Issue 69: 2016 09 01: Week in Brief: UK

01 September Week in Brief: UK Politics IMMIGRATION: The total number of EU citizens living in Britain topped 3 million for the first time last year.  Figures from the Office of National Statistics show the largest group as being 831,000 Poles which now exceeds the 795,000 British residents born in India. Net migration now stands at… Continue reading Issue 69: 2016 09 01: Week in Brief: UK

Issue 69: 2016 09 01: Comfort food (Neil Tidmarsh)

01 September 2016 Comfort Food Some nourishment harvested from grim headlines. By Neil Tidmarsh Yakutsk, in Siberia, 3000 miles north of Moscow, where temperatures drop to minus 50C in winter, and the average pension is £190 a month; now, there’s somewhere that needs some serious cheering-up – and what better way to do that than… Continue reading Issue 69: 2016 09 01: Comfort food (Neil Tidmarsh)

Issue 69: 2016 09 01: Burkini Ban (Lynda Goetz)

01 September 2016 Burkini Ban Intolerance or safeguard? by Lynda Goetz When I first heard about the burkini ban a few weeks ago, my reaction was mixed.  My first thought (like that of so many others, I am sure) was that it sounded like an unacceptable intolerance on the part of a right-wing French mayor… Continue reading Issue 69: 2016 09 01: Burkini Ban (Lynda Goetz)

Issue 68: 2016 08 25: Contents

 25 August 2016: Issue 68 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment The Lessons of Rio by John Watson The resurgence of British sport gives us an example. Fit To Be Fat by J R Thomas A matter of choice. Which War, Mr Smith? by Neil Tidmarsh The wars in Syria aren’t primarily about Isis. Didn’t We Do Well?! by… Continue reading Issue 68: 2016 08 25: Contents

Issue 69: 2016 09 01: All Well (J.R.Thomas)

01 September 2016 All Well The policy void at the heart of the US campaign by J.R. Thomas Mr Trump’s doctor says that he has never met a man of Mr Trump’s age (that’s 70, folks) in such good health.  Mrs Clinton says that she is vigorously fit and enjoying every minute of her campaign. … Continue reading Issue 69: 2016 09 01: All Well (J.R.Thomas)

Issue 69: 2016 09 01: Furling the Umbrella (J.R.Thomas)

01 September 2016 Furling the Umbrella A banking scandal not worth the mention by J.R.Thomas Strange goings on at Lloyds Bank.  Once the smallest and most conservative of the big Four UK clearing banks, and certainly always the most careful and cautious, especially in relation to any novelty such as technology, it was also one… Continue reading Issue 69: 2016 09 01: Furling the Umbrella (J.R.Thomas)

Issue 69:2016 09 01:Week in Brief Financial

1 September 2016 Week in Brief: Business and the City BRAKE AND ACCELERATE:  Tata’s UK subsidiary JLR – or Jaguar Land Rover as it is better known – reported a good second quarter to the end of June.  Or was it a bad second quarter?  In terms of volume it was certainly very impressive; sales… Continue reading Issue 69:2016 09 01:Week in Brief Financial

Issue 69: 2016 09 01: With Autumn Comes Brexit (John Watson)

01 September 2016 With Autumn Comes Brexit The seconds will soon be out of the ring. by John Watson All in all it has been a good summer. The sun has shone and Team GB has done spectacularly well at the Olympics.  A new government has moved into place with a minimum of fuss, and… Continue reading Issue 69: 2016 09 01: With Autumn Comes Brexit (John Watson)

Issue 69: 2016 09 01: The QALY of mercy (Frank O’Nomics)

1 Septenber 2016 The QALY of mercy How do we decide which charity to support? by Frank O’Nomics It was perhaps not the best time to attempt to apply economic theory to an everyday dilemma.  I had just been given my change at a seaside convenience store and was looking to put in it one… Continue reading Issue 69: 2016 09 01: The QALY of mercy (Frank O’Nomics)

Issue 69:2016 09 01: Keeping it Clear (Richard Pooley)

01 September 2016 Keeping It Clear Why the British need to learn how to speak English… to foreigners (part 1) by Richard Pooley It must be frustrating sometimes being a French foreign correspondent.  Even though French is spoken by 274 million people around the world, half of them live in Africa and a quarter in… Continue reading Issue 69:2016 09 01: Keeping it Clear (Richard Pooley)

Issue 69: 2016 09 01: Week in Brief International

01 September 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe EU: Negotiations for a trade deal between the EU and the USA have failed, according to Germany’s vice-chancellor.  The French minister for foreign trade said that he will be calling for an end to the TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) talks which have been going on… Continue reading Issue 69: 2016 09 01: Week in Brief International

Issue 69: 2016 09 01: Talking About Holidays (Chin Chin)

01 September 2016 Talking About Holidays A question of points on the board. By Chin Chin Like fruit, topics of conversation have their season, one week’s chatter supplanting another.  This time it is Olympic medals; then it will be a new book; the week after that a corruption scandal spiced with a little sex on… Continue reading Issue 69: 2016 09 01: Talking About Holidays (Chin Chin)

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