Month: February 2017

Issue 93: 2017 02 23: Week in Brief: UK

23 February 2017 Week in Brief:UK Government NORTHERN IRELAND: The Democratic Unionist Party (“the DUP”) is the largest political party in Northern Ireland.  It has been revealed that it paid thousands of pounds in secret donations to help fund the Leave campaign in the EU referendum.  Northern Ireland is exempt from the rules which apply… Continue reading Issue 93: 2017 02 23: Week in Brief: UK

Issue 93: 2017 02 23: The future of civil partnerships (Lynda Goetz)

23 February 2017 The Future of Civil Partnerships To be extended or abolished? By Lynda Goetz Now that procreation has been removed from the concept of marriage, and same-sex marriage (although still not formally recognised by the Church) has been put on the statute book, is it time to say goodbye to the civil partnership?… Continue reading Issue 93: 2017 02 23: The future of civil partnerships (Lynda Goetz)

Issue 93: 2017 02 23: Walking on the seabed (John Watson)

23 February 2017 Walking On The Seabed The withdrawal of the Kraft bid is a stroke of luck for the Government. By John Watson I wonder if Mrs May has ever walked across the Red Sea.  It has been done before of course to considerable effect, and all that is needed is for the waters… Continue reading Issue 93: 2017 02 23: Walking on the seabed (John Watson)

Issue 93:2017 02 23:Good Cop,Bad Cop(Neil Tidmarsh)

23 February 2017 Good Cop, Bad Cop Populism and the police. by Neil Tidmarsh Much has been written and said about populism recently, but one of its most interesting and important aspects has provoked little comment so far – the fact that, under a populist leader, a country’s police force often ends up going to… Continue reading Issue 93:2017 02 23:Good Cop,Bad Cop(Neil Tidmarsh)

Issue 92: 2017 02 16: Contents

16 February 2017: Issue 92 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Twitter In Adolescence by John Watson Is Trump releasing its political potential? Sans Lui, Le Deluge? by Richard Pooley Who will stop le Pen? Get Real, Ladies! by Lynda Goetz Divorce nearly always for poorer. Legally Binding by J R Thomas Mr Trump… Continue reading Issue 92: 2017 02 16: Contents

Issue93:2017 02 23:Dangerous Leanings (J.R.Thomas)

23 February 2017 Dangerous Leanings 38 Degrees and Trump: too similar for comfort? by J.R.Thomas Avalanches are best avoided, as anyone who has witnessed one, or worse still been caught in one, will aver.  They are suffocating, all powerful, and destroy almost everything in their path.  Not, you might think, a great idea, to name… Continue reading Issue93:2017 02 23:Dangerous Leanings (J.R.Thomas)

Issue 93: 2017 02 23: Beards (Chin Chin)

23 February 2017 Beards Shaping the whiskers. By Chin Chin It is said that great sculptors will spend days looking at a piece of marble before they make the first cut.  An inch to the right and Venus will be missing a nose.  An inch to the left and the curve of her body will… Continue reading Issue 93: 2017 02 23: Beards (Chin Chin)

Issue 93:2017 02 23:House prices can also go down (Frank O’Nomics)

23 February 2017 House prices can also go down There are forces at work to correct the value of your house by Frank O’Nomics Those living north of the Watford Gap may quite reasonably indulge in some schadenfreude on hearing that prime London property prices fell by 6.9% last year, and closer to 12.5% over… Continue reading Issue 93:2017 02 23:House prices can also go down (Frank O’Nomics)

Issue93:2017 02 23:catch me if you can (J.R.Thomas)

23 February 2017 Catch Me If You Can       So where are all the fish? by J.R.Thomas Dr Johnson did not think much of fishermen.   “A fishing rod,” he said, “is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other.”  There are many fishermen who would agree with him, but they… Continue reading Issue93:2017 02 23:catch me if you can (J.R.Thomas)

Issue 93:2017 02 23:Week in Brief Financial

23 February 2017 Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY NOT YET FULLY FUELLED:  Anything to do with aerospace seems to be bad financial news at the moment.  British Aerospace itself continues to struggle through, hoping that times are getting better; Rolls Royce last week announced a whopping loss – though said that underlying trading is… Continue reading Issue 93:2017 02 23:Week in Brief Financial

Issue 93:2017 02 23:Week in Brief International

23 February 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe CYPRUS:  Talks about the reunification of Cyprus came to halt when the Turkish Cypriot negotiators withdrew in protest at last week’s decision by the Greek Cypriot parliament to introduce a national remembrance day for Enosis (the Greek Cypriot decision in 1950 for the island to be… Continue reading Issue 93:2017 02 23:Week in Brief International

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