07 December 2017 Permanecer o Independencia Catalan discord by J.R. Thomas To Remain, or to Leave, that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The rubber bullets and batons of outrageous fortune, Or to take flight across a sea of troubles, And in Brussels, contemplate them over lunch. Not… Continue reading Issue 132:2017 12 07: Permanecer o Independencia (J.R.Thomas)
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Issue 128:2017 11 09:A lens on the week
9 November 2017 A Lens on the Week UK SEX SCANDAL: Just six MPs and one official! The list of Labour activists subject to sexual allegations is much shorter than the list of Tories. Goodness knows why. Perhaps they haven’t got to the bottom of it all yet or perhaps Labour members are too busy… Continue reading Issue 128:2017 11 09:A lens on the week
Issue 127:2017 11 02: A lens on the week
02 November 2017 A lens on the week UK SEX AND THE COMMONS: Political leaders are falling over each other to call for new standards in the Commons and for an end to sexual harassment. May, Corbyn, Harman, Leadsom and even the Speaker himself, line up to condemn predatory practices – and of course they… Continue reading Issue 127:2017 11 02: A lens on the week
Issue 126:2017 10 26: News Highlights
26 October 2017 A Lens On The Week UK BREXIT: Something somewhere seems to be moving but what it is and in which direction it is really very hard to say. The rumour mill whirls in Brussels. Did Mrs May plead with Juncker for help over the dinner table or didn’t she? If she did,… Continue reading Issue 126:2017 10 26: News Highlights
Issue 124: 2017 10 12: Spanish Customs (J.R.Thomas)
12 October 2017 Spanish Customs The trouble in Catalonia by J.R. Thomas A week, the late Harold Wilson observed, is a long time in politics. In Spanish politics last week seemed a lifetime. Spain, as our readers must have observed, has had some little local difficulties. To most people, and to the Spanish government in… Continue reading Issue 124: 2017 10 12: Spanish Customs (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 123:2017 10 05:Week in Brief International
05 October 2017 Week in Brief: International Europe AUSTRIA: A ban on wearing the full-face veil in public has come into force. However, French businessman Rachid Nekkaz has offered to pay any fine (€150) imposed. FRANCE: A 29 year old illegal immigrant from Tunisia stabbed two girls to death at a railway station in Marseilles. … Continue reading Issue 123:2017 10 05:Week in Brief International
Issue 101:201 04 20:Week in Brief International
20 April 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe ALBANIA: More than 20 policemen and customs officers were arrested on suspicion of helping drug smugglers export cannabis to Italy. FRANCE: The first round of the presidential vote will take place this week. The three leading candidates – Macron, Le Pen and Fillon – are neck… Continue reading Issue 101:201 04 20:Week in Brief International
Issue 78:2016 11 03:Week in Brief International
03 November 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe FRANCE: President Hollande said that the migrant camps in Paris would be cleared, with migrants either registered and moved to official centres or deported. The EU’s anti-fraud agency has ordered Marine le Pen to return €339,000 of funding used to pay a bodyguard and a manager at… Continue reading Issue 78:2016 11 03:Week in Brief International
Issue 74: 2016 10 06:Week in brief (international)
06 October 2016 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe AUSTRIA: A re-run of the recent elections has been postponed for two months until December. GERMANY: The interior minister Thomas de Mazière said that the Dublin convention should be reinstated. This insists that immigrants should be returned to the first EU country they enter. Prosecutors have… Continue reading Issue 74: 2016 10 06:Week in brief (international)
Issue 68: 2016 08 25: Week in Brief: International
25 August 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe FRANCE: More Mediterranean and Channel resorts have banned the burkini. In Nice, four women have already been fined for being insufficiently naked in public, and six others have left the beach after being warned to show more flesh. Prime minister Manuel Valls has supported the bylaws. Mr… Continue reading Issue 68: 2016 08 25: Week in Brief: International
Issue 63:2016 07 21: Week in Brief International
21 July 2016 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe FRANCE: A lorry was driven 2km through crowds gathered to watch the Bastille Day firework display in Nice. At least 80 people were killed. The driver was shot dead by police after exchanging gunfire with them. He was a French citizen of Tunisian origin. Reportedly a… Continue reading Issue 63:2016 07 21: Week in Brief International
Issue 60:2016 06 30:Week in Brief International
30 June 2016 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe EU: Following the UK referendum result, European commission president Jean-Claude Juncker demanded a rapid application of Article 50 by the UK. Other EU leaders warned the UK against delaying the application, and insisted that negotiations could not begin until the application was made. They also insisted… Continue reading Issue 60:2016 06 30:Week in Brief International
Issue 59:2016 06 23:Week in Brief International
23 June 2016 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe AUSTRIA: The far-right Freedom Party is contesting the results of the recent presidential elections, which they lost by just 0.01% of the vote. A court will decide by July 6 whether to uphold the challenge. CYPRUS: Two firefighters have died and one has been injured as… Continue reading Issue 59:2016 06 23:Week in Brief International
