them says much about the way in which the strict letter of the law has been… Continue reading Issue 18: 2015 09 03: Appointments with Death
Month: September 2015
Issue 18:2015 09 03: Oh Lord
3 September 2015 Oh Lord by J.R. Thomas “Whom the Gods wish to destroy, they first make mad”. If this applies to institutions, then maybe it explains what is going on with the House of Lords. Britain’s second parliamentary chamber is now the second largest in the world, with 882 members, surpassed only by that… Continue reading Issue 18:2015 09 03: Oh Lord
Issue18: 2015 09 03: Distant Trumpets
3 September 2015 Distant Trumpets by J.R. Thomas In the USA there is no August holiday for those running in the primaries either for the Republicans or for the Democrats. Indeed, holiday season is seen as an opportunity for the candidates to get out into the open air, especially to the State Fairs, and push… Continue reading Issue18: 2015 09 03: Distant Trumpets
Issue 18:2015 09 03: BUY TO LET
3 September 2015 Buy-to-let by Lynda Goetz ‘Buy-to-let’ is a term coined in the Nineties referring, obviously, to the purchase of property for the purpose of letting or renting it out. This was, of course, no new phenomenon, but there had been a massive decline in the UK housing stock which was available to rent,… Continue reading Issue 18:2015 09 03: BUY TO LET
ISSUE 18: 2015 09 03: To Russia with Love
3 September 2015 To Russia, with Love by Neil Tidmarsh This week, Vitaly Milanov has been making headlines again. Mr Milanov is the St Petersburg city councillor, member of Mr Putin’s ruling United Russia party and Orthodox Christian activist whose “anti-gay propaganda law”, forbidding the promotion of gay and lesbian lifestyles to minors, was… Continue reading ISSUE 18: 2015 09 03: To Russia with Love
Issue 18: 2015 09 03: Week in Brief: UK NEWS
3 September 2015 Week in Brief: UK NEWS CHILCOT ENQUIRY: The row over the delay in producing a report into the war in Iraq continues as Sir John refuses to name a publication day. Blame has been placed on the quality of the first draft of the report and on uncooperative tactics by witnesses who… Continue reading Issue 18: 2015 09 03: Week in Brief: UK NEWS
