Cover Page, 11 March 2021, Issue 270 Welcome to our latest edition. This week we consider that US TV interview; exams v. assessment; what the statistics tell us about vaccine input; a grey area between republics and monarchies; the recent budget; the future of work and the City’s offices; a Corbynista’s week; and more… … Continue reading Issue 270: 2021 03 11: Cover page
Issue: 270: Tantrums
Issue 270: 2021 03 11: Poor Me
11 March 2021 Poor Me The actress in the palace. By Lynda Goetz “Did you do any research before you got married?” asks Oprah as one of her opening questions in The Interview. Meghan ‘confessed’ she had not and claimed she had been really naïve. Both of these statements seem disingenuous. Given that so many… Continue reading Issue 270: 2021 03 11: Poor Me
Issue 270: 2021 03 11: Education
11 March 2021 Education Milking the pool. By John Watson Of course it’s a damn fool system. The idea that assessment by teachers should take the place of exams in determining university admissions founders on the awkward fact that most teachers are also human beings. Many of them splendid ones, of course, and probably, as… Continue reading Issue 270: 2021 03 11: Education
Issue 270: 2021 03 11: Vaccine Impact
11 March 2021 Lies, Damned Lies and Coronavirus Vaccine impact by David Chilvers This week, we look at initial data on the impact of the vaccine rollout. The COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group produced a paper on how the vaccine might impact on the first four priority groups – those aged 70+ – with what seemed… Continue reading Issue 270: 2021 03 11: Vaccine Impact
Issue 270: 2021 03 11: A Cunning Deduction
11 March 2021 A Cunning Deduction At last – an economic plan. by Frank O’Nomics “I’ve just invested in a new computer system for my business” “Will it make a difference?” “I’ve no idea but, given the tax relief, if it’s no good I can just throw it in a skip”. Capital allowances to encourage… Continue reading Issue 270: 2021 03 11: A Cunning Deduction
Issue 270: 2021 03 11: Prisoners
11 March 2021 Prisoners of the Republic The elephant in the throne room. By Neil Tidmarsh The Rector’s Palace is the most magnificent building in Dubrovnik, a city of magnificent buildings. “Rector” was the official title of the head of state of the wealthy and powerful maritime republic of Ragusa (as Dubrovnik was known in… Continue reading Issue 270: 2021 03 11: Prisoners
Issue 270: 2021 03 11: Less is More
11 March 2021 Less is More By J.R. Thomas Here is this week’s competition. Both of the following statements cannot be correct; just indicate which one is right. The pandemic has fundamentally changed the way we live and work. Most of us will spend significant amounts of time working from home, visit the office much… Continue reading Issue 270: 2021 03 11: Less is More
Issue 270: 2021 03 11: Budget 2021
11 March 2021 The Budget By Paul Branch We’ve had the long-awaited route map out of Covid from Boris, and then came the eagerly anticipated Budget with the bill for the journey, revealing how much we all owe for the collective pandemic experience and how that would be paid for. Also expected was the announcement… Continue reading Issue 270: 2021 03 11: Budget 2021
Issue 270: 2021 03 11: Diary of a Corbynista
11 March 2021 Diary of a Corbynista Decency is Unaffordable by Don Urquhart 4 March On Question Time Business Secretary Kwarteng started every answer by reminding us of our world beating vaccines programme. It became convoluted when he explained the EU response to the UK breaking the Treaty again as an attempt by Brussels to… Continue reading Issue 270: 2021 03 11: Diary of a Corbynista
Issue 270: 2021 03 11: Twelve Months On
11 March 2021 Twelve Months On A lot has changed by Dan Moondance An old work colleague recently reminded the Old Farts that it was exactly twelve months since our last get together at the Gardeners Arms in Alderton. He asked what we had all been up to. I remember that lunch well because it… Continue reading Issue 270: 2021 03 11: Twelve Months On
Issue 270: 2021 03 11: The Whitehaven Coal Mine
11 March 2021 Capital Projects: the Cumbrian coal mine A response. By Paul Branch Last week’s Shaw Sheet contained a letter from Mr Peter Wilson commenting on a previous article in which I described the opening of a new coal mine in Cumbria as illogical in the face of the push for greener energy sources. … Continue reading Issue 270: 2021 03 11: The Whitehaven Coal Mine
Issue 270: 2021 03 11: Crossword
11 March 2021 Crossword By Boffles Crossword No 270 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. 269 Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 270: 2021 03 11: Cartoons
11 March 2021 Cartoons By AGGro Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin… Continue reading Issue 270: 2021 03 11: Cartoons
