14 December 2017 One Year Down… …seven to go? by J.R. Thomas Mr Trump has probably never doubted that was his destiny if he wanted it, but might his party be starting to think that way? Nothing succeeds like success of course. Mr Trump’s world tour is generally seen as a success with no… Continue reading Issue 133:2017 12 15:One year down..(J.R.Thomas)
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Issue 132:2017 12 07: Permanecer o Independencia (J.R.Thomas)
07 December 2017 Permanecer o Independencia Catalan discord by J.R. Thomas To Remain, or to Leave, that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The rubber bullets and batons of outrageous fortune, Or to take flight across a sea of troubles, And in Brussels, contemplate them over lunch. Not… Continue reading Issue 132:2017 12 07: Permanecer o Independencia (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 131:201 11 30:Damned if we do (J.R.Thomas)
30 November 2017 Damned If We Do Is land yesterday’s asset? by J.R. Thomas Thanksgiving Day in the United States was this year marked by a relatively new but increasingly powerful ceremony in which the early settlers are damned to the brims of their furlined hats and to the soles of their leather boots. Not… Continue reading Issue 131:201 11 30:Damned if we do (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 130:2017 11 23:Sentence First (J.R.Thomas)
23 November 2011 Sentence First Dealing with the change in manners. By J R Thomas “No, no” said the Queen “Sentence first – verdict afterwards.” “Stuff and nonsense!” said Alice loudly. “The idea of having the sentence first!” Alice in Wonderland of course, as the ever growing Alice expands out of the jury box until… Continue reading Issue 130:2017 11 23:Sentence First (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 129:2017 11 16:Taxing for Mr Trump (J.R.Thomas)
16 November 2017 Taxing for Mr Trump by J R Thomas There are not many obvious similarities between Mrs May and Mr Trump, but the two leaders can certainly find one – a wafer thin majority when it comes to getting legislation through their respective legislatures. Mrs May retains power by virtue of her controversial… Continue reading Issue 129:2017 11 16:Taxing for Mr Trump (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 128: 2017 11 09: Tick The Box (John Watson)
09 November 2017 Tick The Box A system for the simple. By John Watson It is always illuminating to read the Shaw Sheet’s “Diary of a Corbynista” and last week’s column was no exception. One of the areas on which it cast light was the NHS tracker which tells you how your local hospital has… Continue reading Issue 128: 2017 11 09: Tick The Box (John Watson)
Issue 128:2017 11 09:May in Six Minutes (J.R.Thomas)
09 November 2017 Six Minutes in May Are we back with Neville Chamberlain? by J.R. Thomas Nicolas Shakespeare’s new book Six Minutes in May relates in great detail the momentous days of early 1940 when the failed attempt to defend Norway against the Nazi invasion ended with Winston Churchill becoming premier in place of Neville… Continue reading Issue 128:2017 11 09:May in Six Minutes (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 127:2017 11 02:Greed and the City(J.R.Thomas)
2 November 2011 Greed and the City A crisis in popularity. by J.R. Thomas The leaders of Britain’s major banks are proudly standing together and speaking with one voice. What is it this time, the weary person in the street may say (they would be on the Clapham omnibus but six have just gone past… Continue reading Issue 127:2017 11 02:Greed and the City(J.R.Thomas)
Issue 126: 2017 10 26: Good Seed on the Land (J.R.Thomas)
26 October 2017 Good Seed On The Land Development opportunity: but for what? by J R Thomas Last week we walked gloomily across Britain’s wet and empty farmlands, harvest gone, fields full of detritus and decay, empathising with the nation’s farmers and digesting the advice of AHDB (that jolly quango, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development… Continue reading Issue 126: 2017 10 26: Good Seed on the Land (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 125:2017 10 19:The Quickness of the Mouth Deceives(J.R.Thomas)
19 December 2017 The Quickness of the Mouth Deceives The actions of Mr Trump by J.R. Thomas A reader of the Shaw Sheet gave us some good advice the other day. “Don’t listen to what Mr Trump says” he said sagaciously. We nodded over the prawn cocktail; but he had not concluded his remarks.… Continue reading Issue 125:2017 10 19:The Quickness of the Mouth Deceives(J.R.Thomas)
Issue 125:2017 10 19:Plough, No Scatter (J.R.Thomas)
19 October 2017 Plough, No Scatter Farming and Brexit by J.R. Thomas As the bells ring out over the empty countryside for Harvest Festival it is time to spare a thought for Britain’s farmers. There was a time when country life centred around that backbone of British rural living, the family farm. Every parish had… Continue reading Issue 125:2017 10 19:Plough, No Scatter (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 124: 2017 10 12:The Anatomy of a Moment (J.R.Thomas)
12 October 2017 The Anatomy of a Moment by Javier Cercas. reviewed by J.R.Thomas Much has been written in the last ten days about the attempted or proposed or successful illegal secession or independence or left wing coup in Catalonia (do take your pick of pejoratives). Whilst a fine old political mess, with Catalonia’s new… Continue reading Issue 124: 2017 10 12:The Anatomy of a Moment (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 124: 2017 10 12: Spanish Customs (J.R.Thomas)
12 October 2017 Spanish Customs The trouble in Catalonia by J.R. Thomas A week, the late Harold Wilson observed, is a long time in politics. In Spanish politics last week seemed a lifetime. Spain, as our readers must have observed, has had some little local difficulties. To most people, and to the Spanish government in… Continue reading Issue 124: 2017 10 12: Spanish Customs (J.R.Thomas)
