05 May 2016 Week in Brief: UK EU Referendum VOTE LEAVE RESIGNATION: Labour donor John Mills has left the Vote Leave campaign to set up a separate group for Labour supporters favouring Brexit. He was dissatisfied by the attitude of Vote Leave to members of the Party. CLINTON AND BLAIR: If the exigencies of… Continue reading Issue 52: 2016 05 05: Week in Brief: UK
Author: Neil Tidmarsh
Issue 52: 2016 05 05: Crisis at the Ministry of Misery and Discord (Chin Chin)
05 May 2016 Crisis at the Ministry of Misery and Discord by Chin Chin MINUTES (as smuggled out by an undercover reporter from the Shaw Sheet) Present: The Minster, The Permanent Secretary, The Deputy Secretary and the Assistant Undersecretary. MINISTER: Well, you have made a mess of it. Honestly, you lot couldn’t arrange discord at… Continue reading Issue 52: 2016 05 05: Crisis at the Ministry of Misery and Discord (Chin Chin)
Issue 52: 2016 05 05: Hillsborough (John Watson)
05 May 2016 Hillsborough The importance of vertical diversity by John Watson The recent coroner’s enquiry into Hillsborough reveals a double tragedy. First, of course, there were 96 deaths. The jury’s verdicts of unlawful killing indicate that they were caused by gross negligence and now the criminal law must take its course. In relation to… Continue reading Issue 52: 2016 05 05: Hillsborough (John Watson)
Issue 51: Another Volley From Remain (John Watson)
28 April 2016 Another Volley From “Remain” By John Watson Another week, another salvo from the guns of the Remain camp. President Obama makes his contribution to the discussion but without, of course, telling the British how to vote. He is here as a guest for the Queen’s birthday celebrations and he is far too… Continue reading Issue 51: Another Volley From Remain (John Watson)
Issue 51: 2016 04 28: Academies – A Step Too Far (John Watson)
28 April 2016 Academies – A Step Too Far The row about whether all schools should have to adopt academy status is an unwelcome distraction. By John Watson You would have thought that the European referendum was sufficiently exciting. A Cabinet split into two factions, a decision which will determine Britain’s place in the world… Continue reading Issue 51: 2016 04 28: Academies – A Step Too Far (John Watson)
Issue 51: Freedom of Speech (Lynda Goetz)
28 April 2016 Freedom of Speech Have we lost the understanding of what this means? by Lynda Goetz Free speech is generally understood to be fundamental in a democracy. It has been enshrined in international and regional human rights law, although it has a long history which predates such legislation. Most would probably consider ancient… Continue reading Issue 51: Freedom of Speech (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 52: 2016 04 28: ELO (Don Urquhart)
28 April 2016 Jeff Lynne’s Electric Light Orchestra At the O2 Reviewed by Don Urquhart The Venue We’ve been to a few shows at the O2. For Bob Dylan we were too high up and off to the side to see much of what was going on. We had a bit more of a view… Continue reading Issue 52: 2016 04 28: ELO (Don Urquhart)
Issue 51: 2016 04 28: Me and Arnold (Chin Chin)
28 April 2016 Me and Arnold Dinner with the late Arnold Wesker By Chin Chin For me the death of Sir Arnold Wesker is a double tragedy. Yes, we lose a great dramatic writer, incisive, politically reformist, with a flair for describing post-war working-class Britain. For me, however, there is something else. He is the… Continue reading Issue 51: 2016 04 28: Me and Arnold (Chin Chin)
Issue 51: 2016 04 28: Week in Brief: UK
28 April 2016 Week in Brief: UK The Queen BIRTHDAY: Her Majesty the Queen was ninety years old on Thursday, an occasion of considerable national celebration. She came to the throne in 1951, succeeding her father, King George the VIth, who himself became King on the abdication of his brother Edward VIII. The Shaw Sheet… Continue reading Issue 51: 2016 04 28: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 50: 2016 04 21: Contents
21 April 2016: Issue 50 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Pakistan’s Own Goals by Neil Tidmarsh Security and intelligence in Karachi and Islamabad. The Shadow of the Past by John Watson We should not hold old stories about who Mr Khan rubbed shoulders with against him. Big City Blues by J.R. Thomas New… Continue reading Issue 50: 2016 04 21: Contents
Issue 50: 2016 04 21: Spoil Celebrities and Respect for Others (Lynda Goetz)
21 April 2016 Spoilt Celebrities and Respect for Others Paul Hollywood setting his son a bad example. by Lynda Goetz Meryl Streep apparently thinks that celebrities should have children to curb their egos, or so she told a Telegraph reporter at an event to promote her latest film. She feels that the secret to staying… Continue reading Issue 50: 2016 04 21: Spoil Celebrities and Respect for Others (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 50: 2016 04 21: The Shadow of the Past (John Watson)
21 April 2016 The Shadow of the Past We should not hold old stories about who Mr Khan rubbed shoulders with against him. By John Watson Some jokes are recycled generation by generation and they are often not very good ones. Take this as an example. A man walks into a restaurant and orders soup.… Continue reading Issue 50: 2016 04 21: The Shadow of the Past (John Watson)
Issue 50: 2016 04 2: The Treasury Paper (John Watson)
21 April 2016 The Treasury Paper Now at last we have something we can debate. By John Watson At long last the referendum battle seems to be joined. Until this week the points were all coming from the Brexit camp and the only riposte seem to be the government’s rather unimpressive and very expensive leaflet. … Continue reading Issue 50: 2016 04 2: The Treasury Paper (John Watson)
