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10 October 2019 Lens on the Week UK BREXIT NEWS: Prospects of a deal seem to be fading fast as Mr Johnson’s latest proposal (that as a backstop Northern Ireland should remain within the EU system for regulatory purposes but not for tariffs) fails to gain traction in Brussels. It is rumoured that Mrs Merkel
10 October 2019 Be Boris Take the test. By John Watson Imagine it. You are a blond tousle-haired politician in your mid 50s, a liberal conservative by inclination, well-connected, very good at words and communication and bright enough, too, although your degree was a second and not a first. As far as weaknesses go, you
10 October 2019 Green Stickers The answer to climate change. By Robert Kilconnor As you sit in a traffic jam wondering why the road ahead has been obstructed, or in a train wondering why someone has glued themselves to the doors, all your frustration and irritation can be summed up in a single question: “why
9 October 2019 Market Mexican Standoff Not all equities are equal by Frank O’Nomics Investors face a classic Mexican standoff. Do they pull the trigger on ending equity investment ahead of a potential major correction and accept the impact of negative real (and possibly nominal) yields on the defensive play of bonds and cash? Or
10 October 2019 Vets Love Pets But not their owners. By Lynda Goetz Reading my daughter’s copy of the Veterinary Times over the weekend I was left spluttering, if not speechless. The issue was a recent survey (vets, like everyone else, seem to have been conducting numbers of these recently) which ‘discovered’ that one fifth
10 October 2019 Diary of a Corbynista Xenophobia election looms by Don Urquhart 3 October Suddenly politics looks exciting. Lots of military imagery and clearly several wars going on – Britain against Europe, People versus Parliament, etc. Plenty of heroes and villains. Some people are both. I am reminded of the great Prisoner of War
10 October 2019 Corruption A manifesto must? By Neil Tidmarsh Here’s a question to ponder as a general election appears to be looming somewhere on the horizon: corruption – a vote winner or a vote loser? No question, you might say. It’s a vote loser. Simple. Look at Austria – the Freedom Party took a
10 October 2019 Rugby in Japan Direct from the stands. By Richard Pooley “Arrai rai bureau! Tonga, Tonga!” Have the Japanese fallen in love with rugby? And why you should come to Japan for the Olympics. I am in Japan. Shaw Sheet’s editors have given me leave to write about something other than France, Brexit
