23 June 2016: Issue 59 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Nightmare On Pennsylvania Avenue by J.R.Thomas Sweaty nights for the Republicans. The Shaw Sheet Party by the Shaw Sheet team Where we are going. A Sportsman’s Sketches by Neil Tidmarsh With apologies to Ivan Turgenev. Referendum Run Up A Jolly Voting Day by John Watson Quiet, too… Continue reading Issue 59: 2016 06 23: Contents
Month: June 2016
Issue 60: 2016 06 30: DNA Or The Rabbit Skin Coat Test? (Chin Chin)
30 June 2016 DNA or The Rabbit Skin Coat Test? Harsh truths for the nobility. By Chin Chin Damn and blast it all. I was born just a little too early. A few years later and I’m sure it would have been a coronet; not a princely one, of course, but one of the rather… Continue reading Issue 60: 2016 06 30: DNA Or The Rabbit Skin Coat Test? (Chin Chin)
Issue 60: 2016 06 30: Week in Brief: UK
30 June 2016 Week in Brief : UK EU Referendum RESULTS: The votes recorded on Thursday’s referendum were as follows: Turnout Leave … Continue reading Issue 60: 2016 06 30: Week in Brief: UK
Issue60:2016 06 30: Week in Brief Financial
30 June 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY STIMULATING THE ECONOMY: There may be a need for strong stimulants over the next few months as Britain’s economy enters a brave new world (or sinks into a declining old one, if that is your take). If you find yourself seeking “something to go” from… Continue reading Issue60:2016 06 30: Week in Brief Financial
Issue 60:2016 06 30:The Reaction in Europe (Neil Tidmarsh)
30 June 2016 The Reaction In Europe Not all hard-line. by Neil Tidmarsh The immediate reaction from Brussels was the insistence that the UK must get on with it, and get on with it quickly. European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker and president of the European parliament Martin Schultz led the way, and the leaders of… Continue reading Issue 60:2016 06 30:The Reaction in Europe (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 60:2016 06 30: Up the Revolution (J.R.Thomas)
30 June 2016 Up the Revolution by J.R.Thomas Revolutions, like so many things, are creatures of fashion and come in batches. Although the years after 1917 saw revolutions across the world, starting with the main event in Russia, and the late 1940’s saw the revolutionary red blanket fall across much of eastern Europe, it is… Continue reading Issue 60:2016 06 30: Up the Revolution (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 60: 2016 06 30:That old Churchillian feeling(J.R.Thomas)
30 June 2016 That old Churchillian feeling Boris Johnson’s claim by J.R.Thomas Set out the features you would like in your next male Tory Prime Minister. A family man, you might say, with perhaps four children, to sketch in a happy home life and stability. Some family background in politics so that he has an… Continue reading Issue 60: 2016 06 30:That old Churchillian feeling(J.R.Thomas)
Issue 60:2016 06 30:Week in Brief International
30 June 2016 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe EU: Following the UK referendum result, European commission president Jean-Claude Juncker demanded a rapid application of Article 50 by the UK. Other EU leaders warned the UK against delaying the application, and insisted that negotiations could not begin until the application was made. They also insisted… Continue reading Issue 60:2016 06 30:Week in Brief International
Issue 60: 2016 06 30: The Morning After (John Watson)
30 June 2016 The Morning After Reflections on the referendum. By John Watson A deep dark cloud of gloom has descended over the London Borough of Islington. Here in the citadel of Remain, in an area full of lawyers, bankers and doctors, the Referendum result has hit us like an exploding shell. How could 52%… Continue reading Issue 60: 2016 06 30: The Morning After (John Watson)
Issue 60:2016 06 30: Organisation (Lynda Goetz)
30 June 2016 Organisation I want that perfect life! by Lynda Goetz I occasionally day dream that one day my life will be organised. I am not sure by whom though; after many decades, I have come to the sad conclusion that it is not going to be by me. Somehow, in spite of… Continue reading Issue 60:2016 06 30: Organisation (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 60: 2016 06 30: No man is an Island (Frank O’Nomics)
30 June 2016 No man is an island The post-Brexit buying opportunity by Frank O’Nomics The adaptation of the famous stage direction from The Winter’s Tale to “Brexit, pursued by a bear market” seemed to catch the market mood since Friday morning perfectly. The fact that Janet Yellen, the IMF and the OECD were so… Continue reading Issue 60: 2016 06 30: No man is an Island (Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 60: 2016 06 30: High heels or bound feet (Lynda Goetz)
30 June 2016 High heels or bound feet? Japanese women choosing the wrong route to empowerment by Lynda Goetz When I lived in Japan for a year, twenty-six years ago, the position of women was far worse than it is now. If they were not married by their twenty-fifth birthday they were regarded as ‘leftover… Continue reading Issue 60: 2016 06 30: High heels or bound feet (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 60: Crossword – In the City – solution
30 June 2016 Crossword by Boffles In the City – solution Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
