07 December 2017 Lens on the Week UK AN IRISH KNOT: Forget when and what the DUP knew. Forget whether the choreography of Mrs May’s meeting with Mr Juncker was premature. The problem of the Irish border which currently bedevils the Brexit negotiations is a real one and the best way to disentangle the strands… Continue reading Issue 132 :2017 11 07:Lens on the week
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Issue 128:2017 11 09:May in Six Minutes (J.R.Thomas)
09 November 2017 Six Minutes in May Are we back with Neville Chamberlain? by J.R. Thomas Nicolas Shakespeare’s new book Six Minutes in May relates in great detail the momentous days of early 1940 when the failed attempt to defend Norway against the Nazi invasion ended with Winston Churchill becoming premier in place of Neville… Continue reading Issue 128:2017 11 09:May in Six Minutes (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 109:2017 06 15:Gone fishing (J R Thomas)
15 June 2017 Gone Fishing? Mrs May still at her post by J.R.Thomas It’s that David Cameron I blame. And Ed Miliband. Instant resignations must be wonderfully healing for those who do the resigning, but for those who have to go on steering the machine, they just create a monstrous mess, another layer of problems … Continue reading Issue 109:2017 06 15:Gone fishing (J R Thomas)
Issue 109: 2017 06 15: Week in Brief: UK
15 June 2017 Week in Brief: UK Fire HIGH RISE FIRE: Grenfell Tower, a 24 story residential block of flats in West Kensington, caught fire in the early hours of Wednesday. The block, which was built by the Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council in 1994 and refurbished last year, contained 120 flats. It was gutted… Continue reading Issue 109: 2017 06 15: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 74: 2016 10 06: Week in Brief: UK
06 October 2016 Week in Brief: UK Government Policy BIRMINGHAM: Normally party conferences are for the benefit of activists, with back-slapping aplenty and occasionally some fancy oratory. The rest of the world raises a weary eyebrow and takes little notice. The Conservative party conference this year is different because it provides the first insights into… Continue reading Issue 74: 2016 10 06: Week in Brief: UK
