22 December 2016 Year of Mysteries Hang on to your hats. It may be a bumpy ride. by John Watson As 2016 slides away it is hard not to marvel at just how much has changed. A year ago we looked destined to keep our place on the EU rollercoaster as it plunged towards greater… Continue reading Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Year of Mysteries (John Watson)
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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 34: 2014 12 24: Pass On The Right
24 December 2015 Pass On The Right by J R Thomas The more astonishing the remark, the more offensive the comment, the more the voters seem to love him. It could only be The Donald of course; who, having managed to get more than half a million names on a petition to ban him from… Continue reading Issue 34: 2014 12 24: Pass On The Right
Issue 32: 2015 12 10: Icecream and Revolution
10 December 2015 Ice-Cream and Revolution by J R Thomas North of Waterbury, Vermont, on the road to Stowe is an American shrine. Not the Von Trapp Family Lodge and Von Trapp Timeshare Homes (and Von Trapp Brewery and Von Trapp Austrian Restaurant and and and…). If you get there you have gone too far… Continue reading Issue 32: 2015 12 10: Icecream and Revolution
Issue 29: 2015 11 29 International News
19 November 2015 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS AFGHANISTAN: Seven people were wounded when presidential guards shot at protesters outside President Ghani’s official residence in Kabul. The protesters were marching about the abduction and murder of seven members of the Hazari Shia minority, and were reportedly trying to scale the palace walls. Taliban forces have taken… Continue reading Issue 29: 2015 11 29 International News
Issue 25: 2015 10 22: Joe Biden Hits the Lawn
22 October 2015 Stop Press: Joe Biden Hits the Lawn by J R Thomas We have been following the American Presidential nomination battles in the Shaw Sheet and speculating that Joe Biden, President Obama’s Vice President, might considerably impact Hilary Clinton’s front runner role for the Democrat nomination, should he decide to run. On Wednesday… Continue reading Issue 25: 2015 10 22: Joe Biden Hits the Lawn
Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Sex, Drugs and Memory Loss
24 September 2015 Sex, Drugs and Memory Loss by J R Thomas The silly season has arrived late this year. Mr Corbyn was the first to feel the chill blast as his past romantic life (especially with Diane Abbott, now a member of his shadow cabinet) was dissected in the popular press. As Mr Corbyn… Continue reading Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Sex, Drugs and Memory Loss
Issue 19: 2015 09 10:INTERNATIONAL NEWS
10 September 2015 Week in Brief:INTERNATIONAL NEWS AFGHANISTAN: Thirteen Shia Muslims were murdered in Balkh province. The Taliban have condemned the attack and have blamed it on Isis. In-fighting among the Taliban has broken out as break-away factions challenge the power of its new leader, Mullah Akhtar Mansour, and some defect to Isis.… Continue reading Issue 19: 2015 09 10:INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Issue 17: 2015 08 27: Biding Their Time
27 August 2015 Biding Their Time by J R Thomas The front runner is pulling yet further ahead – but with an uncompromising personality, some unfortunate history coming out of the woodwork and a lack of popularity among key parts of the party machine, doubts are starting to be expressed even among loyal party members… Continue reading Issue 17: 2015 08 27: Biding Their Time
Issue 16: 2015 08 20: International News
20 August 2015 News in Brief:INTERNATIONAL NEWS AUSTRALIA: Surfers’ beaches at Ballina, Lennox Head and Bondi Beach have been abandoned following shark attacks and sightings off the New South Wales coast. BAHRAIN: Ibrahim Sharif, the former head of the opposition National Democratic Action Society, is facing new charges of urging the overthrow of the… Continue reading Issue 16: 2015 08 20: International News
Issue 13: 2015 07 30 International News
30 July 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS EGYPT: Nineteen people were drowned when a cargo boat collided with a Nile river boat. A second Suez canal, 72km (45 miles) long, has been built in twelve months. The depth of the original canal has been increased to 20m (66ft) to allow bigger ships. With two canals,… Continue reading Issue 13: 2015 07 30 International News
Issue 11: 2015 07 16: All the President’s People
16 July 2015 All the President’s People by J R Thomas Imagine a horse race with only one runner, preening and prancing in front of the crowd. Then imagine another horse race with so many runners there aren’t enough starting stalls, and every neighbourhood donkey, pony and carthorse in the county is jostling around the… Continue reading Issue 11: 2015 07 16: All the President’s People
