Month: September 2017

Issue 122:2017 09 28:Week in Brief Financial

28 September 2017 Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY COPPER TOPPED:  Over the past few months those who followour summary commodities index at the end of this section will have noted the steady rise in the price of copper.  Although this is in a reality a return to the trading band of 30 or so… Continue reading Issue 122:2017 09 28:Week in Brief Financial

Issue 122:2017 09 28:Anti-Semitism and “Hate-speak”: Labour’s toxic under-belly (R.D.Shackleton)

28 September 2017 Anti-Semitism And “Hate-Speak”: Labour’s Toxic Underbelly Extremists overshadow Corbyn’s conference triumph. By R.D. Shackleton If there were any  doubts amongst the faithful gathered in Brighton that Jeremy Corbyn is indeed the most messianic leader since James Keir Hardie, this was put to rest at this week’s Labour conference.  It’s no longer a… Continue reading Issue 122:2017 09 28:Anti-Semitism and “Hate-speak”: Labour’s toxic under-belly (R.D.Shackleton)

Issue 122:2017 09 28:Week in Brief International

28 September 2017 Week in Brief: International Europe FRANCE: Florian Phillipot, the deputy chairman of the National Front, resigned and left the party.  Although socially tolerant, he believes in absolute national sovereignty and has clashed with leader Marine le Pen over his opposition to the EU and the euro. Jean-Luc Melenchon (leader of the far… Continue reading Issue 122:2017 09 28:Week in Brief International

Issue 122:201 09 28:Crisis? What Crisis? (Frank O’Nomics)

28 September 2017 Crisis? What crisis? Heavyweight commentators offer portents of gloom. By Frank O’Nomics Looking at the current stance of the key central banks it would seem fair to assume that the global economy is in reasonable shape. Fears of continued disinflation, or even deflation, seem to have faded with the Fed looking to… Continue reading Issue 122:201 09 28:Crisis? What Crisis? (Frank O’Nomics)

Issue 122:2017 09 28:Silly season of a Corbynista (Don Urquhart)

28 September 2017 Silly Season Diary of a Corbynista All roads lead to Brighton 6 September A document turns up in the Guardian offices.  It claims to be a leaked Home Office immigration strategy.  The nub of it is closing the doors to unskilled labour on the day we leave the European Union.  It has… Continue reading Issue 122:2017 09 28:Silly season of a Corbynista (Don Urquhart)

Issue 121: 2017 09 21: Week in Brief: UK

21 September 2017 Week In Brief: UK Brexit BREXIT BOUNCER: Boris Johnson has preempted the Prime Minister’s speech in Florence next Friday by publishing an article in The Daily Telegraph setting out his own vision for Brexit.  The article which has drawn criticism from Amber Rudd for back seat driving, earned a swift rebuke from… Continue reading Issue 121: 2017 09 21: Week in Brief: UK

Issue 121: Crossword – Mellow Fruitfulness

21 September 2017 Crossword by Boffles Mellow Fruitfulness   To see a printable version of this crossword   Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp

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Issue 121:2017 09 21:Cartoons (AGGro)

21 September 2017 Cartoons by AGGro       If you enjoyed this article please share it 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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Issue 120: 2017 09 14: Contents

14 September 2017: Issue 120 The week’s news – your chance to catch up: Comment Money And Spires by John Watson Are vice chancellors being paid too much? High Office, And How To Hold It by J R Thomas Boris’s wilderness years. Giving Up by Lynda Goetz Should we be worrying about the medical students or the qualified… Continue reading Issue 120: 2017 09 14: Contents

Issue 121: 2017 09 21:Crossing the floor (J.R.Thomas)

21 September 2017 Crossing the Floor A new Mr Trump? by J.R. Thomas The summer recess is over, fall is creeping down from New England to Virginia, and in Washington two remarkable events occurred last week that should keep the American political establishment chattering into the winter. President Trump, having done a deal with the… Continue reading Issue 121: 2017 09 21:Crossing the floor (J.R.Thomas)

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