Cover Page, 14 January 2021, Issue 262 Welcome to our latest edition. This week we lead with comments on Trump and the Washington riot. We also consider the EU’s response to two of the week’s most egregious human rights abuses, Covid-19 in Japan, the UK’s latest Covid-19 statistics, the difference and conflict between ‘freedom of… Continue reading Issue 262: 2021 01 14: Cover page
Issue: 262: Truth&Reconciliatn
Issue 262: 2021 01 14: Goodbye to Trump
14 January 2021 No Way To Say Goodbye by J.R. Thomas So, farewell, Donald. If Mr Trump thought he was guaranteed an honoured place in history, he has blown it now. We do not usually run this column on American events two weeks running, but last week’s was rapidly outpaced by events on publication eve,… Continue reading Issue 262: 2021 01 14: Goodbye to Trump
Issue 262: 2021 01 14: The Capitol
14 January 2021 The Capitol Chasing the Trumpkins. By John Watson A picture is said to be worth a thousand words, so the impressions left by the images of the riots at the American Capitol provide a legitimate insight into what has been going on and where it may lead. Particularly striking was a pair… Continue reading Issue 262: 2021 01 14: The Capitol
Issue 262: 2021 01 14: Where Are You, EU?
14 January 2021 Where are you, EU? The free (and unfree) world needs you! By Neil Tidmarsh It’s been a bad week for freedom and democracy. No, that isn’t a comment on the events in Washington. In fact it’s been a good week for freedom and democracy in the USA: a massive and volatile protest… Continue reading Issue 262: 2021 01 14: Where Are You, EU?
Issue 262: 2021 01 14: Covid-19 in Japan
14 January 2021 Covid-19 Why has Japan done so much better? By Richard Pooley Imagine that you are travelling by train from London to Bristol. How soon after leaving Paddington would you see fields, cows and woods? 20 minutes? By the time you had got past Slough perhaps? What if I told you that you… Continue reading Issue 262: 2021 01 14: Covid-19 in Japan
Issue 262: 2021 01 14: Excess Deaths
14 January 2021 Lies, Damned Lies and Coronavirus Excess deaths by David Chilvers One intriguing aspect of the second wave of coronavirus is that excess deaths have not materialised to the extent that was seen in the first wave in Spring 2020. In investigating this, we believe there is a flaw in the way that… Continue reading Issue 262: 2021 01 14: Excess Deaths
Issue 262: 2021 01 14: Tech No-Platforming
14 January 2021 Tech No-Platforming What is free speech? By Lynda Goetz The discussion has been ongoing for years now, both in Europe and the other side of the Atlantic. The terms ‘free speech’, ‘freedom of speech’ and ‘freedom of expression’ used to be terms educated people felt they understood, but ever since social media… Continue reading Issue 262: 2021 01 14: Tech No-Platforming
Issue 262: 2021 01 14: Investing 2021
14 January 2021 Investing 2021 – A Special “K”? Binary Outcomes. By Frank O’Nomics Are we in a bubble? Yes. Will it burst? Yes. Will we all lose our shirts? That depends. There has been much talk of the right letter to describe the current recession. We have discussed before the prospects of an L,… Continue reading Issue 262: 2021 01 14: Investing 2021
Issue 262: 2021 01 14: Britannia Still Afloat
14 January 2021 Britannia Still Afloat; Nurses still going nowhere. By Paul Branch With great relief but with a modicum of trepidation we can report that, two weeks into Brexit, the good ship Britannia sails on serenely across our sovereign waters. The skies have not completely fallen in: food and medical supplies continue albeit with… Continue reading Issue 262: 2021 01 14: Britannia Still Afloat
Issue 262: 2021 01 14: Diary of a Corbynista
14 January 2021 Diary of a Corbynista A Corbynista in The White House? by Don Urquhart 6 January Clinicians should advise patients that the Government has plans in place to ensure a continued supply of medicines to patients from the moment we leave the EU. Patients will not need to and should not seek to… Continue reading Issue 262: 2021 01 14: Diary of a Corbynista
Issue 262: 2021 01 14: Wagner’s ‘Ring’
14 January 2021 Wagner’s Ring Revealed and explained (2). By Philip Throp ‘DAS RHEINGOLD’ Somewhere in the depths of the river, three Rhinemaidens are the guardians of the secret treasure, the Rheingold. The dwarf Alberich is drawn to the shine of the gold rays and, as result of a mutual teasing bout between the maidens… Continue reading Issue 262: 2021 01 14: Wagner’s ‘Ring’
Issue 262: 2021 01 14: Cartoons
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Issue 262: 2021 01 14: Crossword
14 January 2021 Crossword By Boffles Crossword No 262 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. 261 Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
