Cover Page, 7 October 2021, Issue 296 Welcome to our latest edition, delayed by one day because of a technical outage (which of course had nothing to do with facebook, Instagram or anything we may have said about eminent people and distant countries). This week we consider: a proposed reform to encourage transparency in the… Continue reading Issue 296: 2021 10 07: Cover page
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Issue 296: 2021 10 07: Reforming the Police
7 October 2021 Reforming the Police Letting in some light. By John Watson It is quite understandable that the appalling circumstances of Sarah Everard’s death have shaken everyone and one would have thought the less of the British public had they not. Still, the time has come to move from sorrow to learning lessons and… Continue reading Issue 296: 2021 10 07: Reforming the Police
Issue 296: 2021 10 07: Antipodean Insanity
7 October 2021 Antipodean Insanity Covid time-travel. By Lynda Goetz “Australia’s borders are currently closed”, it says very clearly on the Australian Government website. This has been the case since 20th March last year, 2020, in response to the Covid crisis. Borders were closed in New Zealand at almost exactly the same time and have… Continue reading Issue 296: 2021 10 07: Antipodean Insanity
Issue 296: 2021 10 07: The Three Year Plan
7 October 2021 The Three Year Plan Sir Keir Starmer. By J.R.Thomas It took Tony Blair three years to save the Labour Party. Now Keir Starmer has three years to do the same. And in spite of all the tosh about the disaster of the Brighton conference you may have read in the British press… Continue reading Issue 296: 2021 10 07: The Three Year Plan
Issue 296: 2021 10 07: Lorry Drivers
7 October 2021 Lorry Drivers Making it pleasanter. By Robert Kilconner At first blush it sounds rather horrible. Eastern Europeans employed to drive lorries on British roads at salaries which are insufficient to attract British drivers but look quite good in the context of pay levels back home; facilities for lorry drivers well below European… Continue reading Issue 296: 2021 10 07: Lorry Drivers
Issue 296: 2021 10 07: Can It
7 October 2021 Can It Waste not, want not. By Neil Tidmarsh “Sewage blights half of England’s main rivers” choked a gagging headline in The Times last Tuesday. The charity Rivers Trust has just reported that over half of our waterways are “polluted with sewage pumped out by water companies”. Water UK, on behalf of… Continue reading Issue 296: 2021 10 07: Can It
Issue 296: 2021 10 07: Diary of a Corbynista
7 October 2021 Diary of a Corbynista It’s the way he tells them by Don Urquhart 29 September Alma’s Not Normal is the best thing on TV. You find it on BBC iPlayer. The morality is dubious, the language reprehensible and comedy sublime. Also topical. At one point Alma’s Gran has the police round on… Continue reading Issue 296: 2021 10 07: Diary of a Corbynista
Issue 296: 2021 10 07: Space Debris
7 October 2021 Space Debris Beam me up Scotty. By Paul Branch As a former communications satellite specialist, I am often asked “Why is there so much junk in space, and should we be worried?” My stock answer to the second part of this very astute question runs along the lines of “No, not yet… Continue reading Issue 296: 2021 10 07: Space Debris
Issue 296: 2021 10 07: Crossword
7 October 2021 Crossword By Boffles Crossword No 296 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. 295 Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 296: 2021 10 07: Cartoons
7 October 2021 Cartoons By AGGro Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
