02 February 2017 Sir Thomas Dalyell of the Binns, Bart. One of the greatest of the awkward squad by J.R.Thomas If you were wondering to whom we could be possibly referring, try “Tam Dalyell”, hero, or villain, depending on perspective and taste, of the Belgrano incident and many other Parliamentary controversies. Sir Thomas – never,… Continue reading Issue 90:2016 02 02: Sir Thomas Dalyell (J.R.Thomas)
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Issue 90:2017 02 02: Donald and Teresa (J.R.Thomas)
2 February 2017 Donald and Theresa’s Love In The way to implement by J.R.Thomas One of the most irritating features of modern news management (that is, attempted management of the media by politician’s inner offices) is that one is told the day before the set piece speech what the revered one will say. “Mrs… Continue reading Issue 90:2017 02 02: Donald and Teresa (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 89: 2017 01 26:Service with a shock (J.R.Thomas)
26 January 2017 Service with a Shock The future of the electricity supply by J.R.Thomas Who would want to run an electricity supply company in these times? More and more choice for the consumer, with all sorts of potential supply, including pumping heat from under back gardens or powering freezers from mini windmills on the… Continue reading Issue 89: 2017 01 26:Service with a shock (J.R.Thomas)
Issue89: 2017 01 26:The Healing Stream (J.R.Thomas)
26 January 2017 The Healing Stream A book by Laurence Catlow reviewed by J.R.Thomas Occasionally we like to recommend a good book in the columns of the Shaw Sheet, one which we think our readers might not have come across, but which they may enjoy. This week we take a leap into deep water –… Continue reading Issue89: 2017 01 26:The Healing Stream (J.R.Thomas)
Issue88: 2017 01 19: Liberating Populism(J.R.Thomas)
19 January 2017 Liberating Populism “…by any other name would…?” by J.R.Thomas… Continue reading Issue88: 2017 01 19: Liberating Populism(J.R.Thomas)
Issue 88: 2017 01 19:In the Beginning (J.R.Thomas)
19 January 2017: In The Beginning The realities of Trumpism by J.R.Thomas Mr Trump cannot carry on like this. He is a nightmare to journalists, commentators, and analysts everywhere. No sooner has the scribe finished polishing his thoughtful exposition on the latest astonishing happenings in Trump Tower, than something even more extraordinary happens and the… Continue reading Issue 88: 2017 01 19:In the Beginning (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 87:2017 01 12: Brussels Pouts (J.R.Thomas)
12 January 2017 Brussels Pouts Rogers unmanderined. by J.R.Thomas It must be bad enough having to cope with a bunch of troublesome Tory backbenchers, without having the servants turn on you as well. The civil servants that is. Sir Ivan Rogers in particular, Britain’s Ambassador to the European Commission, who resigned last week with… Continue reading Issue 87:2017 01 12: Brussels Pouts (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 87:2017 01 12:All the Prime Minister’s Numbers (J.R.Thomas)
12 January 2017 All the Prime Minister’s Numbers Will Mrs May wait for the boundary commission? by J.R.Thomas Hands up all last week’s British readers who laughed at the absurdities of the American Presidential voting system. Ho ho ho, what sort of Electoral College is it that can turn the loser into the winner? … Continue reading Issue 87:2017 01 12:All the Prime Minister’s Numbers (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 86:2017 01 05:All the President’s Numbers (J.R.Thomas)
05 January 2017 All the President’s Numbers Mrs Clinton’s majority by J.R.Thomas Enough of those endless Christmas break Sudoku’s. Time to play around with some real numbers. Maybe we should start with those startling figures that President-elect Trump is only too well aware of, as is his erstwhile opponent Mrs C, and, given that lady’s… Continue reading Issue 86:2017 01 05:All the President’s Numbers (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 86:2017 01 05:Wild Behaviour (J.R. Thomas)
05 January 2017 Wild behaviour A voice crying in the wilderness by J.R.Thomas There can be little that is more dangerous to the public wellbeing than when a new hip philosophy coincides with budgetary restraint. When those who normally call for more expenditure concur with those who are in perpetual attempts to draw closer the… Continue reading Issue 86:2017 01 05:Wild Behaviour (J.R. Thomas)
Issue 84:2016 12 15:Ageing disgracefully (J.R.Thomas)
15 October 2016 Ageing Disgracefully A movement in the balance of power by J.R.Thomas One of the stranger things about the recent American presidential contest, something which did not cause much comment but seemed to be a clear reversal of recent trends in leadership elections, was the age of the leading candidates. Bernie Sanders led… Continue reading Issue 84:2016 12 15:Ageing disgracefully (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 84:2016 12 15:Spring into Spring (J.R.Thomas)
15 December 2016 Spring into Spring The ides: an idea? by J.R.Thomas “Now is the winter of our discontent…” wrote that chap from Stratford on Avon. He was brooding on political success of course, but winter discontent strikes a deep chord with us all in this dark misty damp island, swept by the occasional dramatically… Continue reading Issue 84:2016 12 15:Spring into Spring (J.R.Thomas)
Issue83:2016 12 08:Going Green All Over (J.R.Thomas)
08 December 2016 Going Green All Over A design for living by J.R.Thomas So often we fail to notice the obvious, even when it is right under our feet – or above our heads. Whatever is happening to our climate in the long term (and your correspondent is just old enough to remember the cold… Continue reading Issue83:2016 12 08:Going Green All Over (J.R.Thomas)
