11 August 2016 Do you know MI5 from MI6? Your guide to the United Kingdom intelligence system by Tim Marshall Most Shaw Sheet readers will be taking away the Chilcot report to read on holiday. It is certainly long so to make it more digestible we have decided to sketch out the various organisations which… Continue reading Issue 66: 2016 08 11 :Do you know MI5 from MI6? (Tim Marshall)
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Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Fiddling With Our Abbreviations (John Watson)
11 August 2016 Fiddling With Our Abbreviations An unforgiveable impertinence and condescension. By John Watson The Chilcot report takes nine days to read. That may or may not be a record but there is no doubt that the increasing length of government documents is beginning to pose a problem. It isn’t just the waste of… Continue reading Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Fiddling With Our Abbreviations (John Watson)
Issue 62: 2016 07 14: Week in Brief: UK
14 July 2016 Week in Brief: UK Politics PRIME MINISTER: Following Andrea Leadsom’s withdrawal from the contest, Theresa May was left as the only candidate for the leadership of the Conservative party and accordingly became Prime Minister on Wednesday. See comment The Chilcot Report and Mrs May. LABOUR LEADERSHIP: Angela Eagle has issued a challenge… Continue reading Issue 62: 2016 07 14: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 62: 2016 07 14: The Chilcot Report and Mrs May (John Watson)
14 July 2014 The Chilcot Report and Mrs May Why there must be no general election. by John Watson “Cripes!” as the late Boris Johnson might have put it. Oh, no, I’m not sure that I got that quite right. It is in “Game of Thrones” that losing generally leads to violent death. Boris is… Continue reading Issue 62: 2016 07 14: The Chilcot Report and Mrs May (John Watson)