10 March 2016 Turkey and the EU They both need each other. by Neil Tidmarsh This week’s EU summit was dominated by negotiations with Turkey to secure its help in tackling the migrant crisis. The EU had agreed to pay Turkey €3 billion and allow Turkish citizens visa-free travel within the Schengen zone, in return… Continue reading Issue 44:2016 03 10:Turkey and the EU (Neil Tidmarsh)
Month: March 2016
Issue 44: Crossword – Plain Vanilla 4 – solution
10 March 2016 Crossword by Boffles Plain Vanilla 4 – solution Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 44: 2016 03 09: Nearing the Crest of the Wave (J.R.Thomas)
10 March 2016 Nearing the Crest of the Wave by J.R.Thomas Briefly, on the USA primaries, where the current excitement is too fascinating to ignore: There have been nine primaries since Super Tuesday. Trump has won five, but except in Mississippi by much narrower margins than forecast; and he lost Idaho, Kansas, and Maine to… Continue reading Issue 44: 2016 03 09: Nearing the Crest of the Wave (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 44:2016 03 10: Week in Brief International
10 March 2016 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL Europe EU: At the EU summit in Brussels, Angela Merkel backed proposals to double the amount of EU funding from €3 billion to €6 billion to be given to Turkey and to grant its citizens the right to visa-free travel within the Schengen zone, in return for its… Continue reading Issue 44:2016 03 10: Week in Brief International
Issue 44:2016 03 10: The Italian Jobs (Raj M Host)
10 March 2016 The Italian Jobs “Youth”, a film by Paolo Sorrentino, and “A Bigger Splash”, a film by Luca Guadagnino are reviewed by Raj M. Host Thirty four years ago Colin Welland, triumphant at the Oscars after winning a golden statuette for his screen play for “Chariots of Fire”, declaimed “The British are coming!”. … Continue reading Issue 44:2016 03 10: The Italian Jobs (Raj M Host)
Issue 44: 2016 03 10: Week in Brief: UK
10 March 2016 Week in Brief: UK CANCER VACCINE: Scientists at King’s College London and the Biomedical Research Centre at Guy’s and St. Thomas’s NHS Trust have developed a vaccine that may eradicate cancer. The vaccine works by introducing the immune system to a small piece of a biological threat so that it could recognise… Continue reading Issue 44: 2016 03 10: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 44: 2016 03 10: What Price a Pension?(Frank O’Nomics)
10 March 2016 What price a pension? Save more or work forever by Frank O’Nomics Forget that Stephen King novel, or watching old Hammer Horror movies. If you really want to give yourself a fright, take a look at recent studies of the age at which today’s 22 year olds are likely to be able… Continue reading Issue 44: 2016 03 10: What Price a Pension?(Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 44:2016 03 10: Fading Icons-Agents of Change (J.R.Thomas)
10 March 2016 Fading Icons- Agents of Change by J.R.Thomas In one of the odder reversals of sentiment of modern times, residential estate agents have become eternally grateful to bankers. For years and years the most embarrassing thing that one could possibly admit to at the neighbourhood cocktail party or the school gate was that… Continue reading Issue 44:2016 03 10: Fading Icons-Agents of Change (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 44: 2016 03 10: Letter (Urquhart)
10 March 2016 A letter from Mr Don Urquhart Sirs, Confessions of a Europhile I am trying to be objective about the EU referendum. We seem to be in a dialogue of the deaf at present. Politicians and apologists on both sides have their scripts which they trundle out regardless of the audience impact.… Continue reading Issue 44: 2016 03 10: Letter (Urquhart)
Issue 43:2016 03 03: contents
03 March 2016: Issue 43 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment India Calling by Neil Tidmarsh Mobile phones haven’t taken the spice out of India’s headlines Supertrump in America by J. R. Thomas The position after Super Tuesday HSBC by John Watson A difficult balancing act. The death of shops by Frank… Continue reading Issue 43:2016 03 03: contents
Issue 44: 2016 03 10: Legalising Prostitution (John Watson)
10 March 2016 Legalising Prostitution Mr Corbyn may well be right. by John Watson Jeremy Corbyn is not afraid to buck the political trend by expressing unfashionable views, but his comment at Goldsmith University that it would be civilised to decriminalise prostitution has outraged prominent members of his party. Prostitution is “exploitation and abuse” and… Continue reading Issue 44: 2016 03 10: Legalising Prostitution (John Watson)
Issue 44: 2016 03 10: An Arsenal of plastic (Frank O’Nomics)
10 March 2016 An Arsenal of Plastic Frank O’Nomics No, this is not a complaint about the standard of football at the Emirates – although recent weeks have been one of great frustration for die-hard gooners who, yet again, find that February and March bring a fading to hopes of silverware (trust me, I do… Continue reading Issue 44: 2016 03 10: An Arsenal of plastic (Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 44: 2016 03 10: Surviving the Flight (Chin Chin)
10 March 2016 Surviving the Flight Auckland to Dubai By Chin Chin The new service from Auckland to Dubai takes over seventeen hours and I must say that as it looms up I am conscious of a slight trepidation. It isn’t so much that it might not be comfortable or that the food or films… Continue reading Issue 44: 2016 03 10: Surviving the Flight (Chin Chin)
