Cover Page, 8 December 2022, Issue 350 Welcome to our latest edition. This week we consider: the Reich movement in Germany and the allure of 1871; Labour’s delegation plans; the Book of Isaiah and Sir Keith Starmer; moderators and review bodies; Lady Susan Hussey; plus of course a crossword from Boffles and cartoons from AGGro.… Continue reading Issue 350: 8 December 2022: Cover page
Issue: 350: Putsch Back
Putsch Back to 1871
8 December 2022 Putsch Back to 1871 Germany and the Reich movement. By Neil Tidmarsh This week, Germany’s chancellor Scholz was widely criticized for declaring that he’d be willing to reset his and Germany’s relationship with Putin and Russia back to the good old days of 2019 once the Ukraine crisis is over. If Putin’s… Continue reading Putsch Back to 1871
Delegation
8 December 2022 Delegation Labour’s solution. By John Watson Well, at long last they have done some thinking. The Labour Party’s Commission on the UK’s future, chaired by Gordon Brown, has published its report: “Renewing our Democracy and Rebuilding our Economy”. Perhaps the most newsworthy proposal is the replacement of the House of Lords by… Continue reading Delegation
Pulpit Thoughts
7 December 2022 Pulpit Thoughts by J.R. Thomas For those of our readers who were present for morning service last Sunday (not many, probably, going by the recently published 2021 census statistics on religion in the UK), the First Reading might have caused a moment’s reflection. This time of year is of course Advent and… Continue reading Pulpit Thoughts
Moderators and Review Bodies
8 December 2022 Moderators and Review Bodies Fig leaves? by Don Urquhart Nadhim Zahawi is one of those people you put on TV to defend the indefensible. On Sunday’s political programmes (Ridge and Kuenssberg) Mr Zahawi had two sets of responses. When asked about the deplorable financial performance and prospects he fell back on the… Continue reading Moderators and Review Bodies
Under the Bus
8 December 2022 Under the Bus Lady Susan Hussey By Robert Kilconner Lady Susan Hussey was guilty of a number of things at the Sistah Space reception. Bad manners for one thing. It is never all right to touch people without their permission or to press them about their racial origins without good reason. Insensitivity,… Continue reading Under the Bus
Crossword
8 December 2022 Crossword Number 350 By Boffles Click for this Week’s interactive online crossword Click for a printable version of this Week’s crossword Click for solution to crossword 349 Boffles 2 now available from Amazon at £6.99.Just the thing for autumn & winter evenings. Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Cartoons
8 December 2022 Cartoons by AGGro Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
