24 November 2016 When Racism Stalks The Streets Time for a message. By John Watson The cricketers call it Hawkeye. I am not sure what the equivalent term is in tennis but in any case the principle is much the same. If it is hard to tell whether a ball would have hit the stumps,… Continue reading Issue 81: 2016 11 24: When Racism Stalks The Streets (John Watson)
Month: November 2016
Issue 81:2016 11 24:Week in Brief Financial
24 November 2016 Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY SAFE HAVEN: Twelve years ago Ken Morrison, chairman of the supermarket chain he built up to be one of Britain’s big four food retailers, was heavily criticised for the acquisition of Safeway for £3.35bn, a competitor almost the same size as Wm Morrison. It was said… Continue reading Issue 81:2016 11 24:Week in Brief Financial
Issue 81:2016 11 24: week in Brief International
24 November 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe FRANCE: In the first round of elections for the leadership of the Republican party, Francois Fillon (former prime minister) came first with 44%, Alain Juppé (the favourite, former prime minister, former deputy mayor of Paris, mayor of Bordeaux) came second with 28%, and Nicolas Sarkozy (former president)… Continue reading Issue 81:2016 11 24: week in Brief International
Issue 81: 2016 11 24: ID, Insurance and the NHS (Lynda Goetz)
24 November 2016 ID, Insurance and the NHS Other countries manage. by Lynda Goetz ‘Show your passport to see the doctor!’ screamed the headlines, as if this was heralding the terrifying imposition of a police state. ‘Every NHS patient could be asked to show their passport before they receive healthcare’, the permanent secretary to the… Continue reading Issue 81: 2016 11 24: ID, Insurance and the NHS (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 81: 2016 11 24: Shopping and Benches (Lynda Goetz)
24 November 2016 Shopping and Benches Will benches and loos really make the older generation spend more? by Lynda Goetz The International Longevity Centre is, according to its web site, ‘a futures (sic) organisation focussed (sic) on some of the biggest challenges facing Government and society in the face of demographic change’. According to an… Continue reading Issue 81: 2016 11 24: Shopping and Benches (Lynda Goetz)
Issue81:2016 11 24:Readies under the bed (Neil Tidmarsh)
24 November 2016 Readies Under The Bed Narendra Modi takes note. by Neil Tidmarsh If you’re puzzled by the prime minister of India’s decision to scrap his country’s two highest denomination bank notes, and by the fortnight of social and economic chaos it’s unleashed, consider these recent news stories from around the world. This week,… Continue reading Issue81:2016 11 24:Readies under the bed (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Why 2016? (John Watson)
17 November 2016 Why 2016? What has triggered the “interesting times”? By John Watson Some children want to become engine drivers. Others want to become political pollsters. But those inclining to the latter career have traditionally been put off it by their parents. You need to be good at maths, for one thing. You need… Continue reading Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Why 2016? (John Watson)
Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Week in Brief: UK
17 November 2016 Week in Brief: UK Government BREXIT STRATEGY: A memorandum leaked to The Times, and said to have been written by a consultant from the accountancy firm Deloittes, indicates that civil servants are struggling to produce an exit strategy in time for the giving of the Article 50 notice in March of next… Continue reading Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Nigel Farage (Lynda Goetz)
17 November 2016 Nigel Farage Fascist, racist, self-publicist or voice of the people? by Lynda Goetz In an interview with Henry Mance, political correspondent of the FT, back in April, in the different world we inhabited before Brexit, Nigel Farage, leader of the populist party UKIP, apart from being true to form in consuming vast… Continue reading Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Nigel Farage (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Christmas Preparations (Lynda Goetz)
17 November 2016 Christmas Preparations What should I be doing now? by Lynda Goetz For all those of you who, like me, swear every year that they will be more organised next year (and of course fail each time), here is a list of what you should be focusing on in the next couple of… Continue reading Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Christmas Preparations (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 80:2016 11 17:President Putin’s Other New Friends (Neil Tidmarsh)
17 November 2016 President Putin’s Other New Friends No, not the American ones. by Neil Tidmarsh There were presidential elections last week. But of course you knew that. Did the results surprise you? It was even closer than the polls suggested, wasn’t it? But in the end Igor Dodon won, as expected. After all, he… Continue reading Issue 80:2016 11 17:President Putin’s Other New Friends (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 79: 2016 11 10: Contents
10 November 2016: Issue 79 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Enemies Of The People? by John Watson What Mrs May needs to do now. To The Winner… by J R Thomas Some whys and wherefores. Give us a ‘T’, give us an ‘R’… by Neil Tidmarsh The forty-fifth president of the United States of… Continue reading Issue 79: 2016 11 10: Contents
Issue 80: 2016 11 17:Hallelujah (J.R.Thomas)
17 November 2016 Hallelujah Leonard Cohen, poet, song writer, singer: 1934 – 2016 by J.R.Thomas Everybody knows the fight was fixed. The poor stay poor, the rich get rich. That’s how it goes. Everybody knows. An extraordinarily pointed juxtaposition of events in the USA on Thursday last. President-elect Donald Trump and family rolled up to… Continue reading Issue 80: 2016 11 17:Hallelujah (J.R.Thomas)
