19 October 2017 A Hard Brexit Why we need the figures. By John Watson It was always inevitable that at some stage we would have to make preparations for a “no deal” Brexit, and at long last the Government seems to be focusing on the possibility. And so they should, you might think. What is… Continue reading Issue 125: 2017 10 19: A Hard Brexit (John Watson)
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Issue 99: 2017 04 06: Bid Candy And Worse (John Watson)
06 April 2017 Bid Candy And Worse The details revealed. By John Watson Spring is in the air. A fire is burning in the hearth. The whisky bottle is to hand. It only remains to decide what sparkling work of literature to choose for the evening read. Should it be The Hound of the Baskervilles?… Continue reading Issue 99: 2017 04 06: Bid Candy And Worse (John Watson)
Issue 72: 2016 09 22: The Rules of the Game (John Watson)
22 September 2016 The Rules of the Game What is this talk of gerrymandering? By John Watson “I have never believed in questioning or second-guessing the decision of the referee.” The words appear in the final paragraph of David Laws’ book Coalition and the referee he is referring to is the British electorate which so brutally… Continue reading Issue 72: 2016 09 22: The Rules of the Game (John Watson)
Issue 71: 2016 09 15: Week in Brief: UK
15 September 2016 Week in Brief: UK Foreign Affairs LIBYA: A report of the House of Commons Defence Committee has heavily criticised David Cameron’s role in the 2011 bombing campaign in Libya. Stating that the then Chief of Defence Staff, Lord Richards, disassociated himself from the claim that the operation was in the national interest,… Continue reading Issue 71: 2016 09 15: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 32: 2015 12 10: War For Our Time
10 December 2015 War For Our Time by J R Thomas That of course was not what Neville Chamberlain said. He apparently did not even mean to say what he did say. As he stood outside Downing Street on his return from his visit to Hitler on 30th September 1938 to sign the Munich… Continue reading Issue 32: 2015 12 10: War For Our Time
