17 November 2016 Week in Brief: UK Government BREXIT STRATEGY: A memorandum leaked to The Times, and said to have been written by a consultant from the accountancy firm Deloittes, indicates that civil servants are struggling to produce an exit strategy in time for the giving of the Article 50 notice in March of next… Continue reading Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Week in Brief: UK
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Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Nigel Farage (Lynda Goetz)
17 November 2016 Nigel Farage Fascist, racist, self-publicist or voice of the people? by Lynda Goetz In an interview with Henry Mance, political correspondent of the FT, back in April, in the different world we inhabited before Brexit, Nigel Farage, leader of the populist party UKIP, apart from being true to form in consuming vast… Continue reading Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Nigel Farage (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 78: 2016 11 02: It’s my party……(J.R,Thomas)
03 November 2016 It’s my party… by J.R.Thomas Whether Mr Trump wins or loses next week, one thing is for certain; the Republican Party is a smouldering wreck. The Donald has driven his bulldozer of personal ambition through the Grand Old Party and debris will continue to cascade into the basement for months, years, yet. … Continue reading Issue 78: 2016 11 02: It’s my party……(J.R,Thomas)
Issue 77: 2016 10 27: Bad For Business (J R Thomas)
27 October 2016 Bad For Business The US Presidential election is the only show in town. by J.R.Thomas If you are an American media mogul you must be very pleased with the way the Presidential campaigns are panning out. The three Presidential candidate debates might be horrific to the student of serious politics, but they… Continue reading Issue 77: 2016 10 27: Bad For Business (J R Thomas)
Issue 75:2016 10 13:True colours (J.R.Thomas)
13 October 2016 True Colours Four weeks to go by J.R.Thomas There are two strands of opinion on what Donald Trump is about. Well, there are a lot more, but they certainly fall into two schools of thought. One is that The Donald is actually an astute carefully calculating politician, adept at reading the popular… Continue reading Issue 75:2016 10 13:True colours (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 67: 2016 08 18: Sliding Down The Hill (J R Thomas)
18 August 2016 Sliding Down The Hill by J R Thomas This spring, an observer of this year’s USA presidential race suggested that Donald Trump was actually a candidate put up by the Clinton campaign team to disrupt the GOP 2016 run. How we all laughed at that one – even when those wise-guys pointed… Continue reading Issue 67: 2016 08 18: Sliding Down The Hill (J R Thomas)
Issue 64: 2016 07 28: An unconventional convention (J.R.Thomas)
28 July 2016 An Unconventional Convention by J.R.Thomas Mr Trump’s reputation for slick presentation took a bit of a dive in Cleveland last week. Given that Donald proclaims one of his great business assets as the value of the Trump name, it seemed a strangely unplanned and badly rehearsed launch for the forthcoming Trump presidential… Continue reading Issue 64: 2016 07 28: An unconventional convention (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 59:2016 06 23: Nightmare on Pennsylvania Avenue (J.R.Thomas)
23 June 2016 Nightmare on Pennsylvania Avenue by J.R.Thomas Late June 2016. It’s a hot night in Washington DC. The politicians were up late, their conversations frenzied and urgent and more than a little alcohol fuelled, but finally everybody got to bed. But now it is 4.30am, that dangerous hour before dawn. And the Speaker… Continue reading Issue 59:2016 06 23: Nightmare on Pennsylvania Avenue (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 59: 2016 06 23: Week in Brief: UK
23 June 2016 Week in Brief: UK Jo Cox ASSASSINATION OF JO COX: The murder of Jo Cox, the MP for Batley and Spen, outside her surgery in Birstall, near Leeds, has been met with revulsion and sadness on all sides of British politics. Parliament was recalled to pay tribute to Mrs Cox on Monday… Continue reading Issue 59: 2016 06 23: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 55: 2016 05 26: Your enemies are behind you (J.R. Thomas)
26 May 2016 Your Enemies are Behind You by J.R.Thomas It is said in the House of Commons that your opponents are in front of you, but the danger is always from your enemies – and they are behind you, in your own party. David Cameron must know that only too well at the moment;… Continue reading Issue 55: 2016 05 26: Your enemies are behind you (J.R. Thomas)
Issue 53: 2016 05 12: Week in Brief: UK
12 May 2016 News in Brief: UK Referendum TRUMP: Republican nominee Donald Trump has said that Britain is better off outside the EU, citing the EU’s role in pushing migration. BANKING LAWS: The Deputy Governor of the Bank of England has said that Britain’s only ability to influence EU Banking laws is a right to… Continue reading Issue 53: 2016 05 12: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 49: 2016 04 14: Roaming in the Gloaming (J.R. Thomas)
14 April 2016 Roaming in the Gloaming By J.R.Thomas From east coast to west, and even in the heartlands, it is the phony war. The contestants know the big battles are coming; the minor skirmishes of the past couple of weeks don’t matter too much – though losing them matters to The Donald, not one… Continue reading Issue 49: 2016 04 14: Roaming in the Gloaming (J.R. Thomas)
Issue 44: 2016 03 10: Surviving the Flight (Chin Chin)
10 March 2016 Surviving the Flight Auckland to Dubai By Chin Chin The new service from Auckland to Dubai takes over seventeen hours and I must say that as it looms up I am conscious of a slight trepidation. It isn’t so much that it might not be comfortable or that the food or films… Continue reading Issue 44: 2016 03 10: Surviving the Flight (Chin Chin)
