Month: February 2016

Issue 40: 2016 02 11: Week in Brief: UK

11 February 2016 Week in Brief: UK EU NEGOTIATIONS: Debate has begun over the terms which David Cameron has negotiated with the EU.  However, the terms are still only in draft form and may not represent the final conditions which EU institutions and countries will be prepared to agree.  The draft has already sparked debate… Continue reading Issue 40: 2016 02 11: Week in Brief: UK

Issue 39: 2016 02 04: Europe rewards the Greek Islands

04 February 2016 Europe Rewards The Greek Islands with the threat of prosecution. by Neil Tidmarsh Europe has a plan. Immigration across the Aegean Sea will not be allowed (any migrant who does cross will be returned) and instead 250,000 asylum seekers a year will be accepted from refugee camps in Turkey. Attitudes across the… Continue reading Issue 39: 2016 02 04: Europe rewards the Greek Islands

Issue 38: 2016 01 21: contents

28 January 2016: Issue 38 Week in Brief             UK International Financial Comment Pot and Kettle by Neil Tidmarsh The irony of Brussels pointing fingers at Warsaw and Madrid. Tories Nationalise Railways by J. R. Thomas Yesterday’s solutions threaten problems tomorrow. Labour’s Lessons from Defeat by John Watson What we expect from Mr… Continue reading Issue 38: 2016 01 21: contents

Issue 39: Crossword – Encore du vin

4 February 2016 Crossword by Boffles Encore du vin   To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp

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Issue 39: 2016 02 04: The New Courtesy (Chin Chin)

04 February 2016 The New Courtesy Is the masking of the Italian statues the start of a trend? By Chin Chin Hospitality has always been at the heart of civilisation and by covering their statues to welcome President Rouhani of Iran the Italians have truly set a new benchmark.  No matter that, as a sophisticated… Continue reading Issue 39: 2016 02 04: The New Courtesy (Chin Chin)

Issue 39: 2016 02 04: Lynching Google (John Watson)

04 February 2016 Lynching Google Analysis of a tax witch-hunt. By John Watson What are the ingredients of a witch-hunt?  No, put down that recipe book, I am not talking about a new form of gateaux but rather the sort of thing that went on in mediaeval England with ducking stools, ostracism, stocks, lynchings and… Continue reading Issue 39: 2016 02 04: Lynching Google (John Watson)

Issue 39: 2016 02 04: Week in Brief: UK

04 February 2016 Week in Brief: UK GOOGLE TAX: The Government and HMRC have come under fire for agreeing a tax deal with Google which means the company will pay £130 million back tax over ten years.  It is thought that the amount of corporation tax paid is equivalent to a rate of 3%.  Criticism… Continue reading Issue 39: 2016 02 04: Week in Brief: UK

Issue 39:2016 02 04: Trick or Cheat (JR Thomas)

4 February 2016 Trick or Cheat by J.R.Thomas With exquisite and ironic timing, the UK opening of the film “The Big Short” coincided with the verdict of the jury in the latest LIBOR trial. As audiences laughed and hissed at the wicked bankers and their market manipulations, twelve good persons and true in a jury… Continue reading Issue 39:2016 02 04: Trick or Cheat (JR Thomas)

Issue 39:2016 02 04: The liquidity illusion (Frank O’Nomics)

04 February 2016 The Liquidity Illusion What happens if everyone wants out?  by Frank O’Nomics On 24th August last year the Dow Jones index of US stocks experienced a so-called “flash-crash”, dropping around 1,100 points (roughly 7%) in the first five minutes of trading.  There are lots of theories as to what caused it, but… Continue reading Issue 39:2016 02 04: The liquidity illusion (Frank O’Nomics)

Issue 39: 2016 02 04:4000 days (Adam McCormack)

04 February 2016 4000 days  The Park Theatre reviewed by Adam McCormack The Park Theatre does “bed theatre” very well.  Over the last two years they have had a bed ridden James Bolam in Bomber Moon, a rapidly debilitating Greg Wise in Kill Me Now, and, more recently, entertaining bedroom gymnastics in Tom Attenborough’s production… Continue reading Issue 39: 2016 02 04:4000 days (Adam McCormack)

Issue 39: 2016 02 04:Spotlight (Adam McCormack)

04 February 2016 Spotlight A film by Tom McCarthy Reviewed  by Adam McCormack “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing”. Edmund Burke’s views in the eighteenth century are just as apposite now, and ring especially true when looking at the Boston Globe’s investigation into the sexual assault… Continue reading Issue 39: 2016 02 04:Spotlight (Adam McCormack)

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