16 February 2017 Sans lui, le déluge? Who will stop le Pen? by Richard Pooley For the past fifty-five years the French have had it easy when choosing their presidents. The presidential election has two rounds. In the first round you voted for whoever you liked most, safe in the knowledge that there would be… Continue reading Issue 92:2017 02 16:Sans lui, le deluge (Richard Pooley)
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Issue 91 :2017 02 09: A small cultural revolution (Richard Pooley)
09 February 2017 A small cultural revolution Can Macron revive France? by Richard Pooley Margot, the 22-year old daughter of our village potter came to get some advice from me the weekend before last. Recently graduated in Marketing and Communication, she is going to London at the end of this month. She has never… Continue reading Issue 91 :2017 02 09: A small cultural revolution (Richard Pooley)
Issue 91:2017 02 09:Week in Brief International
09 February 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe FRANCE: An Egyptian wielding two machetes attacked a patrol of anti-terrorist soldiers in the Louvre. He was shot by one of the soldiers and is in hospital. New allegations by Le Canard Enchaîné claim that Francois Fillon’s wife received excessive redundancy pay when contracts as parliamentary… Continue reading Issue 91:2017 02 09:Week in Brief International
Issue 90:2017 02 02:Politics and the Post-Work World(Neil Tidmarsh)
02 February 2017 Politics and the Post-Work World Hamon says, but Fillon does (allegedly). by Neil Tidmarsh Has anyone else noticed the irony? One politician proposes an idea and it wins him the leadership of his party. Another politician is accused of putting that same idea into practice and it may well lose him the… Continue reading Issue 90:2017 02 02:Politics and the Post-Work World(Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 63:2016 07 21:On peut faire plus et on peut faire mieux ? (Richard Pooley)
21 July 2016 On peut faire plus et on peut faire mieux? The response to the tragedy in Nice. by Richard Pooley “It is hard to fathom what is happening from here.” So wrote Shaw Sheet’s editor last Friday when asking me to give my view on the previous night’s massacre in Nice. Frankly, I… Continue reading Issue 63:2016 07 21:On peut faire plus et on peut faire mieux ? (Richard Pooley)
