22 October 2015 Stop Press: Joe Biden Hits the Lawn by J R Thomas We have been following the American Presidential nomination battles in the Shaw Sheet and speculating that Joe Biden, President Obama’s Vice President, might considerably impact Hilary Clinton’s front runner role for the Democrat nomination, should he decide to run. On Wednesday… Continue reading Issue 25: 2015 10 22: Joe Biden Hits the Lawn
Author: Neil Tidmarsh
Issue 24: 2015 10 15: Week in Brief: UK
15 October 2015 Week in Brief: UK LEON BRITTAN: The Metropolitan police have apologised to Lady Brittan, the widow of Lord Brittan of Spennithorne, for their failure to inform the Brittans that rape allegations against Lord Brittan had been abandoned before Lord Brittan’s death from cancer. An investigation by the BBC’s “Panorama” programme has cast… Continue reading Issue 24: 2015 10 15: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 24: 2015 10 15: Curbing NHS Costs
15 October 2015 Curbing NHS Costs Mr Hunt takes action on the amounts paid to agency workers by John Watson The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has clamped down on the amounts paid by the NHS for doctors and administrative staff supplied by agencies, and he had little choice, politically speaking. The numbers are startling at… Continue reading Issue 24: 2015 10 15: Curbing NHS Costs
Issue 22: 2015 10 01: Contents
01 October 2015: Issue 22 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Speaker Cornered by J R Thomas The latest twist in the fight for the Republican nomination. The Bonfire of the Vanities by John Watson “Vanity of vanities: all is vanity.” But keep trying, nevertheless. Syria – A Dilemma for Obama, or for Putin? by Neil… Continue reading Issue 22: 2015 10 01: Contents
Issue 23: 2015 10 08: More Mayor
08 October 2015 More Mayor by J R Thomas They do things differently over there. The circus and jamboree (latest: Hilary duets on Saturday Night Live) currently in full swing as the two great American parties select their Presidential candidates is merely the most visible of a whole series of contests to select candidates for… Continue reading Issue 23: 2015 10 08: More Mayor
Issue 23: 2015 10 08: Transports of Delight
08 October 2015 Transports of Delight by J R Thomas Given the influence it has on the daily lives of so many Londoners, it is surprisingly seldom that Transport for London (or TfL as it more coyly likes to be called) gets into the headlines. But it certainly did last week, over what it no… Continue reading Issue 23: 2015 10 08: Transports of Delight
Issue 23: 2015 10 08: BEPS Reports Published
08 October 2015 BEPS Reports Published By John Watson Monday saw the publication of the OECD reports on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting. What gobbledegook, you may think; but then, after all, it is all about tax. In particular it is about stopping multinationals from reducing their tax liabilities by various forms of financial trickery.… Continue reading Issue 23: 2015 10 08: BEPS Reports Published
Issue 23: 2015 10 08: Week in Brief: UK
08 October 2015 Week in Brief: UK EU REFERENDUM: Lord Lawson of Blaby, who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer for five years under Margaret Thatcher, is to become president of Conservatives for Britain which will join other organisations campaigning to leave the EU. The chief executive of the cross party coalition will be Matthew… Continue reading Issue 23: 2015 10 08: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 23: 2015 10 08: Week in Brief: CITY
08 October 2015 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY AN INSPECTOR CALLS: The Serious Fraud Office has announced that it is investigating actions instigated by the Bank of England during the early stages of the financial crisis in 2008 and 2009. The Bank of England has confirmed that several officials have voluntarily met officers from… Continue reading Issue 23: 2015 10 08: Week in Brief: CITY
Issue 23: 2015 10 08: Followership
08 October 2015 Followership How the new business school idea will work in practice By Chin Chin Imagine the scene. You have been called in to your boss’s office so that he can congratulate you on your excellent work. I have used “he” for verisimilitude as, statistically (and what a damning indictment of contemporary society… Continue reading Issue 23: 2015 10 08: Followership
Issue 22: 2015 10 01: Flossing and Trains
01 October 2015 Flossing and Trains By Chin Chin There is nothing intrinsically disgusting about using toothpicks. In fact not so long ago they would have been placed on the dining table so that those who encountered a particularly chewy piece of meat could remedy any consequences before they turned to tackle the dessert. But… Continue reading Issue 22: 2015 10 01: Flossing and Trains
Issue 22: 2015 10 01: Yeay Puppiiees!!
01 October 2015 Yeay Puppiiiees!! The joys of family and new dog ownership. by Serena Sinclair Our family has always owned dogs. They are most definitely part of the family. The family living at home is now, however, sadly depleted, with children supposedly grown up and scattered. Well, they were for some years. It seems… Continue reading Issue 22: 2015 10 01: Yeay Puppiiees!!
Issue 22: 2015 10 01: The Bonfire of the Vanities
01 October 2015 The Bonfire of the Vanities By John Watson “German Manufacturers Break Rules.” What a great headline. Has Germany finally moved on in evolutionary terms? Have the laws of Darwin finally made it across the Rhine? Will they be making jokes next, funny ones even? It is a little sad that just when… Continue reading Issue 22: 2015 10 01: The Bonfire of the Vanities
