29 October 2015: Issue 26 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Hillary’s Hopes by J R Thomas Bye bye to Biden? The Snow White Message by John Watson Keeping an eye on the essentials The Confused Prize by Neil Tidmarsh Is someone taking the peace? Be wary of what you wish for by Tom Dowling… Continue reading Issue 26: 2015 10 29 contents
Month: October 2015
Issue 25: Crossword – Empires and Emperors – solution
22 October 2015 Crossword by Boffles Empires and Emperors – solution Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 25: 2015 10 22 Contents
22 October 2015: Issue 25 Week in Brief UK International Financial Stop Press Joe Biden hits the lawn by J.R.Thomas Biden out of race Comment Sic Transit George by J R Thomas A lesson in humility from the Romans A rumbling of Tumbrils by John Watson What Blairite Labour MPs must do to avoid the… Continue reading Issue 25: 2015 10 22 Contents
Issue 26: Crossword – Plain Vanilla 2 – printable
29 October 2015 Crossword by Boffles Plain Vanilla 2 Across 1 African state affected US election (4) 3 Washed-up monarch (4,4) 9 Gas bag of a German count (7) 10 Somebody who publicises information about a person against their wishes? (5) 11 Situation where you are damned if you do… Continue reading Issue 26: Crossword – Plain Vanilla 2 – printable
Issue 26: Crossword – Plain Vanilla 2
29 October 2015 Crossword by Boffles Plain Vanilla 2 To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 26: 2015 10 29: Week in Brief UK
29 October 2015 Week in Brief:UK TAX CREDITS: The disagreement between the Government and the House of Lords over the Chancellor’s plan to cut tax credits by £4 billion per annum from next April came to a head on Tuesday with peers voting to delay the cuts until, firstly, the government has responded to an… Continue reading Issue 26: 2015 10 29: Week in Brief UK
Issue 26:2015 10 29:Week in Brief International
29 October 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban and the Afghan army are fighting over the city of Lashkar Gar for control of Helmand province. The army drove the Taliban back from the city of Ghazni last week, and from the city of Kunduz the week before. ARGENTINA: The first round of elections… Continue reading Issue 26:2015 10 29:Week in Brief International
Issue 26: 2015 10 29:Week in Brief ;BUSINESS AND THE CITY
29 October 2015 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY SHUNNING THE FLEXIBLE FRIEND: In news that should cheer the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the latest statistics on personal borrowing show a marked slowing of the rate of take up of debt. The level of this has been seen as a structural danger throughout the… Continue reading Issue 26: 2015 10 29:Week in Brief ;BUSINESS AND THE CITY
Issue 26: 2015 10 29 The Snow White Message
29 October 2015 The Snow White Message Focusing on the essentials by John Watson “Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” So the Queen asked in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and her emphasis on the importance of self-examination has also been reflected by philosophers of less weight. According to… Continue reading Issue 26: 2015 10 29 The Snow White Message
Issue 26 : 2015 10 29 Agincourt
29 October 2015 Agincourt How technology and terror still rule the day by Chin Chin You’d think we were in Monmouth, the Welsh town in which Henry V was born. It was as Henry of Monmouth that he was known and they certainly don’t let you forget it. The names Harry and Agincourt dominate the… Continue reading Issue 26 : 2015 10 29 Agincourt
Issue 26:2015 10 29:Red City
29 October 2015 Red City A gentlemanly kettling by J.R.Thomas It is not often that your correspondent gets the chance to go out on assignment (those who think the American Presidential election run-up is being covered from an hotel room in Washington DC are sadly mistaken). But on Wednesday night last week the company Oyster… Continue reading Issue 26:2015 10 29:Red City
Issue 26:2015 10 29:Hillary’s Hopes
29 October 2015 Hillary’s Hopes by J.R.Thomas The Joe Biden’s announcement last week that he would not be a contender for the Democratic nomination has created quite a dust storm. There is no doubt that most commentators and politicos thought he would run. It also seems that Mr Biden himself expected to run, and a… Continue reading Issue 26:2015 10 29:Hillary’s Hopes
Issue 26: 2015 10 29:The Confused Prize
29 October 2015 The Confused Prize Is someone taking the peace? By Neil Tidmarsh Nobel” is a Swedish name; “Confucius” is a Chinese name; but it’s an interesting coincidence that “Nobel” can easily be taken for “noble” in English, and “Confucius” can easily be taken for “confused”. This year’s Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to… Continue reading Issue 26: 2015 10 29:The Confused Prize