Cover Page, 29 October 2020, Issue 253 Welcome to our latest edition. We hope you enjoy its articles and features. We’d like to introduce new writers, so if you’d be interested in contributing to the Shaw Sheet on either an occasional or regular basis, please contact the editors at [email protected] for the writers’ guidelines. … Continue reading Issue 253: 2020 10 29: Cover page
Issue: 253: IntolerantIntolance
Issue 253: 2020 10 29: Scum?
29 October 2020 Scum? Not rude enough. By John Watson Occasionally you get called on more quickly than you thought. Last week in my article Ferrier’s Fault attacking the current mood of intolerance I said, perhaps a little sententiously: “Meanwhile it is hard for those in work to stand against it because the fact that… Continue reading Issue 253: 2020 10 29: Scum?
Issue 253: 2020 10 29: Leadership and Risk
29 October 2020 Leadership and Risk How will history view us? By Lynda Goetz The population of Australia is currently estimated at almost 25.5 million. It is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world with an average population density of just 3.3 people per square kilometre. Their Covid-19 deaths to date amount… Continue reading Issue 253: 2020 10 29: Leadership and Risk
Issue 253: 2020 10 29: Numbers
29 October 2020 Lies, Damned Lies and Coronavirus The age factor by David Chilvers This week we look at the differential effect that COVID-19 has among different age groups*. There is a lot of media comment that COVID-19 is a disease which disproportionately affects the elderly. And whilst the current wave has generated a lot… Continue reading Issue 253: 2020 10 29: Numbers
Issue 253: 2020 10 29: Stamp Duty Blunder
29 October 2020 Stamp Duty Blunder Putting out fire with gasoline. By Frank O’Nomics How things change. Isn’t it ironic that, in this second financial crisis of the millennium, banks are trying to offset reckless action by a government? Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s stamp duty holiday, which saves homebuyers up to £15,000, has,… Continue reading Issue 253: 2020 10 29: Stamp Duty Blunder
Issue 253: 2020 10 29: Hell and Heaven
29 October 2020 Hell and Heaven A tale of two bunkers. By Neil Tidmarsh Two competing visions of heaven and hell were revealed this week. The new hell is a very modern version of this ancient institution. The new heaven is a rather more traditional affair. But they both have shared roots in a common… Continue reading Issue 253: 2020 10 29: Hell and Heaven
Issue 253: 2020 10 29: Signals at Danger
28 October 2020 Signals at Danger Railways in Reverse by J.R. Thomas You read it here first. Spurs manager Jose Mourinho is leaving the Premier League club to take over Boris Johnson’s role as United Kingdom manager. Said Jose: “This is the New Normal. When I saw the boys taking over the running of the… Continue reading Issue 253: 2020 10 29: Signals at Danger
Issue 253: 2020 10 29: Diary of a Corbynista
29 October 2020 Diary of a Corbynista Johnson Batting 0 for 2 by Don Urquhart 21 October The Guardian headline: Sadiq Khan accuses Boris Johnson of ‘blatant lie’ over TFL. At PMQ’s Johnson accused Sadiq of bankrupting TFL (Transport for London) before the pandemic. People will choose who to believe. Tip: one of the two… Continue reading Issue 253: 2020 10 29: Diary of a Corbynista
Issue 253: 2020 10 29: Following Science
29 October 2020 View from the Cotswolds Just where are the scientists leading us? By Paul Branch We are now used to the calls to “follow the science” as possibly the best way to combat Covid-19. As a trained physicist, albeit one who has rarely used all that expensive training, I clearly see the merit… Continue reading Issue 253: 2020 10 29: Following Science
Issue 253: 2020 10 29: Crossword
29 October 2020 Crossword By Boffles Crossword No 253 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. 252 Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 253: 2020 10 29: Cartoons
29 October 2020 Cartoons by AGGro Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
