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Issue 25: 2015 10 22 Contents

22 October 2015: Issue 25 Week in Brief             UK International Financial Stop Press Joe Biden hits the lawn by J.R.Thomas Biden out of race Comment Sic Transit George by J R Thomas A lesson in humility from the Romans A rumbling of Tumbrils by John Watson What Blairite Labour MPs must do to avoid the… Continue reading Issue 25: 2015 10 22 Contents

Issue 26: Crossword – Plain Vanilla 2

29 October 2015 Crossword by Boffles Plain Vanilla 2   To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp

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Issue 26: 2015 10 29 The Snow White Message

29 October 2015 The Snow White Message Focusing on the essentials by John Watson “Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” So the Queen asked in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and her emphasis on the importance of self-examination has also been reflected by philosophers of less weight. According to… Continue reading Issue 26: 2015 10 29 The Snow White Message

Issue 26 : 2015 10 29 Agincourt

29 October 2015 Agincourt How technology and terror still rule the day by Chin Chin You’d think we were in Monmouth, the Welsh town in which Henry V was born. It was as Henry of Monmouth that he was known and they certainly don’t let you forget it. The names Harry and Agincourt dominate the… Continue reading Issue 26 : 2015 10 29 Agincourt

Issue 26: 2015 10 29 Be wary of what you wish for

29 October 2015 Be wary of what you wish for Corbyn, a leader some may want by Tom Dowling It is a severe black mark against the Conservatives that Ed Miliband was ever allowed become a viable electoral threat. Having seen him off, the party is now in great danger of making the opposite mistake… Continue reading Issue 26: 2015 10 29 Be wary of what you wish for

Issue 25: Crossword – Empires and Emperors

22 October 2015 Crossword by Boffles Empires and Emperors   To see a printable version of this crossword     Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp

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Issue 25: Crossword – Empires and Emperors – printable

22 October 2015 Crossword by Boffles Empires and Emperors Across     7  Birthplace of Cyrus the Great (6)     8  Birthplace of all Islamic ones (6)     9  Worn by the man himself and the Praetorian Guard (4)   10  Far Eastern one with a controversial record (8)   11  Viceroys entered India through it… Continue reading Issue 25: Crossword – Empires and Emperors – printable

Issue 25: 2015 10 22 Guano Politik

22 October 2015 Guano Politik By Don Urquhart I had the good fortune recently to spend a couple of days in Bristol.  We took the ferry from the Pump House to the SS Great Britain, which is now an admirable museum.  Man of the people that I am, I was particularly keen to inspect the… Continue reading Issue 25: 2015 10 22 Guano Politik

Issue 25: 2015 10 22: Business and the City

22 October 2015 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY IRON-IC:  Right on cue, as if designed to coincide with the state visit of the Chinese President to London, much of the British steel industry announced bad news.  Caparo Industries, part of the Paul family owned group of heavy industries primarily trading in the UK… Continue reading Issue 25: 2015 10 22: Business and the City

Issue 25: 2015 10 22: Week In Brief: UK

22 October 2015 Week In Brief: UK TAX CREDIT:  The Chancellor’s plan to withdraw tax credits from next spring has come under fire from members of his own party who are concerned at the effect on low-paid working families.  Those members include Lord Tebbit and the Bow Group.  Since the changes are being introduced by… Continue reading Issue 25: 2015 10 22: Week In Brief: UK

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