Cover Page, 22 July 2021, Issue 289 Welcome to our latest edition. This week we consider: the Runnymede Trust’s report on racial discrimination; that other Freedom Day; the latest Covid statistics; magic money for Rishi Sunak; China and Afghanistan; a trip to London; a busy week in space; plus of course a Corbynista’s diary, a… Continue reading Issue 289: 2021 07 22: Cover page
Issue: 289: Going Ballistic
Issue 289: 2021 07 22: Runnymede Trust
22 July 2021 Runnymede Trust A report without a heart. By John Watson There is something rather unattractive about an academic knife fight and it is a great pity that the authors of the Runnymede Trust’s report Civil Society Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination should have allowed their… Continue reading Issue 289: 2021 07 22: Runnymede Trust
Issue 289: 2021 07 22: So Soon?
22 July 2021 So Soon? by J.R. Thomas Alas, the birthday boy seems to keep missing important events. No Freedom Day party for him; he was playing with his petard and got hoist by it. Irony can be cruel sometimes. That Boris could not celebrate Freedom Day because he was locked in Chequers has caused… Continue reading Issue 289: 2021 07 22: So Soon?
Issue 289: 2021 07 22: Ping pong
22 July 2021 Lies, Damned Lies and Coronavirus Ping pong by David Chilvers As a golfer, PING to me is a premium brand of golf clubs. The name derives from the satisfying sound that is made when the club hits the ball in its sweet spot. But an altogether less satisfying sound has been heard… Continue reading Issue 289: 2021 07 22: Ping pong
Issue 289: 2021 07 22: Magic Money
22 July 2021 Magic Money Reform class 4 contributions. By Robert Kilconner What could it be, that scuttling noise in the corners of the room, the sound of furniture being moved, of carpets being pulled up? Is it the result of some subterranean upheaval or perhaps even a plague of rats? No, nothing so dramatic… Continue reading Issue 289: 2021 07 22: Magic Money
Issue 289: 2021 07 22: Afghanistan
22 July 2021 Afghanistan China’s turn. By Neil Tidmarsh Last week, an explosion on board a bus in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkwa province sent the vehicle plunging down a ravine. The bus was transporting thirty Chinese engineers to the Dasu hydroelectric dam project. Nine of them were killed. There were at least four other fatalities, including… Continue reading Issue 289: 2021 07 22: Afghanistan
Issue 289: 2021 07 22: Diary of a Corbynista
22 July 2021 Diary of a Corbynista Freedom Day for Coronavirus by Don Urquhart 15 July He is making a Horlicks of managing the pandemic. The England football team refuses to talk to him because of racism. Health professionals are rebelling against his sell-out of the NHS. So the instruction to the tame journalists –… Continue reading Issue 289: 2021 07 22: Diary of a Corbynista
Issue 289: 2021 07 22: A Trip to London
22 July 2021 A Trip to London How wonderful. By Lynda Goetz I lived in London for around 12 years from my mid-twenties to my mid-thirties. I thoroughly enjoyed my time spent first in the Bloomsbury area and then in Clapham and working in the City. After a year and a half spent in Japan,… Continue reading Issue 289: 2021 07 22: A Trip to London
Issue 289: 2021 07 22: Watch This Space
22 July 2021 Watch This Space By Paul Branch Much has been happening in space this past month, both near and far, and of course in such a high tech area many more developments are to be expected to excite the mind and stimulate the juices. Some will be beneficial, either to the collective good… Continue reading Issue 289: 2021 07 22: Watch This Space
Issue 289: 2021 07 22: Cartoons
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Issue 289: 2021 07 22: Crossword
22 July 2021 Crossword By Boffles Crossword No 289 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. 288 Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
