19 November 2015 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY UP THE WORKERS: Good news for workers in the UK economy; after six years of falling or flat-lining real wages, average wage inflation was 1.9% in the year ended April 2015. In fact wages only rose by 1.8%, but as the economy saw deflation of… Continue reading Issue 29: 2015 11 19 Business news
Month: November 2015
Issue 29: 2015 11 19: Property is not a pension
19 Novembr 2015 Property is not a pension by Frank O’Nomics After a pre-fab shed in Peckham sold for just under £1mn last week it may not be surprising that an ONS survey of 10,000 households (released this week) showed that 44% of people think that property is the best way of making money for… Continue reading Issue 29: 2015 11 19: Property is not a pension
Issue 29: 2015 11 29 International News
19 November 2015 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS AFGHANISTAN: Seven people were wounded when presidential guards shot at protesters outside President Ghani’s official residence in Kabul. The protesters were marching about the abduction and murder of seven members of the Hazari Shia minority, and were reportedly trying to scale the palace walls. Taliban forces have taken… Continue reading Issue 29: 2015 11 29 International News
Issue 29: 2015 11 19 Dull November Chin Chin
19 November 2015 Dull November by Chin Chin November in the Northern Hemisphere can be a fairly depressing season. The nights are drawing in and the chill of winter is beginning to bite. It will soon be Christmas and not only have you failed to buy your presents but you are constantly reminded of the… Continue reading Issue 29: 2015 11 19 Dull November Chin Chin
Issue 28:2015 11 12: contents
12 November 2015: Issue 28 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Free But Not Easy by Neil Tidmarsh Some facts speak for themselves Nosing about in the emails by John Watson Does the draft Investigatory Powers Bill cover the bases? Ban It (Part 2) by Neil Tidmarsh I’m not going to argue about it, so… Continue reading Issue 28:2015 11 12: contents
Issue 27: 2015 11 05: Contents
05 November 2015: Issue 27 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Also Ran by J R Thomas The US Democrats’ other candidates The Light At The Top Of The Tree by John Watson Political altitude sickness Ban It by Neil Tidmarsh Go on, Great Leader, you know you want to Features Blacked Out by J R… Continue reading Issue 27: 2015 11 05: Contents
Issue 27: Crossword – In the News – solution
5 November 2015 Crossword by Boffles In the News – solution Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 28: Crossword – Thrillers of one sort and another – printable
12 November 2015 Crossword by Boffles Thrillers of one sort and another Across 6 4 or IV (3,4,2,4) 7 Role of Watson and Hastings (8) 9 Celestial body full of them was a big success (4) 10 Beer for Morse, vodka for Bond (7) 12 Played by several different people… Continue reading Issue 28: Crossword – Thrillers of one sort and another – printable
Issue 28: Crossword – Thrillers of one sort and another
12 November 2015 Crossword by Boffles Thrillers of one sort and another To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 28: 2015 11 12: Neat and Nimble
12 November 2015 Neat and Nimble By Chin Chin When Flanders and Swan wrote their famous song about the gasman, they based the lyrics on those of a Victorian ditty in which the singer falls in love with a young woman who, while “dashing away with the smoothing iron,” steals his heart away. In fact… Continue reading Issue 28: 2015 11 12: Neat and Nimble
Issue 28: 2015 11 12: Nosing about in the e-mails
12 November 2015 Nosing About In The Emails Does the draft Investigatory Powers Bill cover all the gaps? By John Watson The failure by the Government to obtain parliamentary authority for the extension of the RAF’s activities in Iraq into Syria conjures up the image of targets dodging across the border like rabbits and then… Continue reading Issue 28: 2015 11 12: Nosing about in the e-mails
Issue 28: 2015 11 12: Week in Brief: UK
12 November 2015 Week in Brief: UK SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Although the action of the British government in promptly grounding flights in and out of Sharm el-Sheikh was initially condemned by Egypt as being unwarranted, it has been justified by the conclusion of the investigating authorities that the destruction of the plane bound for St Petersburg… Continue reading Issue 28: 2015 11 12: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 28:2015 11 12: London
12 November 2015 London Watching “London” in the Age of Terror reviewed by Archie Wilson In 1994 filmmaker, Patrick Keiller, released the first part of his ‘Robinson’ trilogy, London. Filmed over the course of 1992, the film blurred the definitions of documentary and fiction as the unseen Narrator, voiced by Paul Scofield, and his unseen… Continue reading Issue 28:2015 11 12: London
