Month: July 2017

Issue 113: Crossword – Sporting Times

13 July 2017 Crossword by Boffles Sporting Times   To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp

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Issue 113:2017 07 13:Going steady (J.R.Thomas)

13 July 2017 Going Steady Foreign policy on the hoof by J.R.Thomas Last week Eric Trump, second son of You-Know-Who, flew to Scotland to open the Trump Organisation’s new course at Turnberry in the south west of the country.  “We made Turnberry great again” said Mr Trump, referring to the remaking of one of Scotland’s… Continue reading Issue 113:2017 07 13:Going steady (J.R.Thomas)

Issue 113:2017 0 13:Week in Brief Financial

13 July 2017 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY CONTRACTING CONTRACTORS:  Building and property have always been cyclical sectors and the current bull market has had a reasonably long run, so commentators are looking for signs suggesting that the next step is down.  The results of major building contractors seem to indicate that we… Continue reading Issue 113:2017 0 13:Week in Brief Financial

Issue 113: 2017 07 13: Week in Brief: UK

13 July 2017 Week in Brief: UK Government news TEACHERS PAY: Education Secretary Justine Greening has confirmed that the 1% cap on teachers’ pay is to remain in place.  The education budget is under pressure because of pledges to spend an additional £4 billion on schools which were made before the decision to scrap free… Continue reading Issue 113: 2017 07 13: Week in Brief: UK

Issue 113:2017 06 13:Lost in Eden(J.R.Thomas)

13 July 2107 Lost in Eden Is Sir Anthony a fair comparison? by J.R. Thomas The Financial Times columnist Bruce Anderson recently penned a characteristically direct and unsparing (“vicious” would be another word) article on the premiership and personality of Theresa May, in which he called her the “least successful Tory leader since Anthony Eden…”. … Continue reading Issue 113:2017 06 13:Lost in Eden(J.R.Thomas)

Issue 113:2017 07 13:Campaign diary of a Corbynista (Don Urquhart)

13 July 2017 Campaign Diary of a Corbynista Maybot in Flames by Don Urquhart 27 June This government cannot last long.  Sir Keir Starmer presented David Davis with a negotiating option which meant effectively staying in the European Union.  Davis looked very weak indeed. 28 June Today should be dramatic.  Jeremy Corbyn has tabled an… Continue reading Issue 113:2017 07 13:Campaign diary of a Corbynista (Don Urquhart)

Issue 113:2017 07 13:Zombie Nation (Frank O’Nomics)

13 July 2017 Zombie Nation Does low UK productivity matter? by Frank O’Nomics “Productivity isn’t everything, but in the long run it is almost everything”.  Nobel laureate Paul Krugman wrote this in 1994, but given the latest data from the ONS his view is topically disconcerting for the UK.  For the last 10 years our… Continue reading Issue 113:2017 07 13:Zombie Nation (Frank O’Nomics)

Issue 113:2017 07 13:Week in brief International

13 July 2017 Week in Brief: International Europe CYPRUS: Negotiations between Greek Cyprus and Turkish Cyprus for reunification have collapsed.  Greek Cyprus will begin drilling for natural gas off its coast, a move which is likely to increase tension with Turkey. FRANCE:Macron’s labour minister Muriel Penicaud is facing a criminal inquiry about an outing to… Continue reading Issue 113:2017 07 13:Week in brief International

Issue113:2017 07 13: Cartoons (AGGro)

13 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

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Issúe 113:2017 07 12:Eruption in Hamburg (Neil Tidmarsh)

13 July 2017 Eruption in Hamburg Political violence in Europe. By Neil Tidmarsh Europe breathed a big sigh of relief after extremist political parties failed to make much ground in recent elections in Holland, Austria and France.  But there are plenty of signs that political extremism hasn’t gone away and may even be thriving under… Continue reading Issúe 113:2017 07 12:Eruption in Hamburg (Neil Tidmarsh)

Issue 112: 2017 07 06: Quiz

06 July 2017 Quiz by Boffles   Do you know?   1.With which Rolling Stones was Anita Pallenberg particularly friendly?   Which famous person had previously owned Cotchford Farm where Brian Jones was found dead?   Where did an Athenian naval expedition suffer a major defeat in 413 BC?   Where did the largest tank… Continue reading Issue 112: 2017 07 06: Quiz

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