Month: May 2016

Issue 52:2016 05 05:The Gold Aureus of Carausius (Neil Tidmarsh)

05 May 2016 The Gold Aureus of Carausius What an ancient coin can tell us about Brexit’s potential by Neil Tidmarsh The UK gives £50 million to the EU every day.  That’s £350 million every week.  £18¼ billion every year.  Staggering sums. The EU does gives some of it back again – there’s that hard-won… Continue reading Issue 52:2016 05 05:The Gold Aureus of Carausius (Neil Tidmarsh)

Issue 52:2016 05 05: Re-advertised Due to Lack of Interest (J.R.Thomas)

05 May 2016 Re-advertised Due to Lack of Interest by J.R.Thomas It is one of the greatest cities on earth; it has established itself as a major, probably the major, financial centre of the west; it is one of the most innovative and exciting cultural centres in the world.  So why does nobody want to… Continue reading Issue 52:2016 05 05: Re-advertised Due to Lack of Interest (J.R.Thomas)

Issue 52: 2016 05 05: Crisis at the Ministry of Misery and Discord (Chin Chin)

05 May 2016 Crisis at the Ministry of Misery and Discord by Chin Chin MINUTES (as smuggled out by an undercover reporter from the Shaw Sheet) Present: The Minster, The Permanent Secretary, The Deputy Secretary and the Assistant Undersecretary. MINISTER: Well, you have made a mess of it. Honestly, you lot couldn’t arrange discord at… Continue reading Issue 52: 2016 05 05: Crisis at the Ministry of Misery and Discord (Chin Chin)

Issue 52: 20166 05 05: Week in Brief Financial

05 May 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY IT’S A RAIL GAIN: Network Rail, which owns and operates Britain’s railway network, including much of the property which the system needs to accommodate its operations, is looking at selling off some of its property assets.  This has been done before of course.  The railways… Continue reading Issue 52: 20166 05 05: Week in Brief Financial

Issue 52:2016 05 05:Week in Brief International

05 May 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe EU: The European Court of Auditors criticised the EU’s diplomatic corps for over-spending on buildings.  85 out of 140 delegations exceed the office floor space cap of 35 square metres per individual.  The 25 officials in the delegation to the UN in Geneva have 2,600 square metres;… Continue reading Issue 52:2016 05 05:Week in Brief International

Issue 52: 2016 05 05: Confessions of a former Fox (Frank O’Nomics)

05 May 2016 Confessions of a former Fox by Frank O’Nomics I was recently told a story about the late Tony Banks.  Opining in a corporate box over lunch before a football match, he said that while it was acceptable to change your bank account, change your name, and even change your wife – it… Continue reading Issue 52: 2016 05 05: Confessions of a former Fox (Frank O’Nomics)

Issue 52: 2016 05 05: Hillsborough (John Watson)

05 May 2016 Hillsborough The importance of vertical diversity by John Watson The recent coroner’s enquiry into Hillsborough reveals a double tragedy. First, of course, there were 96 deaths. The jury’s verdicts of unlawful killing indicate that they were caused by gross negligence and now the criminal law must take its course.  In relation to… Continue reading Issue 52: 2016 05 05: Hillsborough (John Watson)

Issue 52: Crossword – Current Conflicts

05 May 2016 Crossword by Boffles Current Conflicts   To see a printable version of this crossword   Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp

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Issue 52:2016 05 05: The Hunger Gap (Neil Tidmarsh)

05 May 2016 The Hunger Gap Food for thought. by Neil Tidmarsh Have they gone too far this week?  The pro-Russian separatists of Ukraine might have got away with the annexation of Crimea, they might have got away with establishing the breakaway peoples’ republics of Luhansk and Donetsk, but have they at last bitten off… Continue reading Issue 52:2016 05 05: The Hunger Gap (Neil Tidmarsh)

Issue 51:2016 04 28:contents

28 April 2016: Issue 51 Week in Brief        UK International Financial Comment Barack Obama and the UK’s 1776 Moment by Neil Tidmarsh A president of the USA opposing a Declaration of Independence? What a delicious irony! Academies – A Step Too Far by John Watson The row about whether all schools should have to adopt… Continue reading Issue 51:2016 04 28:contents

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