18 January 2018 Lens on the Week UK STAR PERFORMER: Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry refers to Trump as an “asteroid of awfulness”. Kim Jung-un refers to him as a mentally deranged dotard. Sometimes it is difficult to remember who is allied with who. Let’s hope that the American’s don’t forget, as paying for our… Continue reading Issue 137: 2018 01 18: Lens on the week
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Issue 136:2018 01 11:Lens on the Week
11 January 2018 Lens on the Week UK BBC/WOMEN: The BBC has always prided itself upon being politically correct. Danny Cohen, former head/controller of BBC1, insisted that all panel and quiz shows should have at least one woman on the panel(s). The latest Dr. Who is an actress, whose appointment was greeted with great fanfare… Continue reading Issue 136:2018 01 11:Lens on the Week
Issue 135: 2018 01 04: Lens on the week
04 January 2018 Lens on the Week UK EAST COAST LINE: It is not unusual for there to be different narratives in politics, but the two lines being peddled concerning Lord Adonis’s resignation as chairman of the independent National Infrastructure Commission probably mark the beginning of the first political row of 2018. Lord Adonis believes that… Continue reading Issue 135: 2018 01 04: Lens on the week
Issue 134: 2017 12 21: Lens on the Week
21 December 2017 Lens on the Week UK HAPPY TO LOSE: Last week Dominic Grieve, Conservative MP and ex-attorney general, forced through an amendment to the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill in the teeth of Government opposition. Now any Brexit deal will have to be approved by statute after a full debate in both Houses. Does… Continue reading Issue 134: 2017 12 21: Lens on the Week
Issue 133: 2017 12 14: Lens on the Week
14 December 2017, Lens on the Week. Nothing missing here. Grenfell Tower, Trump’s state visit, the ‘New Jerusalem’, Hollywood comes to Saudi Arabia, the end of an era at the Fed and in Australia…
