Cover Page, 25th January 2018, Issue 138 The Article competition is still open. Team up with a friend of a different political persuasion and define a New Politics, make the world a better place, and win a £ Prize. See the Article Cross Party Thinking for the full details. Share this using…FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail
25 January 2018 Lens on the Week UK MONEY FOR HEALTH: Rifts are beginning to open within the cabinet on health spending with Mr Johnson advocating an immediate increase of £100 million a week and the government wishing to leave the question of an increase until 2020, by which time we should know whether there
25 January 2018 The North Korean Nukes Too early to relax. By John Watson Phew! And I mean phew! North Korea is sending athletes to the winter Olympics. Well, that’s a relief. Maybe there is still a row or two to go about whether they can sing political songs, maybe the propaganda war with the
25 January 2018 Bridge Madness It’s catching. By Neil Tidmarsh Any more suggestions, anyone? How about a bridge to the stars? Or a bridge between the Present and the Past, perhaps? Or a bridge from the Realm of the Mortals to the Realm of the Gods? Right then, come on, let’s get cracking. Would our
25 January 2018 Diary of a Corbynista PFI, Outsourcing, Boris and Fake News by Don Urquhart 18 January The National Audit Office (NAO) reports that financing projects such as schools and hospitals privately costs taxpayers billions of pounds more than public sector alternatives. At the height of Gordon Brown’s creative accounting, I worked for a
25 January 2018 Flat prospects for house prices Those worried about getting on the housing ladder should relax. by Frank O’Nomics Rod Stewart is struggling to sell his house. He knocked over half a million off the initial £7.5mn asking price in November, and a further £1mn more recently. This is not something that anyone
25 January 2018 No Ribbons For Donald The decline in political manners by J.R. Thomas Mr Trump continues to electrify the news-pages with his own inimical style of communication. Not just his remarks about “shxxxole” countries, but also ones aimed closer to home – such as the new American embassy in London. That is a
25 January 2018 Unwashing Solving a dilemma. By Chin Chin It’s that time of the week again. I need to get the article in soon or those bastards on the editorial desk will fill the space with something else. Cooking tips, I suppose. That would be just like them. “We don’t need features anymore, Mr
25 January 2018 What’s on in February 2018 or what will be in the news? by AGGro THURS 1ST * Rugby league – Super League season starts * 100 years ago: Birth of Muriel Spark (1918-2006) FRI 2ND * Candlemas – Christian Holy Day commemorating the presentation of Jesus at the Temple. ref Luke 2:22-40
