Issue 56: 2016 06 02: Week in Brief: UK

02 June 2016 Week in Brief: UK EU Referendum IFS ON BREXIT:  The Institute of Fiscal Studies has warned that Brexit would force ministers to extend austerity for a further two years to achieve a budget surplus. Lower GDP growth would hit government finance by between £20bn and £40bn by 2020, they said. IMF ON… Continue reading Issue 56: 2016 06 02: Week in Brief: UK

Issue 56: 2016 06 02: The Rise And Rise Of Mr Khan (John Watson)

02 June 2016 The Rise And Rise Of Mr Khan Are we looking at a future prime minister? By John Watson On Monday I watched the news on television. That isn’t something I always do.  Normally I pick up what’s been going on from all sorts of different sources: the press, websites, the car radio,… Continue reading Issue 56: 2016 06 02: The Rise And Rise Of Mr Khan (John Watson)

Issue 52:2016 05 05: Re-advertised Due to Lack of Interest (J.R.Thomas)

05 May 2016 Re-advertised Due to Lack of Interest by J.R.Thomas It is one of the greatest cities on earth; it has established itself as a major, probably the major, financial centre of the west; it is one of the most innovative and exciting cultural centres in the world.  So why does nobody want to… Continue reading Issue 52:2016 05 05: Re-advertised Due to Lack of Interest (J.R.Thomas)

Issue 50: 2016 04 21: The Shadow of the Past (John Watson)

21 April 2016 The Shadow of the Past We should not hold old stories about who Mr Khan rubbed shoulders with against him. By John Watson Some jokes are recycled generation by generation and they are often not very good ones.  Take this as an example.  A man walks into a restaurant and orders soup.… Continue reading Issue 50: 2016 04 21: The Shadow of the Past (John Watson)

Issue 23: 2015 10 08: Week in Brief: UK

08 October 2015 Week in Brief: UK EU REFERENDUM: Lord Lawson of Blaby, who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer for five years under Margaret Thatcher, is to become president of Conservatives for Britain which will join other organisations campaigning to leave the EU. The chief executive of the cross party coalition will be Matthew… Continue reading Issue 23: 2015 10 08: Week in Brief: UK

Issue 7: 2015 06 18: Troubled Bridge Over Water

18 June 2015 Troubled Bridge Over Water by J R Thomas Ms Joanna Lumley is a National Icon.  Beautiful, intelligent, a great wit, a fine actress, a harrier of governments over bad behaviours, hero first class of the Ghurkhas, a proper person, and, in short, a model to us all. But we live in an age… Continue reading Issue 7: 2015 06 18: Troubled Bridge Over Water

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