21 April 2016 Week in Brief: UK European Referendum TREASURY REPORT: The Treasury have published their analysis of the economic effects of Brexit. This estimates the amount by which leaving would reduce GDP in the year 2030 on three different bases: that the UK’s relationship with the EU becomes equivalent to that of Norway (a… Continue reading Issue 50: 2016 04 21: Week in Brief: UK
Author: Neil Tidmarsh
Issue 50: 2016 04 21: Ban Me, You Bastards (Chin Chin)
21 April 2016 Ban Me, You Bastards! Must I be the only one without a ban? By Chin Chin My goodness it makes me angry. Manchester University students debate banning Cameron from speaking even before he has indicated any wish to go there. Tiger Tatchell, too dangerous to be allowed out into the safe spaces… Continue reading Issue 50: 2016 04 21: Ban Me, You Bastards (Chin Chin)
Issue 49: 2016 04 14: The Best of Both Worlds? (Richard Pooley)
14 April 2016 The Best of Both Worlds? Why the French think we’d be mad to leave the EU. by Richard Pooley I spent some of my time in the early 1980s teaching English to foreign businesspeople in London. Nearly all of them were German, Swiss, Italian, Spanish, French or Japanese. One of the things… Continue reading Issue 49: 2016 04 14: The Best of Both Worlds? (Richard Pooley)
Issue 49: 2016 04 14: Bastards in the Church (Lynda Goetz)
14 April 2016 Bastards in the Church A very brief historical perspective. by Lynda Goetz The news this week of the true parentage of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and his calm and gracious handling of these revelations has been the subject of a great deal of media coverage. Fortunately for him and for… Continue reading Issue 49: 2016 04 14: Bastards in the Church (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 49: 2016 04 14: Obesity (Chin Chin)
14 April 2016 Obesity Industry solves the problem. By Chin Chin Thank the Lord for Susan Jebb, Professor of Diet and Population Health at the University of Oxford, Senior Obesity Adviser to Public Health England and to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, known to the general public as the “weight Tsar”, who… Continue reading Issue 49: 2016 04 14: Obesity (Chin Chin)
Issue 49: 2016 04 14: Panorama – The Cameron Coverage (John Watson)
14 April 2016 Panorama – The Cameron Coverage The BBC has a duty to put things fairly. by John Watson Those who read my piece Tax Havens and Panorama in Shaw Sheet last week may remember that it ended with three questions about Panorama’s coverage of Ian Cameron’s offshore funds. They were: did they now realise… Continue reading Issue 49: 2016 04 14: Panorama – The Cameron Coverage (John Watson)
Issue 49: 2016 04 14: Week in Brief: UK
14 April 2016 Week in Brief: UK EU REFERENDUM: Among this week’s points: Brexit campaigners are angry that the government is spending £9.2 million pounds on a pro EU leaflet to be delivered to 27,000,000 homes. Although the government claims that the leaflet merely responds to poll indications that the public want further information, the… Continue reading Issue 49: 2016 04 14: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Time Zones and Time Changes (Lynda Goetz)
07 April 2016 Time Zones and Time Changes Daylight saving anomalies Down Under and elsewhere by Lynda Goetz Flying from one continent to another, one accepts the inevitable disorientation caused by ending up in different time zones. Commonly, of course, known as jet lag, one ends up either gaining or losing hours or even an… Continue reading Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Time Zones and Time Changes (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Cromwell’s Rule of Statistics (Chin Chin)
07 April 2016 Cromwell’s Rule of Statistics The new research on Lawrence disturbs our certainties by Chin Chin It quite ruined my breakfast. There I was, reading the newspaper, wrapped in that happy shroud of sneering cynicism which distinguishes the North Londoner, when my eye fell on an article about research done by the University… Continue reading Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Cromwell’s Rule of Statistics (Chin Chin)
Issue 48: 2016 04 07: A Cultural Family? (Richard Pooley)
07 April 2016 A Cultural Family? by Richard Pooley “So, why should we vote to stay?” has been a pretty common question from my friends in the UK ever since Cameron promised a referendum on EU membership. Many assume that because I now live in France – “over there”,“on the continent” or, most tellingly, “in Europe”… Continue reading Issue 48: 2016 04 07: A Cultural Family? (Richard Pooley)
Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Tax Havens and Panorama (John Watson)
07 April 2016 Tax Havens and Panorama The question Panorama didn’t answer. by John Watson I have always thought that there might be something in guilt by association. If you know that someone runs with a bad crowd it is often wise to keep them at arm’s length. Birds of a feather, that sort of… Continue reading Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Tax Havens and Panorama (John Watson)
Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Week in Brief UK
07 April 2016 Week in Brief: UK EU REFERENDUM DEBATE: This week: John Whittingdale, the Culture Secretary, said that the national living wage will fuel immigration unless we leave the EU; 200 health professionals published a letter in “The Times” warning that Brexit will result in a worsening of public health as Britain loses the… Continue reading Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Week in Brief UK
Issue 47: 2016 03 31: Silent Virtue (Chin Chin)
31 March 2016 Silent Virtue It is not the doing but the not telling that is the true virtue. by Chin Chin From time to time I try to do Lorentz transformations in the bath. No, that isn’t some exciting new deviant procedure involving a bar of soap and a plastic duck; it isn’t even… Continue reading Issue 47: 2016 03 31: Silent Virtue (Chin Chin)
