15 June 2017 Gone Fishing? Mrs May still at her post by J.R.Thomas It’s that David Cameron I blame. And Ed Miliband. Instant resignations must be wonderfully healing for those who do the resigning, but for those who have to go on steering the machine, they just create a monstrous mess, another layer of problems … Continue reading Issue 109:2017 06 15:Gone fishing (J R Thomas)
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Issue 108:2017 06 08:Doing the splits (J.R.Thomas)
8 June 2017 Doing the Splits After May, who? by J.R.Thomas Mrs May is famous for her love of walking; by this Friday she will be very relieved if she is not going for a long one. It is almost unknown for an election campaign to result in such an extraordinary reversal of fortunes.… Continue reading Issue 108:2017 06 08:Doing the splits (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 106:2017 05 25:It’s behind you (J.R.Thomas)
25 May 2017 It’s Behind You Politicans should watch their backs. by J.R.Thomas Trouble on both sides of the Atlantic for politicians new to power. On the western shore Mr Trump begins to feel the heat from strange recent events involving, or maybe not, Russian influence, and on the eastern side Mrs May makes a… Continue reading Issue 106:2017 05 25:It’s behind you (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 105:2017 05 18:Big Beasts (J.R.Thomas)
18 May 2017 Big Beasts What will happen to the Lib Dems? by J.R.Thomas “Big Beasts return to Lib Dem Front Line” announced the press release. Gosh. Obviously not Gladstone or Asquith or even Rosebery, all of whom have the disadvantage, for the campaign trail, of being dead. So who can they mean? “The Liberal… Continue reading Issue 105:2017 05 18:Big Beasts (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 105:2017 05 18: The Sense of an Ending (J.R.Thomas)
18 May 2017 The Sense of an Ending A film by Ritash Batra. reviewed by J.R.Thomas The Shaw Sheet is not like other media sheets that your eye may occasionally fall on; we like to think through our views of events, consider what things might mean, and generally take our time, so that readers will… Continue reading Issue 105:2017 05 18: The Sense of an Ending (J.R.Thomas)
issue 104:2017 05 11:On the Hill, Off the Rails (J.R.Thomas)
11 May 2017 On the Hill, Off the Rails The administration takes shape. By J.R.Thomas We have had a complaint. Probably a spoof but when it has that seal on it, and that eagle, and is signed (by a machine running low on ink, but still,) “Donald”, we have to take it seriously. POTUS says… Continue reading issue 104:2017 05 11:On the Hill, Off the Rails (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 104:2017 05 11:Misty Distant Borders (J.R.Thomas)
11 May 2017 Misty Distant Borders The books of Lord Dunsany. by J.R.Thomas Might the convulsions of Brexit lead to an unexpected side effect, the reunification of Ireland? Enda Kenny, the Taoiseach of the Irish Republic, has suggested that the Brexit of the United Kingdom is an opportunity to test the will of the Six… Continue reading Issue 104:2017 05 11:Misty Distant Borders (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 103:2017 05 04:Fading Icons:Modernism (J.R.Thomas)
04 May 2017 Fading Icons: Modernism Architecture moves on. by J.R.Thomas Where once there were Dukes, now there are architects. Not so long ago your correspondent, lunching in a swanky West End private dining club, witnessed Norman Foster, the Lord Foster of Thames Bank (not to be confused with Richard Rogers, the Lord Rogers of… Continue reading Issue 103:2017 05 04:Fading Icons:Modernism (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 103:2017 05 04:All quiet (J.R..Thomas)
04 May 2017 All Quiet The silent campaign. by J.R.Thomas Somebody should have told Mrs May. Trying to doorstep Scottish voters is only going to end in embarrassment. In this case it was minor embarrassment – of six households whose garden paths Theresa padded up, one (lady) householder shouted from a distance “No thank you!”. … Continue reading Issue 103:2017 05 04:All quiet (J.R..Thomas)
Issue 102:2017 04 27;Keeping the Sky the Limit (J.R.Thomas)
27 April 2017 Keeping the Sky the Limit Ely and Seville. by J.R.Thomas Sometimes it is worth going to a lot of trouble just for a moment’s pleasure. Any reader who wants to see one of the best views in England might, if they find themselves at a loose end and have spare money for… Continue reading Issue 102:2017 04 27;Keeping the Sky the Limit (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 102: 2017 04 27: Statistics and other fibs (J R Thomas)
27 April 2017 Statistics and Other Fibs The election – just too complex. by J.R.Thomas Eyes down, look in. The electoral campaign is underway and the waterboarding of the public by polls and electoral surveys has begun; by the early part of June you won’t believe a word from any of them. Which is a… Continue reading Issue 102: 2017 04 27: Statistics and other fibs (J R Thomas)
Issue 100: 2017 04 13:Revolution (J.R.Thomas)
13 April 2017 Revolution Fading Icons: The Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Councilmen of the Corporation of the City of London by J.R.Thomas All around the world populism is sweeping the established politics aside, the old order and ancient ways give place to the new. We perhaps saw it first in the Middle East and North… Continue reading Issue 100: 2017 04 13:Revolution (J.R.Thomas)
Issue99:2016 04 06:Throwing the sword into the lake (J.R.Thomas)
06 April 2017 Throwing the Sword into the Lake Moving on from Camelot by J.R.Thomas A couple of weeks ago Robert Silvers, founder and editor for life of that distinguished magazine The New York Review of Books died, aged 87. Mr Silvers was one of those erudite energetic east coast liberals that Mr Trump… Continue reading Issue99:2016 04 06:Throwing the sword into the lake (J.R.Thomas)
