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Issue 125:2017 10 19:I’m doing what I said I’d do.(Richard Pooley)
19 October 2017 I’m doing what I said I’d do. Macron’s pledges. By Richard Pooley Last Sunday evening French president Emmanuel Macron gave his first domestic television interview since he became head of state in May. He was expected to follow precedent and address the people or hold a press conference on Bastille Day, July… Continue reading Issue 125:2017 10 19:I’m doing what I said I’d do.(Richard Pooley)
Issue 125:2017 10 19:New Capital (Neil Tidmarsh)
19 October 2017 New Chinese Capital For A New Egyptian Capital A Chinese president, a plutocratic philosopher, an ancient British king & a heretic pharoah. by Neil Tidmarsh The nineteenth Chinese Communist Party Congress taking place this week will be an austere affair, unlike previous congresses. This time there will be no free facials, haircuts,… Continue reading Issue 125:2017 10 19:New Capital (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 125:2017 10 19:The Economic Consequences of Brexit Uncertainty( Frank O’Nomics)
19 October 2017 The Economic Consequences of Brexit Uncertainty Pre-referendum concerns are being justified. by Frank O’Nomics With UK unemployment running at its lowest level for over forty years and the stock market continually testing new highs, it might seen that all the concerns regarding Brexit were misplaced. UK manufacturing has seen a significant boost… Continue reading Issue 125:2017 10 19:The Economic Consequences of Brexit Uncertainty( Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 125:2017 10 19:Beginning a play (Adam McCormack)
19 October 2017 Beginning –-a play by David Eldridge The Dorfman Theatre reviewed by Adam McCormack Star rating **** Every relationship has to start somewhere – the more important issue is: how long will it last? In Crouch End, the heart of the “pesto triangle”, two people are alone at the end of a flat… Continue reading Issue 125:2017 10 19:Beginning a play (Adam McCormack)
Issue 125:2017 10 19:Week in Brief Financial
19 October 2017 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY GODDBYE MR FLINT, HELLO MR FLINT: No sooner has one Flint left the boardroom of HSBC than another one arrives. On 30th September the banking group’s chairman left after 22 years on the board, and 12 days later new chairman Mark Tucker announced John Flint… Continue reading Issue 125:2017 10 19:Week in Brief Financial
Issue 125:2017 10 19:Plough, No Scatter (J.R.Thomas)
19 October 2017 Plough, No Scatter Farming and Brexit by J.R. Thomas As the bells ring out over the empty countryside for Harvest Festival it is time to spare a thought for Britain’s farmers. There was a time when country life centred around that backbone of British rural living, the family farm. Every parish had… Continue reading Issue 125:2017 10 19:Plough, No Scatter (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 124:2017 10 12:Quiz Answers (Boffles)
12 October 2017 Quiz Answers by Boffles It was named, against his wishes, after Sir George Everest, a Surveyor General of India The second highest mountain in the world located on the border between Pakistan and China and difficult to climb Bob Dylan who did not attend the Awards ceremony Aung San Suu Kyi for… Continue reading Issue 124:2017 10 12:Quiz Answers (Boffles)
Issue 124:2017 10 12:Show Yourself (Neil Tidmarsh)
12 October 2017 Show Yourself Face on for a face off. By Neil Tidmarsh The Austrian government’s Anti-Face Veiling Act came into force last Sunday, and only days later this ‘burka ban’ law claimed its first victim. But the victim wasn’t a woman wearing a burka. It was a man dressed up as a shark.… Continue reading Issue 124:2017 10 12:Show Yourself (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 124 :2017 10 12 Cartoons(AGGro)
12 October 2017 Cartoons by AGGro If you enjoyed these cartoons please share them using the buttons above. Please click here if you would like a weekly email on publication of the ShawSheet Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 124:2017 10 12:Week in Brief International
12 October 2017 Week in Brief: International Europe AUSTRIA: The Social Democrats have fallen to third place in polls ahead of next week’s elections, as a result of a scandal about an internet smear campaign against Sebastian Kurz, leader of the rival Peoples’ Party. The far right Freedom Party is in second place. The… Continue reading Issue 124:2017 10 12:Week in Brief International
Issue124:2017 10 12 :Week in Brief Financial
12 October 2017 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY PLUMB TO RIGHTS: For many years one of the darlings of the Stock Exchange, and latterly of the FTSE100, was Wolseley, the retail and wholesale supplier of bits and bobs to the plumbing industry in Britain in the UK. For more than 25 years it… Continue reading Issue124:2017 10 12 :Week in Brief Financial
Issue 124:2017 10 12:Does Macron need to mind his argot?(Richard Pooley)
12 October 2017 Does Macron need to mind his argot? Why does his vocabulary matter? By Richard Pooley I am sending this article to Shaw Sheet’s esteemed editor a day early. I have no idea what his policy is on the use of swearwords in his august organ. But if you find he has resorted… Continue reading Issue 124:2017 10 12:Does Macron need to mind his argot?(Richard Pooley)
