18 April 2019 Diary of a Corbynista Lions and Donkeys. By Don Urquhart 11 April Julian Assange was wrestled out of the Ecuadorian Embassy to await extradition to the United States. Jeremy Corbyn was out of the traps quickly to urge the government not to send him there, as The Home Secretary seemed minded to… Continue reading Issue 198: 2019 04 18: Diary of a Corbynista
Article Category: Comment
Issue 197: 2019 04 11: Brexit
11 April 2019 Brexit The domestic side. By John Watson The key to understanding international politics is to look at the domestic agenda of the parties. Why did Galtieri invade the Falklands? Because he needed distraction from problems at home. Why is Turkey’s Erdogen challenging the international community? To bolster popularity with his electorate. Why… Continue reading Issue 197: 2019 04 11: Brexit
Issue 197: 2019 04 11: Er…Whoops
11 April 2019 Er…Whoops Probably Donald. By J R Thomas Who would be a novelist in these times? Not a political novelist for sure. Mr Trollope would have never got into writing the Palliser set if he had been instead writing the Corbyn set, or the Trump set. Mr Cameron he might just have managed… Continue reading Issue 197: 2019 04 11: Er…Whoops
Issue 197: 2019 04 11: Diary of a Corbynista
11 April 2019 Diary of a Corbynista Still Kicking that Can by Don Urquhart 4 April Tory MPs queued up to advise Theresa May against consulting with Jeremy Corbyn. As reported by The Independent Dr Caroline Johnson asked where the prime minister stood on the relative risks of a no-deal Brexit and a “Marxist, anti-Semite-led government”. So… Continue reading Issue 197: 2019 04 11: Diary of a Corbynista
Issue 197: 2019 04 11: Cash Is Not King
11 April 2019 Cash is not king The opportunity costs of fear. By Frank O’Nomics Sometimes it feels as if the world is on its way to “hell in a handcart”. A slowdown in global economic growth (the IMF downgraded forecasts for the UK and the world this week), ongoing trade wars and Brexit are… Continue reading Issue 197: 2019 04 11: Cash Is Not King
Issue 197: 2019 04 11: Haftar On The March
11 April 2019 General Haftar On The March Crunch time for Libya. By Neil Tidmarsh So General Khalifa Haftar has made his move at last. It’s been expected for the past three years (see The Land of Three Governments, Shaw Sheet issue 75, 13 October 2016). But even after three years, the rest of the… Continue reading Issue 197: 2019 04 11: Haftar On The March
Issue 197: 2019 04 11: Helping The Planet
11 April 2019 Helping the Planet But we need to try harder. By Lynda Goetz Last week The Telegraph April Fool’s Day article by ‘Flora Poil’ addressed the current difficulties for the public of distinguishing between reality and farce. The very next day, Jacob Rees-Mogg wrote in to their letters page to advise that, whilst… Continue reading Issue 197: 2019 04 11: Helping The Planet
Issue 196: 2019 04 04: Use The Bully Boys
04 April 2019 Use The Bully Boys Save the environment. By John Watson Move a big stone in the garden and what do you find? If your garden is of the patio variety maybe not much at all, but if it is a good healthy country garden there will be life a plenty. Worms, slaters,… Continue reading Issue 196: 2019 04 04: Use The Bully Boys
Issue 196: 2019 04 04: One Step Forward…
04 April 2019 “One Step Forward…” In a fix. By J R Thomas “…all those with safe jobs,” runs a variant of the old joke. “Not you, Theresa.” But first we must say, farewell, Dominic Grieve. Mr Grieve, patrician in appearance and behaviour, was briefly almost famous for being Attorney General under David Cameron until… Continue reading Issue 196: 2019 04 04: One Step Forward…
Issue 196: 2019 04 04: Diary of a Corbynista
4 April 2019 Diary of a Corbynista Save me, Jeremy! By Don Urquhart 28 March Independent Group MP Anna Soubry attempted to raise a point of order after The Speaker had announced the results of the indicative votes. As The Evening Standard reports, she was shouted down by the Tories opposite. It was reminiscent of… Continue reading Issue 196: 2019 04 04: Diary of a Corbynista
Issue 196: 2019 04 04: April 01 Politics
04 April 2019 April 01 Politics Names, clowns and presidents. By Neil Tidmarsh Change UK? The name was announced a day or two short of April 01, but there was something unlikely and amusing about it nevertheless. Was it some sort of joke? It’s still early days for the eleven breakaway MPs of the Independent… Continue reading Issue 196: 2019 04 04: April 01 Politics
Issue 196: 2019 04 04: House Price Protection
04 April 2019 House Price Protection Stress-free home ownership? By Frank O’Nomics Are you worried about a bear market for house prices? You probably should be. If a recession is defined as two consecutive quarters of negative growth, then that is where the London property market is after seven successive falls. It is not just… Continue reading Issue 196: 2019 04 04: House Price Protection
Issue 196: 2019 04 04: Being Mortal
04 April 2019 Being Mortal* And associated problems. By Lynda Goetz Being human, and without the benefit of any religious beliefs, I am not too keen on the idea of death. However, nor have I ever been very enthusiastic about the idea of immortality; particularly the sort envisaged by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels. For… Continue reading Issue 196: 2019 04 04: Being Mortal
