Cover Page, 18 February 2021, Issue 267 Welcome to our latest edition. This week we lead with comments on vaccination passports, lockdowns, quarantines and the UK’s economy poised for the lifting of covid restrictions. We also consider the USA, Iran, a Corbynista’s week, capital projects and more. Share this using… Facebook… Continue reading Issue 267: 2021 02 18: Cover Page
Issue: 267: Passporting
Issue 267: 2021 02 18: Passports
18 February 2021 Covid Passports The next U-turn. By John Watson Of course Canute knew. A competent ruler by the standards of those days, he was not such a fool as to think that the waves would really roll back at his command. He gave his celebrated order to the sea knowing perfectly well that… Continue reading Issue 267: 2021 02 18: Passports
Issue 267: 2021 02 18: Life, Liberty & Covid
18 February 2021 Life, Liberty and Covid Algorithms and state-endorsed snitching. By Lynda Goetz Last weekend I had ‘the jab’. I was not thrilled, excited or relieved; nor did I think that imminent death had been avoided. I was impressed, though: by the speed with which the various vaccines have been developed; by the efficiency… Continue reading Issue 267: 2021 02 18: Life, Liberty & Covid
Issue 267: 2021 02 18: A Coiled Spring?
18 February 2021 A Coiled Spring? UK Growth and the Bank of Pangloss by Frank O’Nomics You’ve got to love the Bank of England. If the UK economy has, as President Roosevelt once said: “Nothing to fear but fear itself”, recent comments from the Bank of England’s Chief Economist, Andy Haldane, are calculated to dispel… Continue reading Issue 267: 2021 02 18: A Coiled Spring?
Issue 267: 2021 02 18: Back to the Past
18 February 2021 Back to the Past by J.R. Thomas Joe Biden is out to prove that old adage that you cannot teach an old dog new tricks. He’s forgotten the nightmare of the last four years and gone back to where Barrack Obama laid down his burden – kicked away from Hillary Clinton’s feet… Continue reading Issue 267: 2021 02 18: Back to the Past
Issue 267: 2021 02 18: Iran
18 February 2021 Iran Poetry and terror. By Neil Tidmarsh A volume called Poems From The Persian caught my eye the last time I was browsing in a second-hand bookshop. (Was that really a year ago? Such simple and innocent pre-Covid pleasures – why did we take them so much for granted and when will… Continue reading Issue 267: 2021 02 18: Iran
Issue 267: 2021 02 18: Diary of a Corbynista
18 February 2021 Diary of a Corbynista An Irreversible Plague by Don Urquhart 11 February Andy Cowper is the Editor of Health Policy Insight. He was asked by Debs Cohen for his thoughts on the Health Reforms White Paper. The big surprise in the White Paper was the extent to which Matt Hancock has looked… Continue reading Issue 267: 2021 02 18: Diary of a Corbynista
Issue 267: 2021 02 18: Now the Fury
18 February 2021 Now the Fury Resentment in Europe. By Robert Kilconner The expression “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned” is a shortened version of lines in William Congreve’s play “The Mourning Bride” and, since that play was written in 1697, it is no surprise that it needs updating. Nowadays it would be… Continue reading Issue 267: 2021 02 18: Now the Fury
Issue 267: 2021 02 18: Capital Projects
18 February 2021 Capital Projects White Elephants in the room? By Paul Branch As Chancellor Rishi prepares to draw up his long-awaited Covid rescue budget, he’ll be looking at a whole host of capital infrastructure investments designed to invigorate an economy in free fall (a 10% drop in GDP is never good news). Hopefully he’ll… Continue reading Issue 267: 2021 02 18: Capital Projects
Issue 267: 2021 02 18: Lowland Trouble
14 February 2021 Letter to the Editors from Roger White Dear Sirs, There is much to agree with in J R Thomas’ article ‘Lowland Trouble. Sun setting on Union?’ on Scottish politics. As a pro-British resident of Scotland, may I add a few points? Not all polls are as conclusive as the 57% support… Continue reading Issue 267: 2021 02 18: Lowland Trouble
Issue 267: 2021 02 18: Crossword
18 February 2021 Crossword By Boffles Crossword No 267 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. 266 Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 267: 2021 02 18: Cartoons
18 February 2021 Cartoons By AGGro Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
