08 December 2016 Open Letter to Allison Pearson Vets are neither ‘ripping you off’ nor ‘raking it in’. Dear Allison, I agree with so much of what you say. I frequently find myself reading out parts of your column to any family members who are prepared to listen. I can often be heard to exclaim… Continue reading Issue 83: 2016 12 08: Open Letter to Alison Pearson (Lynda Goetz)
Author: Neil Tidmarsh
Issue 83: 2016 12 08: Week in Brief: UK
08 December 2016 Week in Brief: UK Courts SUPREME COURT: The Government’s appeal to the Supreme Court, against the High Court decision that Parliamentary approval is required before notice is given to leave the EU under article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon, began on Monday. The case turns on whether the supremacy of Parliament… Continue reading Issue 83: 2016 12 08: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 82: 2016 12 01: Week in Brief: UK
01 December 2016 Week In Brief: UK Government BREXIT NEGOTIATIONS: Guy Verhofstadt, the chief EU negotiator on Brexit, has suggested that, following the UK’s secession from the EU, individual Britons should be able to pay an annual fee in return for personal EU membership, an idea unlikely to appeal to “leave” MPs. According to reports in… Continue reading Issue 82: 2016 12 01: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 81: 2016 11 24: Contents
24 November 2016: Issue 81 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment When Racism Stalks The Streets by John Watson Time for a message. Bad Hair, Good Hair by J R Thomas Just who is Mr Trump? Readies Under The Bed by Neil Tidmarsh Narendra Modi takes note. ID, Insurance and the NHS by Lynda… Continue reading Issue 81: 2016 11 24: Contents
Issue 82: 2016 12 01: Renewing the EU (John Watson)
01 December 2016 Renewing the EU Is Mr Verhofstadt beginning the thinking? By John Watson Just suddenly, between the gathering crowds, a shaft of light. Some will think that Guy Verhofstadt’s suggestion that British Nationals should be able to belong to the EU by paying an individual subscription, much like belonging to a club I… Continue reading Issue 82: 2016 12 01: Renewing the EU (John Watson)
Issue 82: 2016 12 01: A 21st Century Death (Lynda Goetz)
01 December 2016 A 21st Century Death Is it modern technology, lack of religious beliefs or simply lack of familiarity with death which makes us so bad at managing dying? by Lynda Goetz A few weeks ago, the case was reported of a 14 year-old girl who was dying of cancer and was, at her… Continue reading Issue 82: 2016 12 01: A 21st Century Death (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 82: 2016 12 01: Black Friday (Chin Chin)
01 December 2016 Black Friday Buying a discount. By Chin Chin The word “black” has sinister connotations. The eponymous villain of the 1987 film “Black Widow” is a lady who marries rich men, murdering them once they have made wills in her favour. The black spider trout fly has proved fatal to many a feeding… Continue reading Issue 82: 2016 12 01: Black Friday (Chin Chin)
Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Contents
17 November 2016: Issue 80 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Why 2016? by John Watson What has triggered the “interesting times”? Free Speech in Toytown by J R Thomas Without advertising revenues there can be no free press. President Putin’s Other New Friends by Neil Tidmarsh No, not the American ones. Economics and… Continue reading Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Contents
Issue 81: 2016 11 24: Week in Brief: UK
24 November 2016 Week in Brief:UK Government AUTUMN STATEMENT: In his autumn statement, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has abandoned any attempt to seek a surplus by 2019/20. It is forecast that debt will rise to 90.2% of GDP in 2017/18. Proposals include: an increase in the income tax threshold to £11,500 from next year,… Continue reading Issue 81: 2016 11 24: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 81: 2016 11 24: Rather A Jumble (Chin Chin)
24 November 2016 Rather A Jumble Are Christmas presents the front line in the struggle between the sexes? By Chin Chin The last thirty years have seen women burst into areas which were traditionally reserved for men: the military front line; the boardrooms of industry; the public bars of pubs. Now they kill, make decisions… Continue reading Issue 81: 2016 11 24: Rather A Jumble (Chin Chin)
Issue 81: 2016 11 24: When Racism Stalks The Streets (John Watson)
24 November 2016 When Racism Stalks The Streets Time for a message. By John Watson The cricketers call it Hawkeye. I am not sure what the equivalent term is in tennis but in any case the principle is much the same. If it is hard to tell whether a ball would have hit the stumps,… Continue reading Issue 81: 2016 11 24: When Racism Stalks The Streets (John Watson)
Issue 81: 2016 11 24: ID, Insurance and the NHS (Lynda Goetz)
24 November 2016 ID, Insurance and the NHS Other countries manage. by Lynda Goetz ‘Show your passport to see the doctor!’ screamed the headlines, as if this was heralding the terrifying imposition of a police state. ‘Every NHS patient could be asked to show their passport before they receive healthcare’, the permanent secretary to the… Continue reading Issue 81: 2016 11 24: ID, Insurance and the NHS (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 81: 2016 11 24: Shopping and Benches (Lynda Goetz)
24 November 2016 Shopping and Benches Will benches and loos really make the older generation spend more? by Lynda Goetz The International Longevity Centre is, according to its web site, ‘a futures (sic) organisation focussed (sic) on some of the biggest challenges facing Government and society in the face of demographic change’. According to an… Continue reading Issue 81: 2016 11 24: Shopping and Benches (Lynda Goetz)
