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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
