22 September 2016 Crossword by Boffles Scandals and -gates Across 1 A Simpson who caused a right royal problem (6) 4 The -gate involving the Contras and Oliver North (4) 8 Type of newspaper that loves them (7) 10 Deplorable activity of peacekeeping missions (2,3) 11 In short, Keith Vaz seems to have thought he was entitled to some rest… Continue reading Issue 72: Crossword by Boffles – Scandals and -gates – printable
Month: September 2016
Issue 72: Crossword – Education – solution
22 September 2016 Crossword by Boffles Education – solution Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 72: 2016 09 22:Week in Brief International
22 September 2016 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe EU: EU president Jean-Claude Junker called for the creation of an EU army. The idea is unpopular with member states bordering Russia who worry that an EU army might displace NATO. At the Bratislava summit, EU leaders blamed Germany’s Chancellor Merkel for uncontrolled immigration. FRANCE: There… Continue reading Issue 72: 2016 09 22:Week in Brief International
Issue 72: 2016 09 22:Week in Brief Financial
22 September 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY CAPITAL EQUALS TROUBLE: LV=, the strangely named former Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society, is blaming low interest rates for bad news which it revealed to policy holders and others (it is a mutual society with no shareholders) earlier this week. Profits in the first six months… Continue reading Issue 72: 2016 09 22:Week in Brief Financial
Issue72: 2016 09 22: Swinging the Ball (J.R. Thomas)
22 September 2016 Swinging the Ball The loss of the Grimsby dock buildings. by J.R.Thomas This part of the Shaw Sheet gets all the glamorous assignments. Last week the curving soft sands of the Dorset coast and the early autumnal hints of the Lake District fells; this week: Grimsby. Ah, fair Grimsby, dreaming gateway to… Continue reading Issue72: 2016 09 22: Swinging the Ball (J.R. Thomas)
Issue 71: 2016 09 15:Wrong diagnosis and wrong prescription, Dr Fox
15 September 2016 Wrong Diagnosis and Wrong Prescription, Dr Fox But the right patient. by Richard Pooley “This country is not the free-trading nation it once was. We have become too lazy, and too fat on our successes in previous generations.” “Companies who could be contributing to our national prosperity – but choose not to… Continue reading Issue 71: 2016 09 15:Wrong diagnosis and wrong prescription, Dr Fox
Issue 71: 2016 09 15: Week in Brief: UK
15 September 2016 Week in Brief: UK Foreign Affairs LIBYA: A report of the House of Commons Defence Committee has heavily criticised David Cameron’s role in the 2011 bombing campaign in Libya. Stating that the then Chief of Defence Staff, Lord Richards, disassociated himself from the claim that the operation was in the national interest,… Continue reading Issue 71: 2016 09 15: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 71: 2016 09 15: Grammar Schools (John Watson)
15 September 2016 Grammar Schools A difficult choice. By John Watson The saddest thing about Mrs May’s proposal to remove the ban on the creation of selective schools was the speed of the reaction to it. Perhaps inevitably, much of the initial reaction was Pavlovian. “For or against grammar schools, it’s a question of principle”. … Continue reading Issue 71: 2016 09 15: Grammar Schools (John Watson)
Issue 70: 2016 09 08: Contents
08 September 2016: Issue 70 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment The Bounce-Back by John Watson A revival, or just maths? Fanning The Flames by J R Thomas There is a pyromaniac in each of us. The Week of The Living Dead by Neil Tidmarsh Reports of the undead in Uzbekistan, Zimbabwe, North Korea and… Continue reading Issue 70: 2016 09 08: Contents
Issue 71:2016 09 15:In sickness and Aleppo(J.R.Thomas)
15 September 2016 In Sickness and Aleppo Stressful campaigning. by J.R.Thomas The late Professor Hugh Berrington, a distinguished figure in political science and especially in the psychology of political leadership, had a favourite opening theme for his public lectures. It was to the effect that his audience should be very alarmed; their political leaders… Continue reading Issue 71:2016 09 15:In sickness and Aleppo(J.R.Thomas)
Issue 71: 2016 09 15:Wool and Sand(J.R.Thomas)
15 September 2016 Wool and Sand Has the National Trust lost its way? by J.R.Thomas More trouble in Arcadia. Dear old Nanny is getting herself into more fights, fights that respectable elderly ladies really should avoid. But the trouble is, Nanny has shortened her skirts, slapped on the make-up, and is spoiling for some action.… Continue reading Issue 71: 2016 09 15:Wool and Sand(J.R.Thomas)
Issue71:2016 09 15:Week in Brief Financial
15 September 2016 Week in Brief: Business and the City BOLD BRANDING: “Barings is an iconic brand which has been around a very long time…” says Tom Finke, chief executive of what on Monday this week became Barings; a new conglomeration of four brands owned by the Boston headquartered life insurance company MassMutual. Mass Mutual… Continue reading Issue71:2016 09 15:Week in Brief Financial
Issue71:2016 09 15:Caught in the gender trap(by Frank O’Nomics)
15 September 2016 Caught in the gender trap Is there still a real gender pay gap and, if so, what can we do about it? by Frank O’Nomics It was the morning after the night before. The late-80’s dealing desk at which I worked had been reduced from 12 to 4, and I was perusing… Continue reading Issue71:2016 09 15:Caught in the gender trap(by Frank O’Nomics)
