Cover Page, 26 September 2019, Issue 216 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
26 September 2019 Lens on the Week UK SUPREME COURT DECISION: The Supreme Court has decided that the prorogation of Parliament was unlawful because it was intended to restrict Parliament’s role. On that basis the advice given to the Queen was illegal and the Order in Council effecting the prorogation void. Despite the hoo-ha, it
26 September 2019 Extinction Rebellion The only way forward By John Watson In his article last week “It’s the environment, stupid!” Richard Pooley made the point that the choice for or against Brexit should be seen in the wider context of the political fight against global warming. He was right about that and, at the
25 September 2019 Pulp, Fiction The play’s the thing. by J R Thomas Who would attempt to make a film dealing with contemporary politics? Remember those great movies (and TV shows) about fictional political happenings in Westminster or Washington; The Manchurian Candidate, Primary Colours, House of Cards (both versions), The Ides of March? All were
26 September 2019 Thomas Cook’s Final Tour Natural selection or mismanagement? By Frank O’Nomics Remember Radio Rentals and Blockbuster video? One company disappeared because of a change of habits (from renting to buying TVs), the other because of technological changes (anyone want an old video player?). The demise of Thomas Cook could be ascribed to
26 September 2019 Intelligent Machine The Supreme Court’s ruling. By Neil Tidmarsh What a thrill it is, what a joy, to watch a fully-functioning machine go through its paces. That model steam engine you had as a kid. That motorbike you took apart and put back together as a teenager. The internal combustion engine. The
26 September 2019 Diary of a Corbynista Johnson to the Tower By Don Urquhart 19 September Yesterday’s Peston had Rachel Riley as an interviewee and Gloria De Piero as a panellist. It drew from me the following tweet: Cummings to Peston: Have on that Countdown girl who does the anti-Semitism smearing and that Blairite MP
26 September 2019 It’s the Law But is it right? By Lynda Goetz This week 80-year-old Mavis Eccleston was cleared of murder and manslaughter after a two-week trial in Stafford Crown Court. She had been accused and dragged before the courts after a suicide pact with her 81-year-old terminally-ill husband had gone tragically wrong. After
