17 May 2018 Lens on the Week UK BREXIT: The debate within the Cabinet over the best form of customs partnership to pursue rumbles on, the contenders being the system which combines the collection of tariffs at EU rates with a repayment of the excess over UK rates where goods are consumed here (a system… Continue reading Issue 154: 2018 05 17: Lens on the Week
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Issue 154: 2018 05 17: Cover page
Cover Page, 17 May 2018, Issue 154 Welcome to our new issue. We hope you enjoy our articles and the other features. If you do, we ask that you please forward them 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 154: 2018 05 17: Cover page
Issue 154: 2018 05 17: Jaw-Jaw in the Sun
17 May 2018 Jaw-Jaw in the Sun Impasse in Catalonia by J.R. Thomas Jaw-Jaw is better than war-war, said Winston Churchill. And also better than trying to govern Catalonia, might add Mariano Rajoy, the current Spanish prime minister. Mr Rajoy has had that unenviable task since last October when his gamble of forcing new… Continue reading Issue 154: 2018 05 17: Jaw-Jaw in the Sun
Issue 154: 2018 05 17: The Past Is Never Dead
17 May 2018 The Past Is Never Dead It isn’t even the past. By Neil Tidmarsh Let’s take a break from the Present this week, and escape into the Past with some current stories about heritage – Rome’s Colosseum, Marie Antoinette’s toy farm, Abraham Lincoln’s top hat – which can’t possibly have any bearing on… Continue reading Issue 154: 2018 05 17: The Past Is Never Dead
Issue 154: 2018 05 17: Dog Aggression
17 May 2018 Dog Aggression Who’s to blame? By Lynda Goetz Last week, both The Times and The Telegraph carried a picture of an attractive young blonde woman cradling a pop-eyed Chihuahua with headlines to the effect that the poor creature had been attacked by an ‘out-of-control’ hound owned (would you believe!) by a Cruft’s… Continue reading Issue 154: 2018 05 17: Dog Aggression
Issue 154: 2018 05 17: Grenfell Tower Inquiry
17 May 2018 Grenfell Tower Inquiry Politics and Panels? By John Watson “Yes, but who?” That is the question posed by Sir Martin Moore-Bick, Chairman of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, when he heard that the Prime Minister is to appoint two panel members to assist with its second phase. Of course, he didn’t put it… Continue reading Issue 154: 2018 05 17: Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Issue 154: 2018 05 17: Silver Striver Or Skiver?
17 May 2018 Silver Striver Or Skiver? The danger and futility of taxing the elderly. By Frank O’Nomics The UK faces a huge economic problem as a result of its ageing population. Recent projections of the increased money needed for education, health and social security spending by 2040 amount to an additional £63bn – the… Continue reading Issue 154: 2018 05 17: Silver Striver Or Skiver?
Issue 154: 2018 05 17: Diary of a Corbynista
17 May 2018 Diary of a Corbynista Irish Eurovision Scandal by Don Urquhart 10 May The “smoking gun” I referred to in last week’s Shawsheet was picked up by a senior Labour politician. Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, seems to share my opinion of the Debbie Abrahams sacking. It feels to me like… Continue reading Issue 154: 2018 05 17: Diary of a Corbynista
Issue 154: 2018 05 17: Cartoons
17 May 2018 Cartoons by AGGro Share… Continue reading Issue 154: 2018 05 17: Cartoons
Issue 154: 2018 05 17: Crossword
What’s on in May 2018
26 April 2018 What’s On in May 2018… or what will be in the news? by AGGro Tues 1st * MAY DAY – International Workers Day * Football – Champions League semi-finals, second legs – until 02/06 * Rita Coolidge is 75 today * 259 years ago: Birth of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington… Continue reading What’s on in May 2018
