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Issue 148: 2018 04 05: Cover page

Cover Page, 05 April 2018, Issue 148 The Guardian website solicits donations from readers to help fund its production. We don’t do that, but would ask instead that you forward our articles to, and recommend us to, any contacts of yours who would be interested. If you can persuade them to register for our weekly… Continue reading Issue 148: 2018 04 05: Cover page

Issue 148: 2018 04 05: Lens on the Week

5 April 2018 Lens on the Week UK DPP: Comments made in materials obtained by the charity, Centre for Criminal Appeals, through a Freedom of Information Act request to the Crown Prosecution Inspectorate and the Inspectorate of Constabulary reveal that the police have been routinely withholding information from defence lawyers to increase the chances of… Continue reading Issue 148: 2018 04 05: Lens on the Week

Issue 148: 2018 04 05: Syria’s Nukes

A 2-ship of Israeli Air Force F-16s from Ramon Air Base, Israel head out to the Nevada Test and Training Range, July 17, 2009 during Red Flag 09-4. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. The exercise is conducted on the 15,000-square-mile Nevada Test and Training Range, north of Las Vegas. Red Flag is one of a series of advanced training programs administered by the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center and Nellis, through the 414th Combat Training Squadron. Flying for Red Flag 09-4 begins July 13 and ends July 24. U.S. aircraft will come from Nellis and Creech in Nevada, South Carolina, Idaho, the United Kingdom, Washington, Oklahoma and Ohio. Aircraft types will include F-15s, F-16s, E-3s and KC-135s. In addition to U.S. aircraft, the Israeli Air Force will be flying F-16C Falcons. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald) released

05 April 2018 Syria’s Nuclear Débâcle A warning to Iran from Israel. By Neil Tidmarsh What a secret! How did they keep the lid on that for over ten years? Why did they keep the lid on it? And why have they now decided to spill the beans about it? And what if..? Israel’s government… Continue reading Issue 148: 2018 04 05: Syria’s Nukes

Issue 148: 2018 04 05: North-South Divide

5 April 2018 The Narrowing North-South Divide House price growth disparity points to a need to cut stamp duty. by Frank O’Nomics After decades of house price growth in the south outstripping that north of Watford, the tables are turning. The majority of the UK population is likely to be reassured that the relative wealth… Continue reading Issue 148: 2018 04 05: North-South Divide

Issue 148: 2018 04 05: Labour’s Racism

05 April 2018 Labour’s Anti-Semitism How dangerous is it? By John Watson As the row about anti-Semitism in the Labour Party runs on, a poll of members shows that 61% believe that Jeremy Corbyn has done well in dealing with the issue. Well, they would say that, wouldn’t they? The poll also found that 65%… Continue reading Issue 148: 2018 04 05: Labour’s Racism

Issue 148: 2018 04 05: Diary of a Corbynista

5 April 2018 Diary of a Corbynista Enough is Enough by Don Urquhart 29 March What keeps me going is the deeply held belief that Theresa May has feet of clay. Has she learnt or is she repeating the errors of the 2017 election campaign? With great fanfare it is announced that she will be… Continue reading Issue 148: 2018 04 05: Diary of a Corbynista

Issue 148: 2018 04 05: A Strange Course

5 April 2018 A Strange Course Hunting Hares by J.R. Thomas Occasionally the Shaw Sheet pulls on its gumboots, finds a warm coat and gloves and battered hat, and wanders off to the country. The United Kingdom is an intensely urbanised land, probably the most built-up sizable country in the world, and one of the… Continue reading Issue 148: 2018 04 05: A Strange Course

Issue 148: 2018 04 05: April Fools’ Day

05 April 2018 April Fools’ Day Planning a prank. By Chin Chin The beginning of April is always a problem. In flies one of the children with some story about the car having been stolen from the drive during the night; convincing it was, too, after that poisoning business in Salisbury. You can’t trust those… Continue reading Issue 148: 2018 04 05: April Fools’ Day

Issue 148: 2018 04 05: Cartoons

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Issue 148: 2018 04 05: Quiz

05 April 2018 Quiz by Boffles Do you know? 1. With what did Stormy Daniels spank Donald Trump? 2. How in 2008 did Putin circumvent the rule barring anybody from holding the Russian Presidency for more than two consecutive terms? 3. Who was assassinated at Kuala Lumpur Airport in February 2017? 4. Who will succeed… Continue reading Issue 148: 2018 04 05: Quiz

Issue 148: 2018 04 05: Crossword

5 April 2018 Crossword by Boffles Plain Vanilla 31 Click for this Week’s interactive online crossword Click for a printable version of this Week’s crossword Click for the solution to last week’s crossword, Uni. Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp

What’s on in April

29 March 2018 What’s on in April 2018… or what will be in the News by AGGro SUN 1st * EASTER * APRIL FOOL’S DAY all pranks to be completed before 12pm, be fully risk assessed & comply with Health & Safety Legislation * 100 years ago: WW1- Royal Air Force founded by combining the… Continue reading What’s on in April

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