Issue 110: 2017 06 22: After Isis (Neil Tidmarsh)

22 June 2017 After Isis To the victor, the spoils? by Neil Tidmarsh The news this week suggests that the end really is in sight for Isis as a territorial power. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Isis leader who declared its caliphate in 2014, has been killed in an airstrike on the Isis capital Raqqa, according… Continue reading Issue 110: 2017 06 22: After Isis (Neil Tidmarsh)

Issue 105:2017 05 18:Week in brief international

18 May 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe AUSTRIA:  The Vice-Chancellor and leader of the OVP, Reinhold Mitterlehner, has resigned, putting the future of the governing OVP/Social Democrat coalition in doubt.  The Foreign Minister announced that a general election will take place this autumn, a year early. FRANCE:  Emmanuel Macron was sworn in as… Continue reading Issue 105:2017 05 18:Week in brief international

Issue 14: Spotlight moves to Charities

6 August 2015 Spotlight moves to Charities by John Watson Most of our institutions have come under the spotlight in the scandals of recent years.  The status of MPs has been damaged by the expenses scandal.  The press has been damaged by investigations into hacking.  Government and the entertainment industry will be prime fishing grounds… Continue reading Issue 14: Spotlight moves to Charities

Issue 12: 2015 07 23: Manners Maketh Man

23 July 2015 Manners Maketh Man by J R Thomas It’s getting to be a very dangerous world, the modern financial industry (even if not like the appalling days of 1970’s Germany where several bankers were kidnapped and killed by the Baader-Meinhoff gang, the self-proclaimed Red Army Faction who terrorised the West German government and… Continue reading Issue 12: 2015 07 23: Manners Maketh Man

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