10 August 2017 Universities In The News Economics and education. By Lynda Goetz Universities seem to have been in the news a good deal in the last week. However, none of the news seems exactly positive. First there were Baroness Deech’s comments urging vice-chancellors to stand up to student demands if free speech is to… Continue reading Issue 117: 2017 08 10: Universities In The News (Lynda Goetz)
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Issue 115: 2017 07 27: Contents
27 July 2017: Issue 115 The week’s news – your chance to catch up: Comment Pay At The BBC by John Watson Apples and pears Education by Lynda Goetz More cash, more rights or more discipline? Live Long And Prosper by Frank O’Nomics Countering the Catch-22 of the state pension. Digging Deep by J R Thomas What will HS2 achieve?… Continue reading Issue 115: 2017 07 27: Contents
Issue 116: 2017 08 03: Week In Brief: UK
03 August 2017 Week In Brief: UK Brexit TRANSITION: In a move which has attracted broad cross-party support but is still contentious within the Cabinet, Philip Hammond, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has said that he would like to see a transitional deal which left trading relations with the EU much as they are now… Continue reading Issue 116: 2017 08 03: Week In Brief: UK
Issue 116: 2017 08 03: A Very British Event (Lynda Goetz)
03 August 2017 A Very British Event Open-air theatre and problematic weather. By Lynda Goetz Memories are often founded not on what actually happened, nor, of course, on the boring daily trivia, but centre rather around particular events. Our memories of years past are coloured by these occasions and the weather at these fixed points… Continue reading Issue 116: 2017 08 03: A Very British Event (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 116: 2017 08 03: Flexible Government (John Watson)
03 August 2017 Flexible Government The need to bring the other parties on board. By John Watson Remember Napoleon as he stood with his victorious officers before the tomb of Frederick the Great at Potsdam: “Hats off, gentlemen. If he were still alive we would not be here”. No soldier has ever received a better… Continue reading Issue 116: 2017 08 03: Flexible Government (John Watson)
Issue 116: 2017 08 03: Nunc Est Bibendum (Chin Chin)
03 August 2017 Nunc Est Bibendum But try to time it right. By Chin Chin Sometimes new research touches the very fundamentals of our lives and the conclusion reached by the University of Exeter, that we remember more if we have a drink or two after the event, is certainly in that category. Take buying… Continue reading Issue 116: 2017 08 03: Nunc Est Bibendum (Chin Chin)
Issue 115: 2017 07 27: Education (Lynda Goetz)
27 July 2017 Education More cash, more rights or more discipline? By Lynda Goetz At the beginning of last week, Justine Greening managed to magic up £1.3bn in extra funding for schools, although it quickly emerged that there was in fact no extra money from the Treasury and that this was going to have to… Continue reading Issue 115: 2017 07 27: Education (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 115: 2017 07 27: Week in Brief: UK
27 July 2017 Week In Brief: UK Brexit BREXIT NEGOTIATIONS: Last week’s round of talks ended with little agreement. Points at issue include whether EU citizen should be able to bring their families to the UK without restriction, whether the European Court of Justice should have any jurisdiction in the UK, whether the British people… Continue reading Issue 115: 2017 07 27: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 114: 2017 07 20: Contents
20 July 2017: Issue 114 The week’s news – your chance to catch up: Comment The Price Of Politics by John Watson What do we get? A Cashless Society by Lynda Goetz Is this really what we want? The Royal Mail Marshmallow by Frank O’Nomics The outcome of the Royal Mail’s pension dispute may set a key precedent. The Electric… Continue reading Issue 114: 2017 07 20: Contents
Issue 115: 2017 07 27: Pay At The BBC (John Watson)
27 July 2017 Pay At The BBC Apples and Pears? By John Watson What a change from Brexit! Most of us get lost fairly quickly if the conversation turns to the economic effects of trade treaties, market access and restricted immigration; however, put a glass in the right hand and everyone is an expert on… Continue reading Issue 115: 2017 07 27: Pay At The BBC (John Watson)
Issue 115: 2017 07 27: Made In France? (Chin Chin)
27 July 2017 Made in France? The Cornish flood By Chin Chin What caused it then? Rain poured down on the streets of Coverack in Cornwall on a scale not seen since Noah. Was this a direct punishment by the Almighty? Were there, among the rubble swept into the sea, the remnants of altars to… Continue reading Issue 115: 2017 07 27: Made In France? (Chin Chin)
Issue 113: 2017 07 13: Contents
13 July 2017: Issue 113 The week’s news – your chance to catch up: Comment Who Owns The Enquiry? by John Watson Chairing the enquiry into Grenfell Tower. Campaign Diary Of A Corbynista by Don Urquhart Maybot in flames. Zombie Nation by Frank O’Nomics Does low UK productivity matter? Going Steady by J R Thomas US foreign policy on… Continue reading Issue 113: 2017 07 13: Contents
Issue 114: 2017 07 20: The Price Of Politics (John Watson)
20 July 2017 The Price Of Politics What do we get? By John Watson What are our politicians for? We, the British public, pay the salaries of 650 MPs at £74,000 a throw, and that is before expenses, the salaries of assistants, accommodation and all the rest of it is taken into account. In the… Continue reading Issue 114: 2017 07 20: The Price Of Politics (John Watson)
