20 July 2017 Week In Brief: UK Brexit BREXIT BILL: The Government has published the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill which will repeal the European Communities Act 1972, the statute which gives EU legislation effect in the UK. The bill, which has the effect of freezing the law as at the date of Brexit so that… Continue reading Issue 114: 2017 07 20: Week In Brief: UK
Month: July 2017
Issue 114: 2017 07 20: Tick Tock (Robert Kilconner)
20 July 2017 Tick Tock Mr Barnier’s clock moves on. By Robert Kilconner Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock. In Mr Barnier’s room in Brussels, replete with the luxuries appropriate to the leader of the EU negotiating team, there stands a clock. At least I suppose there does, because he claims to hear it ticking… Continue reading Issue 114: 2017 07 20: Tick Tock (Robert Kilconner)
Issue 114: 2017 07 20: A Cashless Society (Lynda Goetz)
20 July 2017 A Cashless Society Is this really what we want? By Lynda Goetz Financial writers and commentators have, for some time, been warning of the plans by policy-makers to remove cash from the global system. American best-selling author and renowned economist Jim Rickards has even written an entire book on the subject, The Road… Continue reading Issue 114: 2017 07 20: A Cashless Society (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 114:2017 07 20:The Royal Mail Marshmallow (Frank O’Nomics)
20 July 2017 The Royal Mail Marshmallow The outcome of the Royal Mail pension dispute may set a key precedent. by Frank O’Nomics Nearly 50 years ago researchers in Stanford conducted a series of delayed gratification studies. Children were offered the choice between one marshmallow immediately, or 2 if they were prepared to wait for… Continue reading Issue 114:2017 07 20:The Royal Mail Marshmallow (Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 114: 2017 12 20: A Double-Edged Sword (Neil Tidmarsh)
20 July 2017 A Double-Edged Sword En garde with anti-corruption laws. By Neil Tidmarsh Last week, the central election commission of Russia barred the opposition activist Alexander Navalny from standing in next year’s presidential election because of his criminal record – he was convicted of fraud earlier this year. He and fellow opponents of President… Continue reading Issue 114: 2017 12 20: A Double-Edged Sword (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 114: 2017 07 20: Mosquitoes (Adam McCormack)
20 July 2017 Mosquitoes The National Theatre reviewed by Adam McCormack Star rating: *** Alice is a brilliant scientist. She is not as brilliant as her mother, who really should have won the Nobel Prize given to her father (according to her mother), but smart enough to be involved in the search for the Higgs… Continue reading Issue 114: 2017 07 20: Mosquitoes (Adam McCormack)
Issue 114:2017 7 20:Cartoons(AGGro)
20 July 2017 Cartoons by AGGro If you enjoyed these cartoons please share them using the buttons above. Please click here if you would like a weekly email on publication of the ShawSheet Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 114:2017 07 20:Week in Brief International
20 July 2017 Week in Brief: International Europe FRANCE: President Trump was the guest of President Macron at the military parade on Bastille Day in Paris. The parade had a US theme to commemorate the centenary of US intervention in World War I. President Macron acknowledged French responsibility for sending thousands of Jews to Nazi… Continue reading Issue 114:2017 07 20:Week in Brief International
Issue 114: 2017 07 20: Watts 200 (William Morton)
20 July 2017 Watts 200: Celebrating England’s Michelangelo The Watts Gallery, Guildford, Surrey (20 June – 26 November). By William Morton This exhibition celebrates the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Frederic Watts (1817 – 1904). To call him ‘England’s Michelangelo’ is perhaps over-doing it but he is an important artist, even if… Continue reading Issue 114: 2017 07 20: Watts 200 (William Morton)
Issue 113: 2017 07 13: Flushing The Mind (Chin Chin)
13 July 2017 Flushing The Mind Those with total recall belong in the funny farm. By Chin Chin The Commonwealth has made many fine contributions to Britain and its citizens over the years: wealth, prestige, resources, support in time of war and cultural enrichment in time of peace. But the best thing of all is… Continue reading Issue 113: 2017 07 13: Flushing The Mind (Chin Chin)
Issue 113: 2017 07 13: Who Owns The Enquiry? (John Watson)
13 July 2017 Who Owns The Enquiry? Chairing the enquiry into Grenfell Tower. By John Watson Tragedies have stakeholders, and if you need evidence for that, just look at the protests against the appointment of Sir Martin Moore-Bick as the chairman of the public enquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster. Let’s begin by identifying some… Continue reading Issue 113: 2017 07 13: Who Owns The Enquiry? (John Watson)
Issue 112: 2017 07 06: Contents
06 July 2017: Issue 112 The week’s news – your chance to catch up: Comment Entryist Politics by John Watson The knives of McDonnell. Phone-Hacking, The Future Of The Media by R D Shackleton And why Hacked Off should back off. Saving Too Little, Spending Too Much by Frank O’Nomics The stark facts regarding household finances. Milking The… Continue reading Issue 112: 2017 07 06: Contents
Issue 113: Crossword – Plain Vanilla 22 – solution
13 July 2017 Crossword by Boffles Plain Vanilla 22 – solution Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
