19 January 2017 Liberating Populism “…by any other name would…?” by J.R.Thomas… Continue reading Issue88: 2017 01 19: Liberating Populism(J.R.Thomas)
Category: Features
Issue 88: 2017 01 19: Just Among Friends (Chin Chin)
19 January 2017 Just Among Friends Favours must be returned. By Chin Chin MI6 is “briefing both ways”, deceiving both the Russians and Americans! “MI6 officers are never ex”! The Russian commentary on the British Secret Service following the revelation of the “dirty dossier” on Trump is worthy of John le Carré. So what is… Continue reading Issue 88: 2017 01 19: Just Among Friends (Chin Chin)
Issue 87: 2017 01 12: Bandits at 12 o’clock (Chin Chin)
12 January 2017 Bandits at 12 o’clock Killing mosquitoes. By Chin Chin “Buzz, Buzz, Buzz…” wrote the great ursine poet and philosopher W.T.Poo on finding himself surrounded by bees. Those of us who have had the pleasure of reading the story to a child (and what greater pleasure could there be) will recall that the… Continue reading Issue 87: 2017 01 12: Bandits at 12 o’clock (Chin Chin)
Issue86:2017 01 05:Ignore the Pronos (Richard Pooley).
05 January 2017 Ignore the Pronos Nobody knows by Richard Pooley On 10 June last year I sent the following email from France to friends and family in the UK: “We voted last week. I bumped into the mayor as I was posting the envelopes: “Deux votes pour Europe,” I told him. He seemed pleased.… Continue reading Issue86:2017 01 05:Ignore the Pronos (Richard Pooley).
Issue 86:2017 01 05:Wild Behaviour (J.R. Thomas)
05 January 2017 Wild behaviour A voice crying in the wilderness by J.R.Thomas There can be little that is more dangerous to the public wellbeing than when a new hip philosophy coincides with budgetary restraint. When those who normally call for more expenditure concur with those who are in perpetual attempts to draw closer the… Continue reading Issue 86:2017 01 05:Wild Behaviour (J.R. Thomas)
Issue 86: 2017 01 05: Taking the Cross (Chin Chin)
05 January 2017 Taking the Cross Has it changed so much? By Chin Chin “A wind of change” blowing across Africa, “a new broom” sweeping clean, “a cleaner floor” with Sudso. The thirst for change for the better is a strong one and it is at its strongest at the start of the New Year. … Continue reading Issue 86: 2017 01 05: Taking the Cross (Chin Chin)
Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Khan controlled from Manchuria – Autopay (Chin Chin)
22 December 2016 Khan Controlled From Manchuria Was Autopay designed by the Devil? By Chin Chin I don’t think it is the Russians, nor even the EU. None of them may like us very much but there is a deviant sadism here which takes the mind further east, perhaps to the legendary villain Fu Manchu.… Continue reading Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Khan controlled from Manchuria – Autopay (Chin Chin)
Issue 84:2016 12 15:Spring into Spring (J.R.Thomas)
15 December 2016 Spring into Spring The ides: an idea? by J.R.Thomas “Now is the winter of our discontent…” wrote that chap from Stratford on Avon. He was brooding on political success of course, but winter discontent strikes a deep chord with us all in this dark misty damp island, swept by the occasional dramatically… Continue reading Issue 84:2016 12 15:Spring into Spring (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 84: 2016 12 15: Updateski (Chin Chin)
15 December 2016 Updateski SMEOD strikes at the West. By Chin Chin Down at the Quai d’Orsay, the successors to Maigret are lighting their pipes. “Mais pourquoi?” they ask themselves. MI5 have told them that a cybercrime is being planned but it seems so senseless that it is impossible to build up a picture of… Continue reading Issue 84: 2016 12 15: Updateski (Chin Chin)
Issue 83: 2016 12 08: Getting Wiser (Chin Chin)
08 December 2016 Getting Wiser By Chin Chin René Descartes, the 17th century mathematician, philosopher and general wise-cracker, put his most memorable sayings in Latin. The words “Cogito, ergo sum” have been etched into the memories of every generation of schoolboys, the classical language adding further weight to an already profound message. “I think, therefore… Continue reading Issue 83: 2016 12 08: Getting Wiser (Chin Chin)
Issue83:2016 12 08:Going Green All Over (J.R.Thomas)
08 December 2016 Going Green All Over A design for living by J.R.Thomas So often we fail to notice the obvious, even when it is right under our feet – or above our heads. Whatever is happening to our climate in the long term (and your correspondent is just old enough to remember the cold… Continue reading Issue83:2016 12 08:Going Green All Over (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 83: 2016 12 08: Open Letter to Alison Pearson (Lynda Goetz)
08 December 2016 Open Letter to Allison Pearson Vets are neither ‘ripping you off’ nor ‘raking it in’. Dear Allison, I agree with so much of what you say. I frequently find myself reading out parts of your column to any family members who are prepared to listen. I can often be heard to exclaim… Continue reading Issue 83: 2016 12 08: Open Letter to Alison Pearson (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 82:20106 12 01:After the Revolution (J.R.Thomas)
1 December 2016 After the Revolution Castro’s legacy. by J.R.Thomas “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” advised Gil Scott-Heron, Chicago born anti-system soul and jazz singer. But he had reckoned without the advertising skills of Fidel Castro, instigator, leader, publicist and proprietor of the Cuban Revolution. Mr Castro, who died earlier this week, at the… Continue reading Issue 82:20106 12 01:After the Revolution (J.R.Thomas)
