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)
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Issue 60:2016 06 30: Up the Revolution (J.R.Thomas)
30 June 2016 Up the Revolution by J.R.Thomas Revolutions, like so many things, are creatures of fashion and come in batches. Although the years after 1917 saw revolutions across the world, starting with the main event in Russia, and the late 1940’s saw the revolutionary red blanket fall across much of eastern Europe, it is… Continue reading Issue 60:2016 06 30: Up the Revolution (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 60: 2016 06 30: The Morning After (John Watson)
30 June 2016 The Morning After Reflections on the referendum. By John Watson A deep dark cloud of gloom has descended over the London Borough of Islington. Here in the citadel of Remain, in an area full of lawyers, bankers and doctors, the Referendum result has hit us like an exploding shell. How could 52%… Continue reading Issue 60: 2016 06 30: The Morning After (John Watson)
Issue 33:2015 12 17: “Je partage votre colère!”
17 December 2015 “Je partage votre colère!” by Richard Pooley In among the Christmas cards in our French postbox last Thursday was a glossy 3-page election leaflet – the first we had received from any of the eleven lists competing for our votes in France’s regional elections. The headline on page one, translated as “I… Continue reading Issue 33:2015 12 17: “Je partage votre colère!”
Issue 33: 2015 12 17: Week in brief International
17 December 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL AFHGHANISTAN: The army repelled a Taliban attack on Kandahar airport. ARGENTINA: 40 police officers were killed when the bus carrying them came off a bridge and plunged 65 feet near Salta in northern Argentina. AUSTRALIA: Police raided the Sydney home of a computer expert, Craig Wright, after the… Continue reading Issue 33: 2015 12 17: Week in brief International
Issue21; 2015 09 24: Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS
24 September 2015 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS BURKINO FASO: Soldiers loyal to the ousted president Blaise Compaore took members of the government hostage during a cabinet meeting in Ouagadougou. General Gilbert Diendere, a former aide to Compaore, has taken power following the coup. Presidential elections were due on 11 October. CHILE: A three-minute earthquake… Continue reading Issue21; 2015 09 24: Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Issue 17:20015 08 27: International News
27 August 2015 Week in Brief:INTERNATIONAL NEWS BANGLADESH: Counter-terrorism police have arrested three supreme court lawyers accused of financing a militant Islamic group. BRAZIL: Eduardo Cunha, the Speaker of the Lower House of Congress, has been charged with receiving bribes of £3 million in the scandal engulfing Petrobas, the state-owned oil company. Scientific tests in… Continue reading Issue 17:20015 08 27: International News
