22 June 2017 Debt Disaster waits in the wings. By John Watson If you go by the newspapers, you will probably think that the central issue of British public life is how to carry through Brexit; how to strike the right balance between our need to participate in European markets and the public’s anxiety to… Continue reading Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Debt (John Watson)
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Issue 108: 2017 06 08: Following the oracle (John Watson)
08 June 2017 Following The Oracle Has Mrs May misjudged her position? By John Watson Data is all very well but for it to be useful you have to know what it means. A failure to interpret forecasts correctly ruined Croesus in 347 BC. Now it threatens Mrs May. Of course the two cases are… Continue reading Issue 108: 2017 06 08: Following the oracle (John Watson)
Issue 102: 2017 04 27: Week in Brief: UK
27 April 2017 Week In Brief: UK Science NEAR STRIKE: Asteroid 2014 JO 25, more than 1.3 km wide and travelling at 75,000 mph, passed 1.1 million miles from earth last week. It is at least 30 times the mass of the meteor which exploded over Chelyabinsk in 2013 causing injuries to more than 1400… Continue reading Issue 102: 2017 04 27: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 18: 2015 09 03: Week in Brief: UK NEWS
3 September 2015 Week in Brief: UK NEWS CHILCOT ENQUIRY: The row over the delay in producing a report into the war in Iraq continues as Sir John refuses to name a publication day. Blame has been placed on the quality of the first draft of the report and on uncooperative tactics by witnesses who… Continue reading Issue 18: 2015 09 03: Week in Brief: UK NEWS
