8 December 2016 Crossword by Boffles More Friends, Rivals and Enemies To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Month: December 2016
Issue 83: Crossword – More Friends, Rivals and Enemies – printable
8 December 2016 Crossword by Boffles More Friends, Rivals and Enemies Across 1 ……… and good food and drink (8) 5 …….. and dress (?) (4) 7 Mouthy Rolling Stone and this other one (8) 8 Adolf and ……… (3) 9 Elliot and ……… ( a Hollywood relationship) (2) … Continue reading Issue 83: Crossword – More Friends, Rivals and Enemies – printable
Issue 83: 2016 12 08: Getting Wiser (Chin Chin)
08 December 2016 Getting Wiser By Chin Chin René Descartes, the 17th century mathematician, philosopher and general wise-cracker, put his most memorable sayings in Latin. The words “Cogito, ergo sum” have been etched into the memories of every generation of schoolboys, the classical language adding further weight to an already profound message. “I think, therefore… Continue reading Issue 83: 2016 12 08: Getting Wiser (Chin Chin)
Issue83:2016 12 08:Going Green All Over (J.R.Thomas)
08 December 2016 Going Green All Over A design for living by J.R.Thomas So often we fail to notice the obvious, even when it is right under our feet – or above our heads. Whatever is happening to our climate in the long term (and your correspondent is just old enough to remember the cold… Continue reading Issue83:2016 12 08:Going Green All Over (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 83: 2016 12 08: Draining the remuneration swamp (John Watson)
08 December 2016 Draining The Remuneration Swamp Using sunlight as a disinfectant. By John Watson That part of the Government’s Green Paper “Corporate Governance Reform” which deals with excessive remuneration makes rather depressing reading. Although it manages to identify the main issue easily enough, it is much less successful in finding a solution. That is… Continue reading Issue 83: 2016 12 08: Draining the remuneration swamp (John Watson)
Issue 83: 2016 12 08: Open Letter to Alison Pearson (Lynda Goetz)
08 December 2016 Open Letter to Allison Pearson Vets are neither ‘ripping you off’ nor ‘raking it in’. Dear Allison, I agree with so much of what you say. I frequently find myself reading out parts of your column to any family members who are prepared to listen. I can often be heard to exclaim… Continue reading Issue 83: 2016 12 08: Open Letter to Alison Pearson (Lynda Goetz)
Issue83:2016 12 08:The property bubble has a slow puncture(Frank O’Nomics}
8 December 2016 The property bubble has a slow puncture Low supply may not negate a buyer’s market. by Frank O’Nomics The bull market in residential property has now been running for almost 8 years, which, if we take the average age of a first time buyer in the UK as being around 30, means… Continue reading Issue83:2016 12 08:The property bubble has a slow puncture(Frank O’Nomics}
Issue 83: 2016 12 08: Week in Brief: UK
08 December 2016 Week in Brief: UK Courts SUPREME COURT: The Government’s appeal to the Supreme Court, against the High Court decision that Parliamentary approval is required before notice is given to leave the EU under article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon, began on Monday. The case turns on whether the supremacy of Parliament… Continue reading Issue 83: 2016 12 08: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 83:2016 12 08:Left a Bit, Right a Bit (J.R.Thomas)
08 December 2016 Left a Bit, Right a Bit What it says on the tin. by J.R.Thomas A thoughtful sage on the BBC last week referred to Mr Trump’s victory in the Presidential contest as a part of an international phenomenon in politics: the rise of the extreme right. Mr Trump campaigned, readers may recall,… Continue reading Issue 83:2016 12 08:Left a Bit, Right a Bit (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 83;2016 12 08:Week in Brief Financial
8 December 2016 Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY THOSE REAL ESTATE BLUES: They say UK real estate cycles are typically about eight years and the Bank of England, which knows its cycles, is now calling the peak of this one, eight years after the market collapsed in 2008. The Bank’s Financial Policy Committee, which… Continue reading Issue 83;2016 12 08:Week in Brief Financial
Issue83:2016 12 08:Eurexit(Neil Tidmarsh)
08 December 2016 Eurexit Change and renewal? Non, merci. Stagnation and decline? Si, per favore. by Neil Tidmarsh Goodbye Hollande, goodbye Renzi; and goodbye to Europe’s prosperity and global influence? Both leaders came to grief by proposing change and reform which their citizens roundly rejected; but without those changes and reforms, the possibility of Eurexit… Continue reading Issue83:2016 12 08:Eurexit(Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 83:2016 12 08: Week in Brief International
08 December 2016 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL Europe AUSTRIA: Independent candidate (former Green leader) Alexander Van Der Bellen beat Norbert Hoffer (far right Freedom Party) in last Sunday’s re-run of the presidential election, with 53% of the vote against 47%. FINLAND: A man was arrested after apparently random rifle shootings killed three women as they… Continue reading Issue 83:2016 12 08: Week in Brief International
