23 November 2017 Our Blue Planet Increasing awareness of plastic pollution. By Lynda Goetz Last year a friend of my daughter did a 260-mile trip around the Cornish coast on a SUP (stand-up paddleboard) to raise funds* for Surfers Against Sewage, a charity working to raise awareness, inter alia, of pollution to our oceans, including plastic… Continue reading Issue 130: 2017 11 23: Our Blue Planet (Lynda Goetz)
Tag: Michael Gove
Issue 129:2017 11 16:Lens on the Week
16 November 2017 A Lens on the Week UK BREXIT: There is gang warfare in the Cabinet. Foreign Secretary Johnson and Environment Secretary Gove have got over the animosity caused by Gove undermining Johnson’s leadership bid and now stand back-to-back in their shared concern that the Government is not putting sufficient energy into the… Continue reading Issue 129:2017 11 16:Lens on the Week
Issue 109: 2017 06 15: Week in Brief: UK
15 June 2017 Week in Brief: UK Fire HIGH RISE FIRE: Grenfell Tower, a 24 story residential block of flats in West Kensington, caught fire in the early hours of Wednesday. The block, which was built by the Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council in 1994 and refurbished last year, contained 120 flats. It was gutted… Continue reading Issue 109: 2017 06 15: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 100: 2017 4 13: When Gove and Corbyn agree: VAT on school fees (Frank O’Nomics)
13 April 2017 When Gove and Corbyn agree: VAT on school fees Have proponents really considered the consequences? by Frank O’Nomics What would the fate of Harry Potter have been if the Dursley’s could not have afforded the school fees? Would Billy Bunter have been as entertaining if, not only had the postal order… Continue reading Issue 100: 2017 4 13: When Gove and Corbyn agree: VAT on school fees (Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 95: 2017 03 09: Oxford (Chin Chin)
09 March 2017 Oxford – An Education For The Feeble Minded? Safe spaces scores should sort the sheep from the goats. By Chin Chin We all like reading about witchcraft and that is one of the main reasons why, when I saw that Michael Gove’s article Silencing dissent will blight our universities in Friday’s The Times… Continue reading Issue 95: 2017 03 09: Oxford (Chin Chin)
Issue 75:2016 10 13:Week In Brief UK
13 October 2016 Week In Brief: UK Government politics BREXIT TERMS: A cross party group of MPs including Nick Clegg, Ed Miliband, Shadow Brexit Secretary Sir Keir Starmer, Nicky Morgan and Anne Soubry is pressing for Parliamentary scrutiny of the Brexit terms. This would be a practical problem for the government who are anxious to… Continue reading Issue 75:2016 10 13:Week In Brief UK
Issue 63: 2016 07 21: The Case For Experts (Lynda Goetz)
21 July 2016 The Case for Experts Why we need to listen to those with knowledge by Lynda Goetz When so much is happening in both the UK and the wider world and events are moving so dizzyingly fast that the whole thing sometimes seems like a giant surrealistic blur, it can be hard to… Continue reading Issue 63: 2016 07 21: The Case For Experts (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 61: 2016 07 07: Week in Brief: UK
07 July 2016 Week in Brief: UK Party Leadership Carousel CONSERVATIVES: In a busy week, Boris Johnson withdrew from the contest to become the next leader of the Conservative party (and thus prime minister), following the withdrawal of Michael Gove’s support for his candidature. Mr Gove then entered the contest himself, despite having said previously… Continue reading Issue 61: 2016 07 07: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 60: 2016 06 30: Week in Brief: UK
30 June 2016 Week in Brief : UK EU Referendum RESULTS: The votes recorded on Thursday’s referendum were as follows: Turnout Leave … Continue reading Issue 60: 2016 06 30: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 57: 2016 06 09: Remain! (John Watson)
09 June 2016 Remain! The muddle after Brexit. By John Watson Personally I enjoy a little lowbrow family comedy and the excellent series “My Family”, starring Robert Lindsay and Zoe Wanamaker, is always good for a laugh. A lot of the jokes, of course, are old ones and a recent episode centred on the contrast… Continue reading Issue 57: 2016 06 09: Remain! (John Watson)
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 32: 2015 12 10: Week in Brief: UK
10 December 2015 Week in Brief: UK STORM DESMOND: Record rainfall in Cumbria has led to widespread flooding with much of the city of Carlisle underwater. The 15.9 inches of rain which fell within a 48-hour period at Thirlmere, Cumbria, was a new record, beating the previous record of 15.6 inches set in 2009. Water… Continue reading Issue 32: 2015 12 10: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 27: 2015 11 05: The Light At The Top Of The Tree
05 November 2015 The Light At The Top Of The Tree By John Watson Most people, if they were asked about Lord Raglan, would start talking about sleeves; and indeed the style was invented for him by Aquascutum so that he could better use his sword in battle, his right arm having been amputated at… Continue reading Issue 27: 2015 11 05: The Light At The Top Of The Tree
