Cover Page, 22 September 2022, Issue 339 Welcome to our latest edition. This week we consider: a diplomatic blunder during the Queen’s lying-in-state in Westminster Hall; a plea to Liz Truss for better communication between politicians and people; the death of Michael Collins one hundred years ago; a king who died three days after Elizabeth… Continue reading Issue 339: 2022 09 22: Cover page
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Issue 338: 2022 09 15: Cover page
Cover Page, 15 September 2022, Issue 338 Welcome to our latest edition. This week we consider: the benefits of constitutional monarchy; US presidents past and present look towards the Old Country and its late queen; some personal anecdotes about Elizabeth II; revolution – not necessarily off the menu?; yet another ill-informed comment about Devil-Land and… Continue reading Issue 338: 2022 09 15: Cover page
Issue 337: 2022 09 08: Cover page
Cover Page, 8 September 2022, Issue 337 Welcome to our latest edition. This week we consider: ex-prime minister Johnson and life after number 10; why sky-high energy prices might not survive the winter; prospects for the Labour Party Conference; speaking out for the older generation; the perils of eavesdropping (no, sorry, I mean ‘unavoidable overhearing’);… Continue reading Issue 337: 2022 09 08: Cover page
Issue 336: 2022 09 01: Cover page
Cover Page, 1 September 2022, Issue 336 Welcome to our latest edition. This week we consider: diversity in the Tory party’s leadership contest; the upturn in Joe Biden’s prospects; a new city in Saudi’s desert; riding to Banbury (cross!): the joys of youth; student debt relief; women’s triumph in football; plus a crossword from Boffles… Continue reading Issue 336: 2022 09 01: Cover page
Issue 335: 2022 07 28: Cover page
Cover Page, 28 July 2022, Issue 335 Welcome to our latest edition. This week we consider: suggestions for Labour’s agenda; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and friction within the Democrats; the problem of personality above policy; the Forde Report; the French parliament’s dress code; a new club for the superstars of a good walk spoiled; the uses of… Continue reading Issue 335: 2022 07 28: Cover page
Issue 334: 2022 07 21: Cover page
Cover Page, 21 July 2022, Issue 334 Welcome to our latest edition. This week we consider: how Tory leaders used to be selected; how they should be selected; a final look at the Covid-19 data as we now try to live with the virus; Tom Tugendhat, officer and gentleman; Italy’s technocratic prime minister; principles and… Continue reading Issue 334: 2022 07 21: Cover page
Issue 333: 2022 07 14: Cover page
Cover Page, 14 July 2022, Issue 333 Welcome to our latest edition. This week we consider: Boris Johnson’s position (or rather, a certain newspaper’s view of it); Joe Biden’s shelf-life (best before?); the nanny state and the heat wave; a medical bulletin; the mysterious return of the “precious blood of Christ”; our Chosen One; plus… Continue reading Issue 333: 2022 07 14: Cover page
Issue 332: 2022 07 07: Cover page
Cover Page, 7 July 2022, Issue 332 Welcome to our latest edition. This week we consider: the rebellion against Boris Johnson; the University of Essex’s ‘Angling For Good’ initiative; pandemic grade inflation in universities; the James Webb space telescope; plus of course a crossword from Boffles and cartoons from AGGro. Share this using… Facebook Twitter… Continue reading Issue 332: 2022 07 07: Cover page
Issue 331: 2022 06 30: Cover page
Cover Page, 30 June 2022, Issue 331 Welcome to our latest edition. This week we consider: the US constitution, democracy and Roe v Wade; an analysis of the votes in the recent by-elections; striking professionals; nuclear deja-vu; President Macron and the crippled, cuckolded and rejected god; imposters and politicians; the national food chain; plus of… Continue reading Issue 331: 2022 06 30: Cover page
Issue 330: 2022 06 23: Cover page
Cover Page, 23 June 2022, Issue 330 Welcome to our latest edition. This week we consider: the government’s ethics adviser (what’s the point?); the horrible history of ethics advisers and advised; the rail strikes (Labour and the RMT can’t both be right); the Tiverton and Honiton by-election; Corbynista takes us inside a communal kitchen in… Continue reading Issue 330: 2022 06 23: Cover page
Issue 329: 2022 06 16: Cover page
Cover Page, 16 June 2022, Issue 329 Welcome to our latest edition. This week we consider: how to present Sir Keir Starmer; the end of an era; islands and islanders; a Corbynista’s week; Elizabeth II and Minnie the Minx; and Walter Sickert at Tate Britain. Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 328: 2022 06 09: Cover page
Cover Page, 9 June 2022, Issue 328 Welcome to our latest edition. This week we consider: Boris Johnson’s prospects and what was really at issue in that vote; prime ministers and their wives; the dangers of winning and losing in Ukraine; Corbynista and the Queen; gene-edited tomatoes (nourishing) and gene-edited hamsters (frightening); plus of course… Continue reading Issue 328: 2022 06 09: Cover page
Issue 327: 2022 06 02: Cover page
Cover Page, 2 June 2022, Issue 327 Welcome to our latest edition. This week we consider: the precedents, pros and cons of the windfall tax; police and crime; health spending here and abroad; Corbynista on Starmer; Boris and the Exit door; T E Lawrence’s ‘why worry?’; what I did in my summer holidays; plus of… Continue reading Issue 327: 2022 06 02: Cover page