01 October 2015 Week in Brief: UK CYBERCRIME: According to The Times, less than one in every hundred cases of online fraud is investigated by the police, with 3,200,000 frauds over the last year resulting in less than 9,000 being followed up. A computer program is used to identify which cases warrant action by the… Continue reading Issue 22: 2015 10 01: Week in Brief: UK
Author: Neil Tidmarsh
Issue 21:2015 09 24: The Only Lesson of History…
24 September 2015 The Only Lesson of History… …is that we learn nothing from history. by J R Thomas In 1919, Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, Vittorio Orlando and David Lloyd George, the leaders of the victorious powers in the War to End All Wars, sat down together to sort out Europe. It was a job… Continue reading Issue 21:2015 09 24: The Only Lesson of History…
Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Sex, Drugs and Memory Loss
24 September 2015 Sex, Drugs and Memory Loss by J R Thomas The silly season has arrived late this year. Mr Corbyn was the first to feel the chill blast as his past romantic life (especially with Diane Abbott, now a member of his shadow cabinet) was dissected in the popular press. As Mr Corbyn… Continue reading Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Sex, Drugs and Memory Loss
Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Week in Brief: UK
24 September 2015 Week in Brief: UK LABOUR: Major Labour donor, Assem Allam, who has given £720,000 to the party over the last five years, has offered to provide financial support for the formation of a new centre left party or to those Labour MPs who are prepared to defect to the Liberal Democrats. John… Continue reading Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Be Like A Spider
24 September 2015 Be Like A Spider By Chin Chin There is a large spider hanging just outside my window where it moves up and down as the wind touches the gossamer thread from which it is suspended. As it is only a few inches away I can, by moving my head a little, backwards… Continue reading Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Be Like A Spider
Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Schism?
24 September 2015 Schism? Can the differences between the African and American churches be resolved? By John Watson In the eighteenth century the Church of England was described as the Conservative party at prayer, but at the moment it probably has more in common with Labour. That is not just because the Archbishop, a man… Continue reading Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Schism?
Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Power To The People?
24 September 2015 Power To The People? Keeping the role of politicians in context. By John Watson Many of those who in the 1960s demonstrated in the streets crying “Power to the People” would have found it difficult to explain what they meant by it. After all, then as now, we lived in a parliamentary… Continue reading Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Power To The People?
Issue 20: 2015 09 17: Corbyn sets the stage
17 September 2015 Corbyn Sets the Stage by John Watson As the Corbyn circus roars ahead it is worth reflecting for a moment on how it is to be melded into a coherent opposition. There are already disparate views within the shadow cabinet on a wide range of issues. The shadow defence secretary favours Trident.… Continue reading Issue 20: 2015 09 17: Corbyn sets the stage
Issue 20: 2015 09 17: News in Brief: UK
17 September 2015 Week In Brief: UK NEWS LABOUR LEADER: On Saturday it was announced that left winger Jeremy Corbyn had been elected leader of the Labour Party with nearly 60% of the vote. Tom Watson, who comes from the centre of the party, has been elected deputy leader. Mr Corbyn’s team includes John McDonnell as… Continue reading Issue 20: 2015 09 17: News in Brief: UK
Issue 20: 2015 09 17: Men and Women For All Seasons
17 September 2015 Men And Women for All Seasons By Chin Chin Of all the great literary figures, Dorothy L Sayers was amongst the most adaptable. Speak to an expert on Dante and he will talk about her as the great translator of “The Divine Comedy”. Talk to an educationalist and he will refer you… Continue reading Issue 20: 2015 09 17: Men and Women For All Seasons
Issue 19: 2015 09 10: Contents
10 September 2015: Issue 19 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Time is running out in the Middle East by John Watson Direct action, before it’s too late. Labour Leadership Notes by Don Urquhart A few thoughts from the Left as a final reckoning approaches. Notes from North of The Wall by Antoninus SNP –… Continue reading Issue 19: 2015 09 10: Contents
Issue 18: 2015 09 03: Contents
3 September 2015: Issue 18 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Oh Lord by J R Thomas Crowding the second chamber. To Russia, with Love by Neil Tidmarsh We love your music and literature, Vitaly, honest. Appointments With Death by John Watson Debating the Assisted Dying Bill. Features Buy to Let by Lynda Goetz What’s ahead for the… Continue reading Issue 18: 2015 09 03: Contents
Issue 19: 2015 09 10: Time is running out in the Middle East
10 September 2015 Time is running out in the Middle East by John Watson Very hesitantly, with a weather eye on the immigration figures and the population forecasts, the Government reacts to public pressure to confirm that it will take refugees after all. A climb down perhaps, a change in direction certainly, but not so… Continue reading Issue 19: 2015 09 10: Time is running out in the Middle East
