Issue 44:2016 03 10: Week in Brief International

10 March 2016 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL Europe EU: At the EU summit in Brussels, Angela Merkel backed proposals to double the amount of EU funding from €3 billion to €6 billion to be given to Turkey and to grant its citizens the right to visa-free travel within the Schengen zone, in return for its… Continue reading Issue 44:2016 03 10: Week in Brief International

Issue 36:2016 01 14: Must advertise

14 January 2016 Must Advertise by J.R.Thomas “There is no such thing as bad publicity” the old advertising rubric has it.  And Donald Trump, his lead as front runner for the Republican Presidential nomination ever increasing, has proved that, in shovelfuls.  Whatever he says fills the headlines, and pushes the ratings up among the party… Continue reading Issue 36:2016 01 14: Must advertise

Issue 31: 2015 12 03: A Rising Star in the West

03 December 2015 A Rising Star in the West by J.R. Thomas   An American reader of the Shaw Sheet has kindly drawn our attention to a quietly rising star in the Republican race for the presidential nomination.  Ted Cruz is his name and one might be forgiven for overlooking him among the noisy boys… Continue reading Issue 31: 2015 12 03: A Rising Star in the West

Issue 22:2015 10 01:Speaker Cornered

01 October 2015 Speaker Cornered – the latest twist in the fight for the Republican Nomination by J.R.Thomas How the commentators all laughed at the idea that Donald Trump could possibly take his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination seriously, let alone that anybody else would. Light entertainment, they all said. A monstrous ego, having… Continue reading Issue 22:2015 10 01:Speaker Cornered

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