07 December 2017 Permanecer o Independencia Catalan discord by J.R. Thomas To Remain, or to Leave, that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The rubber bullets and batons of outrageous fortune, Or to take flight across a sea of troubles, And in Brussels, contemplate them over lunch. Not… Continue reading Issue 132:2017 12 07: Permanecer o Independencia (J.R.Thomas)
Tag: Carles Puigdemont
Issue 128:2017 11 09:A lens on the week
9 November 2017 A Lens on the Week UK SEX SCANDAL: Just six MPs and one official! The list of Labour activists subject to sexual allegations is much shorter than the list of Tories. Goodness knows why. Perhaps they haven’t got to the bottom of it all yet or perhaps Labour members are too busy… Continue reading Issue 128:2017 11 09:A lens on the week
Issue 127:2017 11 02:Creating A New State(Neil Tidmarsh)
02 November 2017 Creating A New State The most dangerous and reckless of all political endeavours. By Neil Tidmarsh So Carles Puigdemont – having declared a new independent state of Catalonia last week – has now fled to Belgium, and Catalonia is under direct rule from Madrid. And Masoud Barzani – having declared a new… Continue reading Issue 127:2017 11 02:Creating A New State(Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 127:2017 11 02: A lens on the week
02 November 2017 A lens on the week UK SEX AND THE COMMONS: Political leaders are falling over each other to call for new standards in the Commons and for an end to sexual harassment. May, Corbyn, Harman, Leadsom and even the Speaker himself, line up to condemn predatory practices – and of course they… Continue reading Issue 127:2017 11 02: A lens on the week
Issue 126:2017 10 26: News Highlights
26 October 2017 A Lens On The Week UK BREXIT: Something somewhere seems to be moving but what it is and in which direction it is really very hard to say. The rumour mill whirls in Brussels. Did Mrs May plead with Juncker for help over the dinner table or didn’t she? If she did,… Continue reading Issue 126:2017 10 26: News Highlights
Issue 125:2017 10 19:Diary of a Corbynista (Don Urquhart)
19 October 2017 Diary of a Corbynista To the Conference and Beyond by Don Urquhart 26 September Theresa May desperately needs something before next week’s Tory Party conference. This week she is meeting Donald Tusk, the European Council President. If it looks as if she has achieved a breakthrough she can then proclaim herself a… Continue reading Issue 125:2017 10 19:Diary of a Corbynista (Don Urquhart)
Issue 124:2017 10 12:Week in Brief International
12 October 2017 Week in Brief: International Europe AUSTRIA: The Social Democrats have fallen to third place in polls ahead of next week’s elections, as a result of a scandal about an internet smear campaign against Sebastian Kurz, leader of the rival Peoples’ Party. The far right Freedom Party is in second place. The… Continue reading Issue 124:2017 10 12:Week in Brief International
Issue 124: 2017 10 12: Spanish Customs (J.R.Thomas)
12 October 2017 Spanish Customs The trouble in Catalonia by J.R. Thomas A week, the late Harold Wilson observed, is a long time in politics. In Spanish politics last week seemed a lifetime. Spain, as our readers must have observed, has had some little local difficulties. To most people, and to the Spanish government in… Continue reading Issue 124: 2017 10 12: Spanish Customs (J.R.Thomas)
