Cover Page, 11 April 2019, Issue 197 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
11 April 2019 Lens on the Week UK BREXIT DELAY: Mrs May yesterday addressed the other 27 leaders of EU states to request an extension of the time limit for Brexit with a view to avoiding an exit with no agreement on Friday. She seeks a short deferment to 30 June 2019 but it seems
11 April 2019 Brexit The domestic side. By John Watson The key to understanding international politics is to look at the domestic agenda of the parties. Why did Galtieri invade the Falklands? Because he needed distraction from problems at home. Why is Turkey’s Erdogen challenging the international community? To bolster popularity with his electorate. Why
11 April 2019 Er…Whoops Probably Donald. By J R Thomas Who would be a novelist in these times? Not a political novelist for sure. Mr Trollope would have never got into writing the Palliser set if he had been instead writing the Corbyn set, or the Trump set. Mr Cameron he might just have managed
11 April 2019 Diary of a Corbynista Still Kicking that Can by Don Urquhart 4 April Tory MPs queued up to advise Theresa May against consulting with Jeremy Corbyn. As reported by The Independent Dr Caroline Johnson asked where the prime minister stood on the relative risks of a no-deal Brexit and a “Marxist, anti-Semite-led government”. So
11 April 2019 Cash is not king The opportunity costs of fear. By Frank O’Nomics Sometimes it feels as if the world is on its way to “hell in a handcart”. A slowdown in global economic growth (the IMF downgraded forecasts for the UK and the world this week), ongoing trade wars and Brexit are
11 April 2019 General Haftar On The March Crunch time for Libya. By Neil Tidmarsh So General Khalifa Haftar has made his move at last. It’s been expected for the past three years (see The Land of Three Governments, Shaw Sheet issue 75, 13 October 2016). But even after three years, the rest of the
11 April 2019 Helping the Planet But we need to try harder. By Lynda Goetz Last week The Telegraph April Fool’s Day article by ‘Flora Poil’ addressed the current difficulties for the public of distinguishing between reality and farce. The very next day, Jacob Rees-Mogg wrote in to their letters page to advise that, whilst
11 April 2019 Sorolla: Spanish Master of Light The National Gallery 18 March – 7 July 2019 Reviewed by William Morton Before going, I was somewhat dubious about this Exhibition. Knowing little about the Spaniard, Joaquin Sorolla (1863-1923), except that he painted beach scenes, it seemed possible that his work might be like that of
