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: Catalonia
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 124: 2017 10 12:The Anatomy of a Moment (J.R.Thomas)
12 October 2017 The Anatomy of a Moment by Javier Cercas. reviewed by J.R.Thomas Much has been written in the last ten days about the attempted or proposed or successful illegal secession or independence or left wing coup in Catalonia (do take your pick of pejoratives). Whilst a fine old political mess, with Catalonia’s new… Continue reading Issue 124: 2017 10 12:The Anatomy of a Moment (J.R.Thomas)
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)
Issue 123: 2017 10 05: Referendum in Catalonia (John Watson)
05 October 2017 Referendum in Catalonia How does the upsurge in separatism affect the EU? By John Watson It is a pattern we have all seen before. The authorities are challenged by those who want independence. They overreact. Their brutality feeds the very movement they seek to repress. Remember Dyer at Amritsar in 1919; remember… Continue reading Issue 123: 2017 10 05: Referendum in Catalonia (John Watson)
Issue 122:2017 09 28;Kicking the can down the street (John Watson)
28 September 2017 Kicking The Can Down The Street What are the two years for? By John Watson Two years more? Just what will it achieve? That is the question which Mrs May will be asked about her proposal in Florence that there should be a two-year transitional period after Brexit in which nothing much… Continue reading Issue 122:2017 09 28;Kicking the can down the street (John Watson)
Issue 29: 2015 11 29 International News
19 November 2015 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS AFGHANISTAN: Seven people were wounded when presidential guards shot at protesters outside President Ghani’s official residence in Kabul. The protesters were marching about the abduction and murder of seven members of the Hazari Shia minority, and were reportedly trying to scale the palace walls. Taliban forces have taken… Continue reading Issue 29: 2015 11 29 International News
Issue 14: 2015 08 06 International News
6 August 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS EGYPT: Egypt has completed a new Suez canal which is situated beside the old one. In addition the original canal has been dredged so that it can accommodate larger ships. The development will increase the amount of tonnage because ships will be able to sail in both directions. … Continue reading Issue 14: 2015 08 06 International News
