19 October 2017 Diary of a Corbynista To the Conference and Beyond by Don Urquhart 26 September Theresa May desperately needs something before next week’s Tory Party conference. This week she is meeting Donald Tusk, the European Council President. If it looks as if she has achieved a breakthrough she can then proclaim herself a… Continue reading Issue 125:2017 10 19:Diary of a Corbynista (Don Urquhart)
Month: October 2017
Issue 125:2017 10 19:cartoons(AGGro)
19 October 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
Issue 125:2017 10 19:I’m doing what I said I’d do.(Richard Pooley)
19 October 2017 I’m doing what I said I’d do. Macron’s pledges. By Richard Pooley Last Sunday evening French president Emmanuel Macron gave his first domestic television interview since he became head of state in May. He was expected to follow precedent and address the people or hold a press conference on Bastille Day, July… Continue reading Issue 125:2017 10 19:I’m doing what I said I’d do.(Richard Pooley)
Issue 125:2017 10 19:New Capital (Neil Tidmarsh)
19 October 2017 New Chinese Capital For A New Egyptian Capital A Chinese president, a plutocratic philosopher, an ancient British king & a heretic pharoah. by Neil Tidmarsh The nineteenth Chinese Communist Party Congress taking place this week will be an austere affair, unlike previous congresses. This time there will be no free facials, haircuts,… Continue reading Issue 125:2017 10 19:New Capital (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 125:2017 10 19:The Economic Consequences of Brexit Uncertainty( Frank O’Nomics)
19 October 2017 The Economic Consequences of Brexit Uncertainty Pre-referendum concerns are being justified. by Frank O’Nomics With UK unemployment running at its lowest level for over forty years and the stock market continually testing new highs, it might seen that all the concerns regarding Brexit were misplaced. UK manufacturing has seen a significant boost… Continue reading Issue 125:2017 10 19:The Economic Consequences of Brexit Uncertainty( Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 125: 2017 10 19: A Hard Brexit (John Watson)
19 October 2017 A Hard Brexit Why we need the figures. By John Watson It was always inevitable that at some stage we would have to make preparations for a “no deal” Brexit, and at long last the Government seems to be focusing on the possibility. And so they should, you might think. What is… Continue reading Issue 125: 2017 10 19: A Hard Brexit (John Watson)
Issue 125:2017 10 19:Beginning a play (Adam McCormack)
19 October 2017 Beginning –-a play by David Eldridge The Dorfman Theatre reviewed by Adam McCormack Star rating **** Every relationship has to start somewhere – the more important issue is: how long will it last? In Crouch End, the heart of the “pesto triangle”, two people are alone at the end of a flat… Continue reading Issue 125:2017 10 19:Beginning a play (Adam McCormack)
Issue 125:2017 10 19:Week in Brief Financial
19 October 2017 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY GODDBYE MR FLINT, HELLO MR FLINT: No sooner has one Flint left the boardroom of HSBC than another one arrives. On 30th September the banking group’s chairman left after 22 years on the board, and 12 days later new chairman Mark Tucker announced John Flint… Continue reading Issue 125:2017 10 19:Week in Brief Financial
Issue 125:2017 10 19:Plough, No Scatter (J.R.Thomas)
19 October 2017 Plough, No Scatter Farming and Brexit by J.R. Thomas As the bells ring out over the empty countryside for Harvest Festival it is time to spare a thought for Britain’s farmers. There was a time when country life centred around that backbone of British rural living, the family farm. Every parish had… Continue reading Issue 125:2017 10 19:Plough, No Scatter (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 124:2017 10 12:Quiz Answers (Boffles)
12 October 2017 Quiz Answers by Boffles It was named, against his wishes, after Sir George Everest, a Surveyor General of India The second highest mountain in the world located on the border between Pakistan and China and difficult to climb Bob Dylan who did not attend the Awards ceremony Aung San Suu Kyi for… Continue reading Issue 124:2017 10 12:Quiz Answers (Boffles)
Issue 124: 2017 10 12: Quiz (Boffles)
12 October 2017 Quiz By Boffles Do you know: Where does Everest get its name from? What is K2? Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016? Which national leader is facing demands that they be stripped of honours they have been awarded such as a Nobel Prize and honorary… Continue reading Issue 124: 2017 10 12: Quiz (Boffles)
Issue 124: 2017 10 12: Mrs May’s Speech (John Watson)
12 October 2017 Mrs May’s Speech A look at the substance. By John Watson “I am no orator, as Brutus is.” So spake Shakespeare’s Mark Anthony, before proving, of course, that he was a very good orator indeed. Mrs May could use the same words with more justification. She is no natural on the podium and… Continue reading Issue 124: 2017 10 12: Mrs May’s Speech (John Watson)
Issue 124: 2017 10 12: Week In Brief: UK
12 October 2017 Week in Brief: UK Brexit EU NEGOTIATIONS: The failure by the EU to react constructively to the proposals in Mrs May’s Florence speech has changed the emphasis of the government’s approach. Mrs May’s position is that the ball is now in the Brussels court and that we are not prepared to offer more money… Continue reading Issue 124: 2017 10 12: Week In Brief: UK
