04 February 2016 Not What We Ordered by J.R.Thomas After the unexpected victory of the Conservative Party in Britain’s general election last May, the opinion pollsters entered into a rending of garments and agony of self-examination as to why they got it so wrong. (We did explain in these pages that it was their failure… Continue reading Issue 39:2016 02 04: Not what we ordered (JR Thomas)
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Issue 36:2016 01 14: Must advertise
14 January 2016 Must Advertise by J.R.Thomas “There is no such thing as bad publicity” the old advertising rubric has it. And Donald Trump, his lead as front runner for the Republican Presidential nomination ever increasing, has proved that, in shovelfuls. Whatever he says fills the headlines, and pushes the ratings up among the party… Continue reading Issue 36:2016 01 14: Must advertise
Issue 27:2015 11 05: Also ran.
05 November 2015 Also Ran by J.R.Thomas Readers following the evolution of the American Presidential nomination race will be strongly of the view that the Democrats are much better organised than the Grand Old Party. On the Democrat side it might have been three candidates but, with the withdrawal of Joe Biden from a race… Continue reading Issue 27:2015 11 05: Also ran.
Issue 11: 2015 07 16: All the President’s People
16 July 2015 All the President’s People by J R Thomas Imagine a horse race with only one runner, preening and prancing in front of the crowd. Then imagine another horse race with so many runners there aren’t enough starting stalls, and every neighbourhood donkey, pony and carthorse in the county is jostling around the… Continue reading Issue 11: 2015 07 16: All the President’s People
