9 May 2019 Letter to the Editors The Civil Sevice from Anthony Silver Dear Sir, Maybe it is a generational thing, maybe it is the propaganda from “Yes Minister”, but I have always believed the British Civil Service to be sort of World Class, and that while their political masters might be flapping about from
18 April 2019 Letter to the Editors Brexit from Watson Low 15 April 2019 Dear Sir I thought John Watson’s article in Issue 197 was a terrific analysis of Brexit. In general I agreed but was not keen on Corbyn being tarred with the same brush as May in terms of culpability. There are many
18 April 2019 Letter to the Editors Debenhams from Anthony Silver 11 April 2019 Dear Sir The scenario postulated in last week’s Lens on the Week may or may not reflect the reality; consider then another possibility. Is it likely that with the banking covenants probably in place, any offer for Debenhams would have
28 March 2019 Letter to the Editors Bags for life. From Anne K Sutherland Dear Sirs, I read with interest the article in the Shaw Sheet on 21st March by Frank O’Nomics. The points he made reflect my own experience. My husband has a large number of ‘bags for life’ in his car. Unfortunately, almost
14 March 2019 Letter to the Editors Anti semitism from Anthony Silver Dear Sir, In the ranking of social sins, the rise of the ‘isms’ (sexism, racism, ageism etc….) has been the most dramatic over the last decade. So when a political party is consistently accused of same, their goto solution should be not
7 March 2019 Letter to the Editor True Diversity? From Anthony Silver Sir Lynda Goetz elegantly sums up the diversity vs meritocracy argument in the last 2 sentences of her article (“Discrimination”:Issue 191) it seems that ‘…. you can’t have one without [diluting] the other..’, and, therein lies the dilemma. As diversity is often
21 February 2019 Letter to the Editors False Semitism? from Anthony Silver 20 February 2019 Dear Sir Today’s Times reported that Ian Austin MP criticised the Labour Party for readmitting Derek Hatton despite his tweet back in 2011 that “Jewish people with any sense of humanity need to start speaking out against the ruthless
14 February 2019 Letter to the Editors Non-disclosure Agreements from Anthony Silver Dear Sir If Sir Philip Green wants to pinch my cheeks, wrap his arm around my waist and make mildly offensive statements about my weight/attire/ethnicity and then pay me thousands of times the amount I would be normally eligible for in an
17 January 2019 Gilts and Bullion A letter to the Editors Dear Sir As most bullion depositories offer the facility of lending out existing holdings to speculators in return for a fixed/interest charge payable to the bullion owner, Gold need no longer be a non yielding asset class. Frank’s observation about the relative good value
17 January 2019 Movies Distorting History A letter to the editors. Dear Sirs Mr Tidmarsh in last week’s edition of the Shaw Sheet reviewed “The Favourite”, the heavily advertised and widely promoted film about Queen Anne and her relationships with two ladies of her court. Not greatly cheering, Mr Tidmarsh says, but beautifully made. But
