20 October 2016: Issue 76 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Broad Kilts by J.R.Thomas The SNP on the march. The Brexit Debate by John Watson Should we have one? A Tale Of Two Cities by Neil Tidmarsh The battle for Mosul and the battle for Aleppo; significant differences. The Inflation Genie Emerges by… Continue reading Issue 76: 2016 10 20: Contents
Month: October 2016
Issue 77: Crossword – Early England – solution
27 October 2016 Crossword by Boffles Early England – solution Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 77: Crossword – Varied Entertainment
27 October 2016 Crossword by Boffles Varied Entertainment To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 77: Crossword – Varied Entertainment – printable
27 October 2016 Crossword by Boffles Varied Entertainment Across 7 Where to go for a spin with one wheel or another (6) 8 Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s favourite paige (6) 9 What they do in 4dn’s programme (4) 10 This one word is common parlance for a programme featuring balls (8) 11 Victor Meldrew had this appendage in… Continue reading Issue 77: Crossword – Varied Entertainment – printable
Issue 77: 2016 10 27: Touching Up (Chin Chin)
27 October 2017 Touching Up And where it leads to. By Chin Chin Yes, that’s how it always starts. The innocent little improvement here or there which leads inevitably to a quagmire of illusion and deception. This time the improvement is made to little Jamie. No, no, not surgery. Not the removal of that unfortunate… Continue reading Issue 77: 2016 10 27: Touching Up (Chin Chin)
Issue77:2016 10 27:We need a financial health service(Frank O’Nomics)
27 October 2016 We need a Financial Health Service Financial advice should be as accessible as healthcare by Frank O’Nomics If you are ill, you have the right to visit a doctor, taking advantage of an NHS which is free at the point of delivery. This is a right which, despite the claims of those who… Continue reading Issue77:2016 10 27:We need a financial health service(Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 77: 2016 10 27: The Baleful Role of the SPAD (John Watson)
27 October 2017 The Baleful Role Of The SPAD An accelerant we cannot afford. By John Watson There has always been a tension between the needs of politics and the needs of good government. Faced with even the best plan, politicians will seek to make political capital and if that means having to choose between… Continue reading Issue 77: 2016 10 27: The Baleful Role of the SPAD (John Watson)
Issue 77:2016 10 27: Oil (Adam McCormack)
27 October 2016 Oil Almeida Theatre Reviewed by Adam McCormack Theatre is at its best when an ambitious project comes off. There is no doubt that Ella Hickson’s Oil at the Almeida Theatre is ambitious, reaching across two centuries and five different environments. The good news is that the Almeida has once again delivered a… Continue reading Issue 77:2016 10 27: Oil (Adam McCormack)
Issue 77: 2016 10 27: Week in Brief: UK
27 October 2016 Week in Brief: UK Britain and Europe BREXIT: As pressure builds up on the government to reveal its objectives in the Brexit negotiations, with Parliamentary debates promised before the Christmas recess, other parts of the UK take differing views. Wales (which backed leave) is, according to the first Minister, unwilling to accept… Continue reading Issue 77: 2016 10 27: Week in Brief: UK
Issue77:2016 10 27:Week in Brief International
27 October 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe FRANCE: The authorities have cleared the ‘jungle’ – the unofficial migrant camp outside Calais. Migrants have been registered and moved to official centres around France. ITALY: Some Italian naval officers are under investigation for suspected culpable homicide over an incident in 2013 in which 268 migrants drowned… Continue reading Issue77:2016 10 27:Week in Brief International
Issue 77: 2016 10 27: Bad For Business (J R Thomas)
27 October 2016 Bad For Business The US Presidential election is the only show in town. by J.R.Thomas If you are an American media mogul you must be very pleased with the way the Presidential campaigns are panning out. The three Presidential candidate debates might be horrific to the student of serious politics, but they… Continue reading Issue 77: 2016 10 27: Bad For Business (J R Thomas)
Issue 77: 2016 10 27:All at Sea (Neil Tidmarsh)
27 October 2016 All At Sea For those in peril… by Neil Tidmarsh This week, twenty-six merchant seamen were released after nearly five years in captivity. Their ship, Nahan 3, was seized near the Seychelles in 2012 by Somali pirates wielding Kalashnikovs and grappling hooks (note that the Seychelles are getting on for 1000 miles… Continue reading Issue 77: 2016 10 27:All at Sea (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 77:2016 10 27: Week in Brief (Financial)
27 October 2016 Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY THE PRICE OF PLEASURE: The effects of the weak pound are starting to hit British consumers where it hurts – in their sweet tooth. Nestle, the Swiss domiciled chocolate and food manufacturer who own the former Rowntree’s brand in the UK, have announced that they will… Continue reading Issue 77:2016 10 27: Week in Brief (Financial)
