10 August 2017 Week in Brief: UK Brexit TRADING DISPUTES: The Department for International Trade is recruiting staff to deal with trading disputes after Brexit. The team, expected to comprise some 130 personnel, will not begin to operate until Britain leaves the Customs Union. FISHING: Speaking in Denmark, Michael Gove, the Environment Secretary, has said… Continue reading Issue 117: 2017 08 10: Week in Brief: UK
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Issue 116: 2017 08 03: Week In Brief: UK
03 August 2017 Week In Brief: UK Brexit TRANSITION: In a move which has attracted broad cross-party support but is still contentious within the Cabinet, Philip Hammond, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has said that he would like to see a transitional deal which left trading relations with the EU much as they are now… Continue reading Issue 116: 2017 08 03: Week In Brief: UK
Issue 115: 2017 07 27: Week in Brief: UK
27 July 2017 Week In Brief: UK Brexit BREXIT NEGOTIATIONS: Last week’s round of talks ended with little agreement. Points at issue include whether EU citizen should be able to bring their families to the UK without restriction, whether the European Court of Justice should have any jurisdiction in the UK, whether the British people… Continue reading Issue 115: 2017 07 27: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 113: 2017 07 13: Who Owns The Enquiry? (John Watson)
13 July 2017 Who Owns The Enquiry? Chairing the enquiry into Grenfell Tower. By John Watson Tragedies have stakeholders, and if you need evidence for that, just look at the protests against the appointment of Sir Martin Moore-Bick as the chairman of the public enquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster. Let’s begin by identifying some… Continue reading Issue 113: 2017 07 13: Who Owns The Enquiry? (John Watson)
Issue 112:2017 07 06:Milking the Money Tree (J.R.Thomas)
06 July 2017 Milking the Money Tree Will Labour split? by J.R.Thomas A cruel radio skit on Radio 4 suggested that Mr Corbyn’s ambition is to visit a range of constituencies around the country this summer. And why should that be so cruel? Because they are all the locations of major music festivals over the… Continue reading Issue 112:2017 07 06:Milking the Money Tree (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 112: 2017 07 06: Entryist Politics (John Watson)
06 July 2017 Entryist Politics The knives of McDonnell. By John Watson The Ides of March are still many months off but, if the press are to be believed, Mrs May would do well to keep an eye out on her visits to the Palace of Westminster. It would be nice to think that those… Continue reading Issue 112: 2017 07 06: Entryist Politics (John Watson)
Issue 111: 2017 06 29: Week In Brief: UK
29 June 2017 Week in Brief: UK From the Brexit kitchen QUEEN’S SPEECH: Last week’s Queen’s speech, a two-year programme of 27 measures, 8 of which related to Brexit, omitted many manifesto pledges. Gone was the proposal to means test winter fuel allowance; gone were the plans to replace free school lunches with breakfast;… Continue reading Issue 111: 2017 06 29: Week In Brief: UK
Issue111:2017 06 29: Corbyn at Glastonbury(R D Shackleton)
29 June 2017 Corbyn’s Glastonbury Triumph And how this could back-fire. By R D Shackleton For the Many (not the Few as Labour’s slogan assures us), the Party leader’s appearance on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury last weekend looks like an astounding success. With his ears ringing to a massed chorus of “Ooh Jer-e-my Cor-byn”,… Continue reading Issue111:2017 06 29: Corbyn at Glastonbury(R D Shackleton)
Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Diary of a Corbinista (Don Urquhart)
22 June 2017 Election Diary of a Corbynista Extracts by Don Urquhart 18 April Theresa May has announced a General Election on June 8th. I would be delighted to see a united Labour Party in Parliament. What’s the point of people like Alan Johnson? 19 April Alan Johnson obviously agrees; he is standing down. 25… Continue reading Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Diary of a Corbinista (Don Urquhart)
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 108: 2017 06 08: Week in Brief: UK
08 June 2017 Week In Brief: UK Terrorism LONDON ATTACKS: On Saturday night three terrorists murdered seven people and injured another 48 in an attack on London Bridge and Borough Market. It began when they drove their white rental van into pedestrians on the bridge. The van was abandoned just outside Southwark Cathedral, the men using… Continue reading Issue 108: 2017 06 08: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 107: 2017 06 01: Policies on terrorism (John Watson)
01 June 2017 Policies On Terrorism A still, small voice of calm. By John Watson Election campaigns are dramatic events. The accusations, self-justification and traducing of the other candidates are the political equivalent of the earthquake, wind and fire which surrounded Elijah on Mount Horeb in chapter 19 of the first book of Kings. But… Continue reading Issue 107: 2017 06 01: Policies on terrorism (John Watson)
Issue 107: 2017 06 01: Breakfast on the menu (Lynda Goetz)
01 June 2017 Breakfast On The Menu Is breakfast really the answer? By Lynda Goetz The answer to what, you may well ask? A fair question. Firstly and most importantly, is it the answer to plugging a hole in the Conservative’s education budget? Secondly, is a free breakfast for all primary school children a reasonable… Continue reading Issue 107: 2017 06 01: Breakfast on the menu (Lynda Goetz)
