05 July 2018 World’s Worst President And the winner isn’t… By J R Thomas There are currently a number of contenders for this illustrious and hard-fought title. So who is likely to be this decade’s winner? Perhaps President Xi Jinping, converting himself to President for life of the Peoples’ Republic of China; or President Erdogan,… Continue reading Issue 161: 2018 07 05: World’s Worst President
Article Category: Comment
Issue 161: 2018 07 05: Don’t Sell (until you see
05 July 2018 Don’t Sell (until you see the whites of their socks) Central bankers are traders too. By Frank O’Nomics At the start of the year, many argued that we should await a “blow-off” top to markets before starting to sell. Such statements display arrogance, or the “greater fool” theory, and highlight the danger… Continue reading Issue 161: 2018 07 05: Don’t Sell (until you see
Issue 161: 2018 07 05: Franco’s Ghost
05 July 2018 Franco’s Ghost Amnesia isn’t easy. By Neil Tidmarsh The Valley of the Fallen lies in the barren Guadarrama mountains thirty miles north west of Madrid. At its heart is a massive Roman Catholic basilica – an underground crypt quarried out of the side of a mountain – which holds the remains of… Continue reading Issue 161: 2018 07 05: Franco’s Ghost
Issue 161: 2018 07 05: Expert Patients
05 July 2018 Expert Patients The new NHS app. By John Watson Jerome K Jerome’s Three Men in a Boat is one of the funniest books in the English language. It begins, however, with a perceptive (and, of course, funny) commentary on patient behaviour. The hero is not feeling well and decides that he will consult… Continue reading Issue 161: 2018 07 05: Expert Patients
Issue 161: 2018 07 05: Diary of a Corbynista
5 July 2018 Diary of a Corbynista Education, Education, Education. By Don Urquhart 28 June Today the EU leaders meet in Brussels with immigration the main agenda item. Several countries have closed their borders and now Bavaria seeks to join them in defiance of Angela Merkel’s “open door” policy. Horst Seehofer is the leader of… Continue reading Issue 161: 2018 07 05: Diary of a Corbynista
Issue 161: 2018 07 05: Rural Life
05 July 2018 Rural Life Need for housing, jobs and connectivity. By Lynda Goetz This week, for those of you who are not aware of the fact (probably most of you), is Rural Housing Week (it is also NHS Health Information Week, Sarcoma Awareness Week, School Diversity Week, National Dim Sum Week as well as… Continue reading Issue 161: 2018 07 05: Rural Life
Issue 160: 2018 06 28: Who To Betray
28 June 2018 Who To Betray The Brexit mutineers. By John Watson I forget who it was who said that he would never trust a man who would not betray his country for his friends, but whoever it was, he made an important point. You do not have to be Kim Philby to discover that… Continue reading Issue 160: 2018 06 28: Who To Betray
Issue 160: 2018 06 28: Three Emperors
28 June 2018 Three Emperors A round of applause. By Neil Tidmarsh Ever been to Pyongyang? No, me neither. But we can imagine what it looks like, can’t we? Dark, grey, oppressive, run-down… Well, no, it’s not like that, apparently. Quite the opposite, in fact. The city’s tower blocks are painted in bright pastel colours. … Continue reading Issue 160: 2018 06 28: Three Emperors
Issue 160: 2018 06 28: All Bad, Really?
28 June 2018 All Bad, Really? At least the weather is good. By Lynda Goetz It honestly feels as if there has been too much rubbish news this week. More dispiriting information coming out of the Grenfell inquiry; more macho stuff from Trump and his trade wars; more ridiculous political correctness from the literary world*;… Continue reading Issue 160: 2018 06 28: All Bad, Really?
Issue 160: 2018 06 28: Melania’s Mistake
28 June 2018 Melania’s Mistake Just a slogan. By Robert Kilconnor Am I the only person who feels sorry for Melania Trump? She is not a professional politician and either out of compassion or to help her husband – or more probably a mixture of the two – she decided to visit one of the… Continue reading Issue 160: 2018 06 28: Melania’s Mistake
Issue 160: 2018 06 28: Cash for Culture
28 June 2018 Cash for Culture by J.R.Thomas Last week the Chancellor worked his conjuring trick and produced another wodge of cash for the NHS, applying a sticking plaster perhaps strong enough to dish Labour, if not to cure the funding problems of our national treasure. He also, shaking out the piggy bank, retrieving those… Continue reading Issue 160: 2018 06 28: Cash for Culture
Issue 160: 2018 06 28: Diary of a Corbynista
28 June 2018 Diary of a Corbynista Hammond’s wheels come off by Don Urquhart 21 June Back in March Lord Sugar was highly critical of Jeremy Corbyn’s handling of anti-Semitism in the Labour party. He shared a tweet depicting leader Jeremy Corbyn sitting in a car alongside Adolf Hitler. He later added that Corbyn needed… Continue reading Issue 160: 2018 06 28: Diary of a Corbynista
Issue 160: 2018 06 28: Chaos
28 June 2018 Chaos Trump plunges on by Pat Edlin An appeal to raise funds of $1500 to give legal help to immigrants on entering the US, started on only 20th of June, had passed the $20 million mark by Sunday 24th June. “Reunite an Immigrant Parent with their Child” fundraising is just one of… Continue reading Issue 160: 2018 06 28: Chaos
