28 July 2016 Week in Brief: UK Government BREXIT: At a meeting with Mrs May, President Hollande indicated that France will keep to the Le Touquet agreement under which British border police operate in Calais. While stressing that ties between the two nations would remain strong, he also said that Britain would have to… Continue reading Issue 64: 2016 07 28: Week in Brief: UK
Author: Neil Tidmarsh
Issue 63: 2016 07 21: Week in Brief: UK
21 July 2016 Week in Brief: UK Government News NEW CABINET: New prime minister Theresa May has now finished assembling her cabinet. In a reshuffle which has been described as ‘brutal’, she has sent George Osborne and Michael Gove, previously Chancellor of the Exchequer and Justice Secretary respectively but both at the heart… Continue reading Issue 63: 2016 07 21: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 63: 2016 07 21: The Case For Experts (Lynda Goetz)
21 July 2016 The Case for Experts Why we need to listen to those with knowledge by Lynda Goetz When so much is happening in both the UK and the wider world and events are moving so dizzyingly fast that the whole thing sometimes seems like a giant surrealistic blur, it can be hard to… Continue reading Issue 63: 2016 07 21: The Case For Experts (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 63: 2016 07 21: Sparkling Epithets (Chin Chin)
21 July 2016 Sparkling Epithets Boris will have to do better. by Chin Chin I just don’t understand it. There is George W Bush, one of America’s less convincing presidents, described by Boris as “a cross-eyed Texan warmonger”. There is Hillary Clinton, a woman who cannot even control her email account, awarded “blonde hair and… Continue reading Issue 63: 2016 07 21: Sparkling Epithets (Chin Chin)
Issue 63: 2016 07 21: Mrs May’s Strategy (John Watson)
21 July 2016 Mrs May’s Strategy Can Johnson’s skills get Britain’s views through to the European public? by John Watson As chalices go, the one passed by Mrs May to Boris Johnson and David Davis gets five stars in the Borgia international poison league. As they sit together at Chevening, the country house which they… Continue reading Issue 63: 2016 07 21: Mrs May’s Strategy (John Watson)
Issue 62: 2016 07 14: Contents
14 July 2016: Issue 62 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment The Chilcot Report and Mrs May by John Watson Why there must be no general election. Might or Right by Neil Tidmarsh International law and the sovereignty of the seas. The Dog Days of Summer by J R Thomas Choosing the presidential running mate. The Great National… Continue reading Issue 62: 2016 07 14: Contents
Issue 62: 2016 07 14: Sack Postman Pat (Lynda Goetz)
14 July 2016 Sack Postman Pat The rural postman and modern life. by Lynda Goetz The character of Postman Pat, created for the children’s animated TV series in 1981, was for many years used by Royal Mail for their promotional and charity work. In the fictional village of Greendale, on the border between Cumbria and… Continue reading Issue 62: 2016 07 14: Sack Postman Pat (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 61: 2016 07 07: Contents
07 July 2016: Issue 61 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment The Rules of the Game by John Watson The tactics of the dispute within Labour and the Brexit negotiations. Friends and Enemies by Neil Tidmarsh Unlikely détentes around the world. Accentuate the Positive – Eliminate the Negative by Frank O’Nomics How low can interest rates go? Features… Continue reading Issue 61: 2016 07 07: Contents
Issue 62: 2016 07 14: Dialogues Of The Deaf (Don Urqhart)
14 July 2016 Dialogues Of The Deaf Communication and miscommunication. by Don Urquhart How often we wish we could communicate more precisely both as transmitter and receiver. When my daughter was born I was allowed to hold her and as I did so was thrilled to observe a fleeting smile on the new-born’s face. I shared… Continue reading Issue 62: 2016 07 14: Dialogues Of The Deaf (Don Urqhart)
Issue 62: 2016 07 14: Week in Brief: UK
14 July 2016 Week in Brief: UK Politics PRIME MINISTER: Following Andrea Leadsom’s withdrawal from the contest, Theresa May was left as the only candidate for the leadership of the Conservative party and accordingly became Prime Minister on Wednesday. See comment The Chilcot Report and Mrs May. LABOUR LEADERSHIP: Angela Eagle has issued a challenge… Continue reading Issue 62: 2016 07 14: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 62: 2016 07 14: The Chilcot Report and Mrs May (John Watson)
14 July 2014 The Chilcot Report and Mrs May Why there must be no general election. by John Watson “Cripes!” as the late Boris Johnson might have put it. Oh, no, I’m not sure that I got that quite right. It is in “Game of Thrones” that losing generally leads to violent death. Boris is… Continue reading Issue 62: 2016 07 14: The Chilcot Report and Mrs May (John Watson)
Issue 62: 2016 07 14: Why Aren’t We More Curious? (Richard Pooley)
14 July 2016 Why Aren’t We More Curious? Questions, questions… by Richard Pooley Like probably every British immigrant in France, I have been shackled to my smartphone for the past three weeks, following the follies of British politicians. Occasionally I have sought solace in the few bits of non-Brexit news which have managed to elbow… Continue reading Issue 62: 2016 07 14: Why Aren’t We More Curious? (Richard Pooley)
Issue 62:2016 07 14: A Rose By Any Other Name (Chin Chin)
14 July 2016 A Rose By Any Other Name Finding a doppleganger amongst the Plantagenets. by Chin Chin “ Edward”. The cry rang out and I saw a man bounding towards me with hand outstreched, a smile of greeting on his face. I rose to welcome him. This was somebody who I knew quite well,… Continue reading Issue 62:2016 07 14: A Rose By Any Other Name (Chin Chin)
