Cover Page, 30 May 2019, Issue 204 Welcome to this week’s issue of Shaw Sheet. We hope you enjoy it. If you’ve missed any previous editions, they’re all available via the Back Issues option on the main menu above. Please do register for the weekly email if you haven’t already done so, and please recommend… Continue reading Issue 204: 2019 05 30: Cover page
Issue: 204: A Dark Future
Issue 204: 2019 05 30: Lens on the Week
30 May 2019 Lens on the Week UK TORY LEADERSHIP RACE: Hats have gone into the ring from Boris Johnson, Dominic Raab, Michael Gove, Sajid Javid, Jeremy Hunt, Andrea Leadsom, Rory Stewart, Matt Hancock, Esther McVey and Kit Malthouse. There may be more to come but probably, unless Mad Mogg decides to meddle, nobody of… Continue reading Issue 204: 2019 05 30: Lens on the Week
Issue 204: 2019 05 30: Nothing Changes
30 May 2019 Nothing Changes (.UK) Here again. By J R Thomas Never in the field of political commentary has so much rubbish being laid down in the prints and salons of British politics. To wit: Mr Farage’s Brexit Party will not sweep to triumph in a general election this autumn; the local and Euro… Continue reading Issue 204: 2019 05 30: Nothing Changes
Issue 204: 2019 05 30: After The Spanking
30 May 2019 After The Spanking The Shaw Sheet predicts. By John Watson The Conservative vote down below 9%; Labour’s share in the low teens. The two main parties have been thoroughly punished by the electorate. So what has upset their erstwhile supporters so much? In the case of the Conservatives, there seem to be… Continue reading Issue 204: 2019 05 30: After The Spanking
Issue 204: 2019 05 30: French EU Elections
30 May 2019 Qui a gagné? Qui a perdu? The French European Parliamentary elections. By Richard Pooley I spent last Sunday in the company of five French men and three French women in a minibus. We travelled some 800 kms from Brive to Pau and back in order to watch a rugby match between Brive… Continue reading Issue 204: 2019 05 30: French EU Elections
Issue 204: 2019 05 30: Diary of a Corbynista
30 May 2019 Diary of a Corbynista Nothing has Changed by Don Urquhart 23 May It’s nice that people read Diary of a Corbynista. There have been a few outraged letters to our editor, some scathing tweets and emails. Today’s main bone of contention has been Corbynista’s defence of our glorious leader’s Brexit utterances. My… Continue reading Issue 204: 2019 05 30: Diary of a Corbynista
Issue 204: 2019 05 30: Return to Sender
30 May 2019 Return to Sender Unrecycled rubbish. By Lynda Goetz “What the UK believes they send for recycling is actually dumped in our country” pointed out the Malaysian environment minister as she announced at a press conference that this waste would be returned to the countries of origin ‘without mercy’. The announcement, which went… Continue reading Issue 204: 2019 05 30: Return to Sender
Issue 204: 2019 05 30: Tuition Freeze
30 May 2019 Tuition Freeze The potentially positive May-era legacy. By Frank O’Nomics The only thing that Theresa May is likely to be remembered for is a failure to deliver Brexit. One sad consequence of this is that, based on recommendations released this week, she may have set in motion a process that has a… Continue reading Issue 204: 2019 05 30: Tuition Freeze
Issue 204: 2019 05 30: Sonnet for Simon
30 May 2019 A Sonnet For Simon Armitage The new poet laureate. By Neil Tidmarsh Today you shook the Queen’s hand. She gave you A gold medal and a new job. Ten years At sixteen quid a day. And some booze, too; That butt of Canary wine. The Queen! Cheers! And now you must… Continue reading Issue 204: 2019 05 30: Sonnet for Simon
Issue 204: 2019 05 30: Crossword
30 May 2019 Crossword By Boffles Crossword No 204 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 203 Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 204: 2019 05 30: Cartoons
30 May 2019 Cartoons By AGGro … Continue reading Issue 204: 2019 05 30: Cartoons