Cover Page, 18 July 2019, Issue 211 Welcome to this week’s issue of Shaw Sheet. We hope you enjoy our comments, features, reviews, crossword and cartoons. 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… Continue reading Issue 211: 2019 07 18: Cover Page
Issue: 211: Boriad Book 3
Issue 211: 2019 07 18: Lens on the Week
18 July 2019 Lens on the Week UK EXTINCTION REBELLION: The first of the 1000 plus extinction rebellion supporters have come up for trial with a number of conditional discharges being handed out. Obviously that is the right way to begin. The protests are very well mannered and the law uses a light touch. It… Continue reading Issue 211: 2019 07 18: Lens on the Week
Issue 211: 2019 07 18: Something Nasty
18 July 2019 Something Nasty Labour and anti-Semitism. By John Watson When I sat down to watch Panorama’s programme on anti-Semitism in the Labour Party I was sceptical. I did not believe that Mr Corbyn, who has always had an excellent reputation in Islington for helping all his constituents, had suddenly turned into a racist.… Continue reading Issue 211: 2019 07 18: Something Nasty
Issue 211: 2019 07 18: The Boriad – Book 3
18 July 2019 The Boriad – Books 1,2 and 3 Not, in fact, by Homer Book 1 Like great Achilles, Boris Johnson from his tent full armoured sprang. No more skulking in the shadows, now’s the time to upward man. His Patroclus, the Raab Extremis, in his borrowed armour strove; but died before… Continue reading Issue 211: 2019 07 18: The Boriad – Book 3
Issue 211: 2019 07 18: Too Much Plant
18 July 2019 Too Much Plant Lost in the long grass? By J R Thomas Last week this column was about the unlikelihood of being on the spot at a time of truly dramatic change. This week is about a change that has happened without most people noticing or caring about it, and if you… Continue reading Issue 211: 2019 07 18: Too Much Plant
Issue 211: 2019 07 18: Saying It With Weapons
18 July 2019 Saying It With Weapons I love you, man! By Neil Tidmarsh Italian police mounted raids against far-right extremists across the north of the country this week. They arrested three men and seized a number of weapons. What did they find? A few flick-knives and coshes, perhaps? Some hunting rifles and fancy handguns?… Continue reading Issue 211: 2019 07 18: Saying It With Weapons
Issue 211: 2019 07 18: Diary of a Corbynista
18 July 2019 Diary of a Corbynista BBC versus Corbyn by Don Urquhart 11 July Corbyn’s latest statement of Brexit policy makes a second referendum a front-runner. Johnson’s current “Do or Die” pitch regarding a 31st October Brexit is designed to get him into No. 10. Once there the only “Do or Die” will be… Continue reading Issue 211: 2019 07 18: Diary of a Corbynista
Issue 211: 2019 07 18: Recession
18 July 2019 Recession Are we already there? by Frank O’Nomics Whisper it quietly – the UK economy may be in the midst of a recession. The sotto voce request is a tacit acknowledgement that, by its very mention, the “R-word” can generate a self-fulfilling process by engendering a backdrop of fear and caution. But… Continue reading Issue 211: 2019 07 18: Recession
Issue 211: 2019 07 18: Equal Pay For Equal Play?
18 July 2019 Equal Pay for Equal Play? Is the current system fair? By Lynda Goetz Thursday afternoon last week was Ladies’ semi-finals day on Centre court at Wimbledon. There were two matches. The first between Serena Williams and Barbora Styrcova was over fairly quickly as Serena beat her unseeded opponent 6-1, 6-2, in the… Continue reading Issue 211: 2019 07 18: Equal Pay For Equal Play?
Issue 211: 2019 07 18: Blast from the Past
18 July 2019 Blast from the Past A Refresher from Corbynista (episode 3) by Don Urquhart Johnson resigned as Foreign Secretary in July 2018. Hunt took over. 10 July 2018 The resignations of Davis and Johnson leave the Prime Minister with a docile cabinet and to that extent the Chequers away day was a success.… Continue reading Issue 211: 2019 07 18: Blast from the Past
Issue 211: 2019 07 18: Crossword
18 July 2019 Crossword By Boffles Crossword No 211 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 210 Share this using…FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail
Issue 211: 2019 07 18: Cartoons
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