Cover Page, 21st December 2017, Issue 134, There will be no issue of the Shaw Sheet between Christmas and the New Year. We wish our readers a Merry Christmas. Look for us again on the 4th of January 2018. Full size view of the Cartoons. Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue: 134: Party Time
Issue 134: 2017 12 21: Lens on the Week
21 December 2017 Lens on the Week UK HAPPY TO LOSE: Last week Dominic Grieve, Conservative MP and ex-attorney general, forced through an amendment to the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill in the teeth of Government opposition. Now any Brexit deal will have to be approved by statute after a full debate in both Houses. Does… Continue reading Issue 134: 2017 12 21: Lens on the Week
Issue 134: 2017 12 21: Remaining, Hopefully
21 December 2017 Remaining, Hopefully Expecting the unexpected by J.R. Thomas David Lloyd George had a cruel wit: when Neville Chamberlain followed Stanley Baldwin as Prime Minister in 1937 he undermined Chamberlain’s moment of glory by saying that he had made “not a bad Lord Mayor of Birmingham in a lean year”. Oh, that the… Continue reading Issue 134: 2017 12 21: Remaining, Hopefully
Issue 134: 2017 12 21: Cartoons
21 December 2017, Issue 134 Cartoons by AGGro Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 134: 2017 12 21: Herr Strache’s Party
21 December 2017 Herr Strache and the Freedom Party The far-right in power in Austria. By Neil Tidmarsh I was in Vienna three weeks ago. It was the first time I’d visited the city, and I was delighted to find it as beautiful as I’d hoped. Grand imperial palaces, splendid baroque churches, intimate cobbled streets,… Continue reading Issue 134: 2017 12 21: Herr Strache’s Party
Issue 134: 2017 12 21: CPS On Trial
21 December 2017 Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) on Trial Rape in the spotlight again. By Lynda Goetz Readers who have followed this magazine over the last two years will know, firstly, that I am female, secondly that I am no longer, sadly, a spring chicken, and thirdly, that like Luke Gittos*, accused.me.uk+ and Allison Pearson (the novelist… Continue reading Issue 134: 2017 12 21: CPS On Trial
Issue 134: 2017 12 21: Hitting The Vulnerable
21 December 2017 Hitting The Vulnerable The increase in PCNs. By John Watson It is particularly disappointing, because I am something of a fan of Sadiq Khan. He is the first Labour candidate for whom I have ever voted and I did so because he seemed moderate, sensible, decent forward-thinking and just the sort of… Continue reading Issue 134: 2017 12 21: Hitting The Vulnerable
Issue 134: 2017 12 21: Diary of a Corbynista
21 December 2107 Diary of a Corbynista The PM shows her resilience by Don Urquhart 14 December The Department for Education (DfE) has published Primary School League Tables. Schools Minister Nick Gibb is pleased with the results: “Pupils are now leaving primary school better prepared for the rigours of secondary school and for future success… Continue reading Issue 134: 2017 12 21: Diary of a Corbynista
Issue 134: 2017 12 21: Bull Market Complacency
21 December 2017 2018: A Bull Market – For Complacency. A herd mentality with lazy thinking is a dangerous recipe By Frank O’Nomics It’s that time of the year when economists and analysts come up with their predictions for growth, inflation and the best performing asset classes for next year. The almost universal positive outlook… Continue reading Issue 134: 2017 12 21: Bull Market Complacency
Issue 134: 2017 12 21: Christmas Cards
21 December 2017 Christmas Cards A matter of engineering. By Chin Chin Job interviews are like games of chess. After a number of preliminary moves, and with a bovine smile of self-satisfaction wreathing his fleshy face, the interviewer delivers the ace question. “Do you have any weaknesses?” he asks. That of course is a trap.… Continue reading Issue 134: 2017 12 21: Christmas Cards
Issue 134: 2017 12 21: A Tree In Fairyland
21 December 2017 A Tree In Fairyland A matter of position. By Scrooge It was Christmas Eve in fairyland and one of the fairies was busy putting up her decorations. Actually she wasn’t doing it herself because that was the work of the elves. Still, she stood around and gave directions so that she could… Continue reading Issue 134: 2017 12 21: A Tree In Fairyland
Issue 134: 2017 12 21: Crossword
Links you to the interactive Crossword, its printable version and the solution to last week’s crossword.
Issue 134: 2017 12 21: After The Party
21 December 2017 After The Party The shame, the embarrassment, the humiliation… By Neil Tidmarsh Clive Bartlett hid for two days after the party. He didn’t leave his flat. He didn’t even get out of bed. He pulled the duvet over his head and decided he was going to stay there for the rest of… Continue reading Issue 134: 2017 12 21: After The Party
