08 March 2018 Planning and Infrastructure New homes and… By Lynda Goetz Theresa May’s statement on Monday was welcome. Yes, we do need new homes for the younger generation. Yes, we need them to be affordable and yes, yes, yes, we would love them not to be little identikit rabbit hutches. However… However, what we… Continue reading Issue 144: 2018 03 08: Planning And Infrastructure
Article Category: Comment
Issue 144: 2018 03 08: Sell May and Go Away?
08 March 2018 Sell May and go away? By J R Thomas No, the heading is not a mess up by the titles editor; nor is this a sheet of investment advice. Though maybe, in the broadest sense, it is. What is it about 10 Downing Street that so attracts politicians? One can understand the… Continue reading Issue 144: 2018 03 08: Sell May and Go Away?
Issue 144: 2018 03 08: Diary of a Corbynista
08 March 2018 Diary of a Corbynista Mrs May Breaks Cover. By Don Urquhart 1 March Alison Michalska, President of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services was on today’s Daily Politics. In Nottingham City, where she is based, 60% of families live in poverty. Central government cuts have had a devastating effect. Kevin Hollinrake… Continue reading Issue 144: 2018 03 08: Diary of a Corbynista
Issue 144: 2018 03 08: Dad and your dinner
08 March 2018 Pensions: Is your dad still eating your dinner? Making the old subsidise the young may be a mistake. by Frank O’Nomics You must remember the feeling. Your father comes home from work as you are eating your fish fingers, reaches over and pinches one. It was intensively frustrating then and many contend… Continue reading Issue 144: 2018 03 08: Dad and your dinner
Issue 144: 2018 03 08: The Aid Wars
08 March 2018 The Aid Wars by James Morton A year ago I was incautious enough to write to the Editor of the Times responding to their article: Consultants Take Billions From Foreign Aid Budget. As one who had spent of 30 years at the coalface of overseas aid, I felt that I had to… Continue reading Issue 144: 2018 03 08: The Aid Wars
Issue 143: 2018 03 01: Lens on the Week
1 March 2018 Lens on the Week UK WEATHER: The UK is “enjoying” the worst week of weather for five years with airports and schools shutting up and down the country. Very cold weather coming in from Siberia has particularly affected the North East with the effective temperature being lowered further by windchill. It is… Continue reading Issue 143: 2018 03 01: Lens on the Week
Issue 143: 2018 03 01: Scotland and Catalonia
1 March 2018 Scotland and Catalonia The strange tale of the saltire and the estelada. By Antoninus Hogmanay, Edinburgh 2006. Revellers surging along the city’s George Street may scarcely have noticed the latest addition to the city’s industrial-scale New Year celebrations – large electronic billboards at each end of the street, one closing off the… Continue reading Issue 143: 2018 03 01: Scotland and Catalonia
Issue 143: 2018 03 01: Unintended Consequences
01 March 2018 The Law of Unintended Consequences How easy to avoid? By Lynda Goetz On 19th February the Prime Minister launched a review of Higher Education funding. Much has already been written on the subject, but that and other recent news items prompted some thoughts on Unintended Consequences. The so-called ‘law of unintended consequences’… Continue reading Issue 143: 2018 03 01: Unintended Consequences
Issue 143: 2018 03 01: Another Election?
01 March 2018 Another election? Off we go! By John Watson If you have ever shovelled mulch, you will know what I mean. You dig away at the bottom of the pile undermining its cliff-like edge. For ages. It sticks together and you begin to wonder whether it will ever collapse. Then, suddenly, one more… Continue reading Issue 143: 2018 03 01: Another Election?
Issue 143: 2018 03 01: Guns and Poses
01 March 2018 Guns and Poses Republican revival? by J.R. Thomas It is very difficult for those east of the Atlantic to understand the American obsession with bearing arms. Many US households own a weapon and bullets; most, as you would expect of prudent householders, kept carefully hidden and under lock and key. Consequently, when… Continue reading Issue 143: 2018 03 01: Guns and Poses
Issue 143: 2018 03 01: Fatalities on French Roads
01 March 2018 Fatalities on French Roads Why do more people die on the road in France than in the UK? By Richard Pooley How would British drivers react if told that the speed limit on ordinary roads outside of built-up areas was going to be reduced from 60 miles per hour to 50 mph? … Continue reading Issue 143: 2018 03 01: Fatalities on French Roads
Issue 143: 2018 03 01: Diary of a Corbynista
22 February 2018 Diary of a Corbynista Temporary diversions from Brexit by Don Urquhart 22 February Lecturers at 64 universities and colleges are embarking on a 1 month strike, ostensibly because changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme will reduce the level of their pensions. The employers want to move them from a defined benefit scheme… Continue reading Issue 143: 2018 03 01: Diary of a Corbynista
Issue 143: 2018 03 01: Happy and know it?
1 March 2018 If you’re happy and you know it Is GDP growth the best measure of success? by Frank O’Nomics We are continually told that, while experiencing moderate GDP growth, the UK is performing very badly compared to the rest of the world. Expectations of less than 2% GDP growth for the UK in… Continue reading Issue 143: 2018 03 01: Happy and know it?
