07 December 2017 Time For Reform It isn’t just Brexit. By John Watson Which is the precedent? The US in 1775 or Britain in 1536? Will the current period go down in British history as the start of a trip towards independence from Europe, or as the beginning of a social revolution? Both of them,… Continue reading Issue 132: 2017 12 07: Time For Reform (John Watson)
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Issue 119: 2017 09 07: A Celebration of Statues (John Watson)
07 September 2017 A Celebration of Statues Bobby Lee in Charlottesville? By John Watson One of the advantages of going on holiday is that you do not have to keep on top of the news so that you never discover how some of the stories which were current when you left, actually ended. Now the… Continue reading Issue 119: 2017 09 07: A Celebration of Statues (John Watson)
Issue 33: 2015 12 17: Feuding Twins
17 December 2015 Feuding Twins Lady Thatcher’s legacy by Lynda Goetz So, Carol Thatcher is auctioning her mother’s effects. On this occasion her brother Mark is apparently “on the side of the angels,” in the words of a Tory source quoted in the Mail on Sunday: “His only concern is to protect his mother’s legacy and… Continue reading Issue 33: 2015 12 17: Feuding Twins
Issue 33: 2015 12 17: Week in Brief: UK
17 December 2015 Week in Brief: UK ENVIRONMENT: The commitment in the Paris agreement to pursue efforts to keep global warning down to 1.5° C above pre-industrial levels would require a substantial step up from Britain. Until now the Committee on Climate Change has worked on the basis of 2C°, the maximum envisaged by Paris. … Continue reading Issue 33: 2015 12 17: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 33: 2015 12 17: The Ticking Of The Clock
17 December 2015 The Ticking of the Clock by J R Thomas Fifty or so years ago, the advertising for Rolls Royce cars used to proudly claim that at 60 miles per hour the loudest noise was the “ticking of the clock”. Now, a very different Rolls Royce business also has its eye on the… Continue reading Issue 33: 2015 12 17: The Ticking Of The Clock
Issue 25: 2015 10 22 Sic Transit George
22 October 2015 Sic Transit George by J.R.Thomas According to ancient legend, victorious Roman generals, whilst enjoying the triumphal procession through Rome to which they were entitled on their return from the battlefield, were accompanied by a slave who whispered constantly in the ear of the acclaimed one “Sic transit gloria, sic transit gloria” (all… Continue reading Issue 25: 2015 10 22 Sic Transit George
Issue 6: 2015 06 11: Promises, Promises
11 June 2015 Promises, Promises by J R Thomas Mr Cameron, now safely tucked up in Downing Street again, may in the deep watches of the night be contemplating how to deliver some of his pre-election promises. The latter stages of the election campaign edged towards an auction of increasingly rash hostages to fortune as… Continue reading Issue 6: 2015 06 11: Promises, Promises
