22 December 2016 Week In Brief: UK NEWS Domestic threats RUSSIA: Concerns have been expressed in Whitehall about the campaign being waged by Russia against the UK. The attacks involve espionage, propaganda, cyberattacks and fake news stories. Theresa May will chair a meeting of the National Security Council to examine the problem. Some analysts see… Continue reading Issue 85: 2016 12 22: UK News in Brief
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Issue 75:2016 10 13:Week In Brief UK
13 October 2016 Week In Brief: UK Government politics BREXIT TERMS: A cross party group of MPs including Nick Clegg, Ed Miliband, Shadow Brexit Secretary Sir Keir Starmer, Nicky Morgan and Anne Soubry is pressing for Parliamentary scrutiny of the Brexit terms. This would be a practical problem for the government who are anxious to… Continue reading Issue 75:2016 10 13:Week In Brief UK
Issue 38: 2016 01 28: Labour’s Lessons From Defeat (John Watson)
28 January 2016 Labour’s Lessons from Defeat What we expect from Mr Corbyn. By John Watson The closure of Kellingley colliery may represent the end of deep mining for coal in the UK but the reader certainly has to do a lot of digging to extract from Margaret Beckett’s report “Learning the Lessons from Defeat”… Continue reading Issue 38: 2016 01 28: Labour’s Lessons From Defeat (John Watson)
Issue 26: 2015 10 29 Be wary of what you wish for
29 October 2015 Be wary of what you wish for Corbyn, a leader some may want by Tom Dowling It is a severe black mark against the Conservatives that Ed Miliband was ever allowed become a viable electoral threat. Having seen him off, the party is now in great danger of making the opposite mistake… Continue reading Issue 26: 2015 10 29 Be wary of what you wish for
Issue 13: 2015 07 30: Labour in Vain
30 July 2015 Labour in Vain by J R Thomas In another article in this week’s Shaw Sheet, we look at the exciting world of opera in modern Britain. Followers of politics in the UK may be under the impression that they are watching a live opera, albeit without the singing (so far), as the… Continue reading Issue 13: 2015 07 30: Labour in Vain