22 December 2016: Issue 85 Merry Christmas!   The next issue will be on the 5th of January Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Year of Mysteries by John Watson Hang on to your hats. It may be a bumpy ride. Stepping Closer by J R Thomas Donald Trump chooses his team Season’s Greetings by Neil… Continue reading Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Contents

 08 December 2016: Issue 83   Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Draining The Remuneration Swamp by John Watson Using sunlight as a disinfectant. Left A Bit, Right A Bit by J R Thomas What it says on the tin. Eurexit by Neil Tidmarsh Change and renewal? Non, merci. Stagnation and decline? Si, per… Continue reading Issue 83: 2016 12 08: Contents

 01 December 2016: Issue 82 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Renewing the EU by John Watson Is Mr Verhofstadt beginning the thinking? Hooting and Shunting by J R Thomas Sorting the ticket price confusion. “Made it, Ma! Top of the World!” by Neil Tidmarsh You can’t have a criminal as head of state.… Continue reading Issue 82: 2016 12 01: Contents

 24 November 2016: Issue 81 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment When Racism Stalks The Streets by John Watson Time for a message. Bad Hair, Good Hair by J R Thomas Just who is Mr Trump? Readies Under The Bed by Neil Tidmarsh Narendra Modi takes note. ID, Insurance and the NHS by Lynda… Continue reading Issue 81: 2016 11 24: Contents

 17 November 2016: Issue 80 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Why 2016? by John Watson What has triggered the “interesting times”? Free Speech in Toytown by J R Thomas Without advertising revenues there can be no free press. President Putin’s Other New Friends by Neil Tidmarsh No, not the American ones. Economics and… Continue reading Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Contents

 10 November 2016: Issue 79 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Enemies Of The People? by John Watson What Mrs May needs to do now. To The Winner… by J R Thomas Some whys and wherefores. Give us a ‘T’, give us an ‘R’… by Neil Tidmarsh The forty-fifth president of the United States of… Continue reading Issue 79: 2016 11 10: Contents

 03 November 2016: Issue 78 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment The Nissan Deal by John Watson Driven by the Devil. It’s My Party… by J R Thomas The GOP and the future. The International Criminal Court by Neil Tidmarsh Or the International Caucasian Court? Time to rob (grandpa) Peter to pay (grandson) Paul?… Continue reading Issue 78: 2016 11 03: Contents

 27 October 2016: Issue 77 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Bad For Business by J.R.Thomas The US presidential election is the only show in town. The Baleful Role Of The SPAD by John Watson An accelerant we cannot afford. All At Sea by Neil Tidmarsh For those in peril… We Need A Financial… Continue reading Issue 77: 2016 10 27: Contents

 20 October 2016: Issue 76 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Broad Kilts by J.R.Thomas The SNP on the march. The Brexit Debate by John Watson Should we have one? A Tale Of Two Cities by Neil Tidmarsh The battle for Mosul and the battle for Aleppo; significant differences. The Inflation Genie Emerges by… Continue reading Issue 76: 2016 10 20: Contents

 13 October 2016: Issue 75 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment True Colours by J.R.Thomas US elections; four weeks to go. The Land of Three Governments by Neil Tidmarsh The struggle to establish legitimate authority in Libya. Would a flash-crash dash be rash? By Frank O’Nomics Just what did happen to sterling? Juppé? Qui… Continue reading Issue 75: 2016 10 13: Contents

 06 October 2016: Issue 74 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment The Horror At Versailles by John Watson Who desecrated the statue? Crossing The River by J R Thomas Brexit – the smell of opportunity. Peace in Colombia? by Neil Tidmarsh A long way to go yet. Economics and the death of fashion by Frank O’Nomics Have millennials rediscovered… Continue reading Issue 74: 2016 10 06: Contents

 22 September 2016: Issue 72 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment The Rules of the Game by John Watson What is this talk of gerrymandering? Radical Pinstripes by J R Thomas Mr MacMillan’s recipe. Two Steps Forwards, One Step Backwards by Neil Tidmarsh Isis’s opponents shoot themselves in the foot – again. Britain’s Export Solution by Frank… Continue reading Issue 72: 2016 09 22: Contents

 15 September 2016: Issue 71 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment Grammar Schools by John Watson A difficult choice. Wool and Sand by J R Thomas Has the National Trust lost its way? The Syrian Ceasefire by Neil Tidmarsh Third time lucky? America – The World Is Watching by Rob Castell and Will Kenning Rapping for Hilary.… Continue reading Issue 71: 2016 09 15: Contents