22 June 2017 Caravanning In The Ionian Avoiding the car crash at home. By Lynda Goetz I have just returned from two weeks holiday. Oh yes, it was lovely, thank you. Of course I sent off my postal vote before I left. I do feel that we all have a responsibility to vote, but I… Continue reading Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Caravanning in the Ionian (Lynda Goetz)
Tag: Greece
Issue 33: 2015 12 17: Week in Brief: UK
17 December 2015 Week in Brief: UK ENVIRONMENT: The commitment in the Paris agreement to pursue efforts to keep global warning down to 1.5° C above pre-industrial levels would require a substantial step up from Britain. Until now the Committee on Climate Change has worked on the basis of 2C°, the maximum envisaged by Paris. … Continue reading Issue 33: 2015 12 17: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 20:2015 09 17:letters
17 September 2015 Letter Time is running out in the Middle East Sir John Watson’s article was educational for those of us sketchy about the last days of General Gordon. But I am uncomfortable about the parallels he draws with the current Middle East situation. Gordon was in the Sudan on British government business and… Continue reading Issue 20:2015 09 17:letters
Issue 12: 2015 07 23: Week in Brief: Business & the City
23 July 2014 Week in Brief: BUSINESS & THE CITY GREEK BANKS: Greek financial affairs have suddenly been relegated from the headlines, following the rescue package agreed last week which has led to their banks reopening on Monday, and enabling the central bank to make the delinquent IMF payments to take the country back out… Continue reading Issue 12: 2015 07 23: Week in Brief: Business & the City
Issue 11: 2015 07 16: Greece and the Oracle
16 July 2015 Greece and the Oracle by John Watson Rain Gods fall into two distinct categories. In “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”, Douglas Adams’s character Rob McKenna achieves Rain God status because, wherever he is, it rains. That is one sort of Rain God. The other sort is, well, me or, at least,… Continue reading Issue 11: 2015 07 16: Greece and the Oracle
Issue 10: 2015 07 09: Mr Tsipras’s Tactics
09 July 2015 Mr Tsipras’s Tactics by John Watson Old hands at litigation will tell you that if you are stuck for a strategy you can do worse than to imagine yourself in the other side’s position, work out what it is that they would like you to do least and then do it. It… Continue reading Issue 10: 2015 07 09: Mr Tsipras’s Tactics
Issue 9: 2015 07 02: The Referendum Card
02 July 2015 The Referendum Card by John Watson With all eyes on Greece and the prospect of a referendum, it is easy to forget that something not entirely dissimilar is going on on this side of the English Channel. Of course the political background is very different indeed. Britain is committed to austerity and… Continue reading Issue 9: 2015 07 02: The Referendum Card
Issue 8: 2015 06 25: The Threat From Outside the Bubble
25 June 2015 The threat from outside the Bubble by John Watson In my next life I think I would like to work at the EU Commission. That is not because I love Brussels, although to be fair the chocolate there is excellent. Nor is it the stimulating company; I am sure there are lots… Continue reading Issue 8: 2015 06 25: The Threat From Outside the Bubble
