30 November 2017 Making a Difference Should we be extra careful now? by Lynda Goetz You’ve probably heard it often in the past, “I am just one person. How can I make a difference?” We probably hear it less these days because with the advent of social media and instant online sharing, not to… Continue reading Issue 131:2917 11 30:making a difference (Lynda Goeatz)
Category: Comment
Issue 131: 2017 11 30:Diary of a Corbynista (Don Urquhart)
30 November 2017 Diary of a Corbynista Spin at home, thuggery abroad by Don Urquhart 22 November Hammond’s budget will be a feeble affair. He will make gestures in the popular directions – NHS, Housing, Education, Infrastructure. He will claim success in terms of employment and deficit reduction, although the most recent deficit figures have… Continue reading Issue 131: 2017 11 30:Diary of a Corbynista (Don Urquhart)
Issue 131:2017 12 30: Robert Mugabe, Ratko Mladic… and President Assad?(Neil Tidmarsh)
30 November 2017 Robert Mugabe, Ratko Mladic… and President Assad? A bad time for bad guys By Neil Tidmarsh Last week, Robert Mugabe was forced to resign as president of Zimbabwe; this week, Ratko Mladic was found guilty of war crimes at The Hague and sentenced to life in prison. It seems to be a… Continue reading Issue 131:2017 12 30: Robert Mugabe, Ratko Mladic… and President Assad?(Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 131:2017 11 30: The easy way to increase productivity (Frank O’Nomics)
30 November 2017 The easy way to increase productivity – stop cyberslacking! 2 ½ hours a day on a Smartphone restricts output. By Frank O’Nomics How many times during the day does the Internet or social media distract you from your work? Before you click off, worried that this is just another such occasion please… Continue reading Issue 131:2017 11 30: The easy way to increase productivity (Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 131:201 11 30:Damned if we do (J.R.Thomas)
30 November 2017 Damned If We Do Is land yesterday’s asset? by J.R. Thomas Thanksgiving Day in the United States was this year marked by a relatively new but increasingly powerful ceremony in which the early settlers are damned to the brims of their furlined hats and to the soles of their leather boots. Not… Continue reading Issue 131:201 11 30:Damned if we do (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 130:2017 11 23:Diary of a Corbynista (Don Urquhart)
23 November 2011 Diary of a Corbynista EU Withdrawal Bill, Philip Hammond budget coming – no end to the excitement 15 November So begins the 8 day marathon that is the EU Withdrawal Bill. The Daily Telegraph has on its front page photos of 15 potential Tory rebels. 16 November If you were the Housing… Continue reading Issue 130:2017 11 23:Diary of a Corbynista (Don Urquhart)
Issue 130: 2017 11 23: Keeping Our Balance (John Watson)
23 November 2017 Keeping Our Balance Sexual predators. By John Watson Mirrors are the harbingers of self-doubt. To shave effectively in the morning you need to concentrate very carefully on the image which confronts you. How easy it is to fall, by way perhaps of a short narcissistic reverie, into a critical examination of the… Continue reading Issue 130: 2017 11 23: Keeping Our Balance (John Watson)
Issue 130: 2017 11 23: Our Blue Planet (Lynda Goetz)
23 November 2017 Our Blue Planet Increasing awareness of plastic pollution. By Lynda Goetz Last year a friend of my daughter did a 260-mile trip around the Cornish coast on a SUP (stand-up paddleboard) to raise funds* for Surfers Against Sewage, a charity working to raise awareness, inter alia, of pollution to our oceans, including plastic… Continue reading Issue 130: 2017 11 23: Our Blue Planet (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 130:2017 11 23 :Kenya and Zimbabwe (Neil Tidmarsh)
23 November 2017 Kenya And Zimbabwe One president stays in, another president goes out. by Neil Tidmarsh This week, the Supreme Court in one East African country decided that the president should stay, while the governing party (with the help of the army) in another East African country decided that the president should go. One… Continue reading Issue 130:2017 11 23 :Kenya and Zimbabwe (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 130:2017 11 23:From “Spreadsheet Phil” to “Hamstrung Hammond”(Frank O’Nomics)
23 November 2017 From “Spreadsheet Phil” to “Hamstrung Hammond”. Budget hat devoid of rabbits. by Frank O’Nomics. Ahead of this week’s Budget there was, as ever, no shortage of advice for the Chancellor from every conceivable direction. Whether it was demand for more housing, more pay for the public sector or student debt relief the… Continue reading Issue 130:2017 11 23:From “Spreadsheet Phil” to “Hamstrung Hammond”(Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 130:2017 11 23:Sentence First (J.R.Thomas)
23 November 2011 Sentence First Dealing with the change in manners. By J R Thomas “No, no” said the Queen “Sentence first – verdict afterwards.” “Stuff and nonsense!” said Alice loudly. “The idea of having the sentence first!” Alice in Wonderland of course, as the ever growing Alice expands out of the jury box until… Continue reading Issue 130:2017 11 23:Sentence First (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 219: 2017 11 16: Pre-school brain-training (Lynda Goetz)
16 November 2017 Pre-School Brain-Training Brits need to look at other countries. By Lynda Goetz When it comes to education, we in Britain tend to think (as indeed we do in many other areas) that we are leading the rest of the world. Sadly, when it actually comes down to it, there are many other… Continue reading Issue 219: 2017 11 16: Pre-school brain-training (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 129:2017 11 16:Taxing for Mr Trump (J.R.Thomas)
16 November 2017 Taxing for Mr Trump by J R Thomas There are not many obvious similarities between Mrs May and Mr Trump, but the two leaders can certainly find one – a wafer thin majority when it comes to getting legislation through their respective legislatures. Mrs May retains power by virtue of her controversial… Continue reading Issue 129:2017 11 16:Taxing for Mr Trump (J.R.Thomas)
