Month: April 2017

Issue 102:2017 04 27:Week in Brief Business

27 April 2017 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY ENGINEERING WOOD:  AMEC Foster Wheeler is one of those specialist engineering conglomerates which the fall of the oil price, and the consequent cost cutting in that sector, has knocked sideways.  The weakness in the oil market caught AMEC at exactly the wrong moment – it… Continue reading Issue 102:2017 04 27:Week in Brief Business

Issue 102: 2017 04 27: It’s not in the bag, Emmanuel (Richard Pooley)

27 April 2017 It’s not in the bag, Emmanuel What will the Mélenchon supporters do on May 07? By Richard Pooley Exciting, wasn’t it?  Actually, no.  Despite the warning by pollsters that the first round of the French presidential election was too close to call and hence reliable exit polls would not be published at… Continue reading Issue 102: 2017 04 27: It’s not in the bag, Emmanuel (Richard Pooley)

Issue 102: 2017 04 27: Statistics and other fibs (J R Thomas)

27 April 2017 Statistics and Other Fibs The election – just too complex. by J.R.Thomas Eyes down, look in.  The electoral campaign is underway and the waterboarding of the public by polls and electoral surveys has begun; by the early part of June you won’t believe a word from any of them.  Which is a… Continue reading Issue 102: 2017 04 27: Statistics and other fibs (J R Thomas)

Issue 102: 2017 04 27: Queer British Art 1861-1967 (William Morton)

27 April 2017 Queer British Art, 1861-1967 Tate Britain (5 April – 1 October) Reviewed by William Morton The stated aim of this exhibition is to explore connections between art and a wide range of sexualities and gender identities from the time that the death penalty for sodomy was abolished until the partial decriminalisation of… Continue reading Issue 102: 2017 04 27: Queer British Art 1861-1967 (William Morton)

Issue 101: 2017 04 20: Week in Brief: UK

20 April 2017 Week in Brief: UK Government GENERAL ELECTION: The government has called  a general election on 8 June.  Under the Fixed Term Parliament Act that had to be endorsed by a two thirds majority of the House of Commons but, since Mr Corbyn has already said that he would back an early election,… Continue reading Issue 101: 2017 04 20: Week in Brief: UK

Issue 101:2017 04 20:Erdogan’s uneasy triumph (Neil Tidmarsh)

20 April 2017 Erdogan’s Uneasy Triumph Yet another crisis for Turkey. by Neil Tidmarsh Less than two years ago, it looked as if President Erdogan’s political life was about to come to an end.  The parliamentary election of June 2015 was a disaster for him.  The electorate understood that the vote was really about Erdogan’s… Continue reading Issue 101:2017 04 20:Erdogan’s uneasy triumph (Neil Tidmarsh)

Issue 101: Crossword – Down to the Pub

20 April 2017 Crossword by Boffles Down to the Pub   To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp

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Issue 101: 2017 04 20: Cracking Eggs With Donald, JR Thomas

20 April 2017 Cracking Eggs With Donald President Trump’s Easter message. by J.R.Thomas President Trump, clad in jeans and sweat shirt, appeared on the White House lawns to distribute Easter favours, join in the egg painting, dance with the Easter Bunny, and fling handfuls of mini eggs into the grass, crying “Take that, you suckers”…… Continue reading Issue 101: 2017 04 20: Cracking Eggs With Donald, JR Thomas

Issue 101:201 04 20:Week in Brief International

20 April 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe ALBANIA:  More than 20 policemen and customs officers were arrested on suspicion of helping drug smugglers export cannabis to Italy. FRANCE:  The first round of the presidential vote will take place this week.  The three leading candidates – Macron, Le Pen and Fillon – are neck… Continue reading Issue 101:201 04 20:Week in Brief International

Issue 101:2017 04 20:Week in Brief Financial

20 April 2017 Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY GOLD SORES:  You know that the problems are real when Goldman Sachs misses its own performance forecasts; especially when they and fellow investment banks have been making positive noises, albeit unofficial, about the beneficial effects on their businesses of political change in the USA and Britain… Continue reading Issue 101:2017 04 20:Week in Brief Financial

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