Month: February 2017

Issue 90: 2017 02 02: Week in Brief: UK

02 February 2017 Week in Brief: UK BREXIT: The Supreme Court has handed down its judgement and has held that the Prime Minister, Theresa May, cannot trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty by exercise of the Royal Prerogative.  It must be done by statute, namely an Act of Parliament passed by the House of… Continue reading Issue 90: 2017 02 02: Week in Brief: UK

Issue 90: 2017 02 02: Leading Trumps (John Watson)

02 February 2017 Leading Trumps Britain’s interests from a post imperial standpoint. By John Watson It really is very difficult to understand what is going on.  The debate here over whether or not Parliamentary authority was needed before the Prime Minister could issue a notice under article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon was bad… Continue reading Issue 90: 2017 02 02: Leading Trumps (John Watson)

Issue 90: 2017 02 02:Week in Brief International

02 February 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe AUSTRIA:  The government announced a ban on the burka and the niqab, and other measures to strengthen security and to integrate migrants.  The governing coalition (Social Democrat Party and People’s Party) is hoping that such measures will take the wind out of the far-right Freedom party’s… Continue reading Issue 90: 2017 02 02:Week in Brief International

Issue 90: 2017 02 02: “Granny-Dumping” and State Responsibility (Lynda Goetz)

02 February 2017 “Granny-Dumping” and State Responsibility Old people, like children, should be cared for, says MP. by Lynda Goetz One of the shocking stories which came out this week was the one about the 76 year-old American with dementia who, it is alleged, was abandoned in November 2015 in the car park of Hereford bus… Continue reading Issue 90: 2017 02 02: “Granny-Dumping” and State Responsibility (Lynda Goetz)

Issue 90: 2017 02 02: Week in Brief Financial

02 February 2017 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY COPPER BOTTOMED:  Copper is one of those fascinating metals which whilst beautiful in colour and easily wrought for jewellery is principally used industrially, and on an increasingly large scale.  Indeed, it is a metal without which we would struggle to make the modern world work,… Continue reading Issue 90: 2017 02 02: Week in Brief Financial

Issue 90:2016 02 02: Sir Thomas Dalyell (J.R.Thomas)

02 February 2017 Sir Thomas Dalyell of the Binns, Bart. One of the greatest of the awkward squad by J.R.Thomas If you were wondering to whom we could be possibly referring, try “Tam Dalyell”, hero, or villain, depending on perspective and taste, of the Belgrano incident and many other Parliamentary controversies.  Sir Thomas – never,… Continue reading Issue 90:2016 02 02: Sir Thomas Dalyell (J.R.Thomas)

Issue 90:2017 02 02: Donald and Teresa (J.R.Thomas)

2 February 2017 Donald and Theresa’s Love In The way to implement by J.R.Thomas One of the most irritating features of modern news management (that is, attempted management of the media by politician’s inner offices) is that one is told the day before the set piece speech what the revered one will say.   “Mrs… Continue reading Issue 90:2017 02 02: Donald and Teresa (J.R.Thomas)

Issue 90: 2017 02 02: An Inspector Calls (Lynda Goetz)

02 February 2017 An Inspector Calls by J B Priestley The Playhouse Theatre. Reviewed by Lynda Goetz  This is a play familiar to many.  Perhaps you appeared in a school production, or one of your children studied it as a set text for GCSE, or your local theatre produced a version; whatever the source, it is… Continue reading Issue 90: 2017 02 02: An Inspector Calls (Lynda Goetz)

Issue 90:2017 02 02:Politics and the Post-Work World(Neil Tidmarsh)

02 February 2017 Politics and the Post-Work World Hamon says, but Fillon does (allegedly). by Neil Tidmarsh Has anyone else noticed the irony?  One politician proposes an idea and it wins him the leadership of his party.  Another politician is accused of putting that same idea into practice and it may well lose him the… Continue reading Issue 90:2017 02 02:Politics and the Post-Work World(Neil Tidmarsh)

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