Cover Page, 18 April 2019, Issue 198 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 198: 2019 04 18: Cover page
Issue: 198: Solidarité
Issue 198: 2019 04 18: Lens on the Week
18 April 2019 Lens on the Week UK BREXIT: The six months extension gives time for contemplation and the Government and Labour retire to their respective corners to think. The trouble is that the gap looks unbridgeable with the Tories unable to accept continuing membership of the market with its bar on third party trade deals… Continue reading Issue 198: 2019 04 18: Lens on the Week
Issue 198: 2019 04 18: Matters of Rights
18 April 2019 Matters of Rights Assange and Vunipola By John Watson Those who have played “Who would I like to ask for dinner?” will recall that the game has several layers. First you have to choose a list of interesting people, alive or dead, who you and the other players would like to meet. … Continue reading Issue 198: 2019 04 18: Matters of Rights
Issue 198: 2019 04 18: Notre Dame’s Easter
18 April 2019 Notre Dame’s Easter. Death and resurrection. By Neil Tidmarsh Yesterday the Louvre described the fire as “a disaster for the world heritage of humanity”, and so it was; but it could have been so much worse. The wooden roof and spire have gone; much of the art in the nave must have… Continue reading Issue 198: 2019 04 18: Notre Dame’s Easter
Issue 198: 2019 04 18: Justice For All
18 April 2019 Justice For All A choice of three. By J R Thomas Three interesting people were in the news last week and if this was a TV quiz show, Magnus Magnusson or Jeremy Paxman would doubtless ask a sweating contestant who was the odd one out. But this is the Shaw Sheet, and… Continue reading Issue 198: 2019 04 18: Justice For All
Issue 198: 2019 04 18: Dumb and Number
18 April 2019 Dumb and Number Licence plates for bikes would be a mistake. By Frank O’Nomics Challenging the views of one of the UK’s most respected peers is dangerous. Lord Winston, the pioneer of IVF, is highly regarded and sought after for his views on all things medical. Given that he is such an… Continue reading Issue 198: 2019 04 18: Dumb and Number
Issue 198: 2019 04 18: France’s Heritage
18 April 2019 Saving France’s Heritage A forgotten story, a forgotten hero. By Richard Pooley There wasn’t the usual levity when I walked into my French village’s southern boulangerie early on Tuesday morning. The queue was quiet, the mood sombre. We live 500 km south of Paris but the sudden destruction of the roof and… Continue reading Issue 198: 2019 04 18: France’s Heritage
Issue 198: 2019 04 18: Diary of a Corbynista
18 April 2019 Diary of a Corbynista Lions and Donkeys. By Don Urquhart 11 April Julian Assange was wrestled out of the Ecuadorian Embassy to await extradition to the United States. Jeremy Corbyn was out of the traps quickly to urge the government not to send him there, as The Home Secretary seemed minded to… Continue reading Issue 198: 2019 04 18: Diary of a Corbynista
Issue 198: 2019 04 18: Letter to the Editors
18 April 2019 Letter to the Editors Brexit from Watson Low 15 April 2019 Dear Sir I thought John Watson’s article in Issue 197 was a terrific analysis of Brexit. In general I agreed but was not keen on Corbyn being tarred with the same brush as May in terms of culpability. There are many… Continue reading Issue 198: 2019 04 18: Letter to the Editors
Issue 198: 2019 04 18: Letter to the Editors
18 April 2019 Letter to the Editors Debenhams from Anthony Silver 11 April 2019 Dear Sir The scenario postulated in last week’s Lens on the Week may or may not reflect the reality; consider then another possibility. Is it likely that with the banking covenants probably in place, any offer for Debenhams would have… Continue reading Issue 198: 2019 04 18: Letter to the Editors
Issue 198: 2019 04 18: Cartoons
18 April 2019 Cartoons By AGGro … Continue reading Issue 198: 2019 04 18: Cartoons
Issue 198: 2019 04 18: Crossword
18 April 2019 Crossword By Boffles Crossword No 198 Click for this Week’s interactive online crossword Click for a printable version of this Week’s crossword Click for the solution to crossword, No 197 Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
