27 July 2017 End-of-Term Diary of a Corbynista Now off to the marginals by Don Urquhart 12 July Simon Hart is a Tory MP who is organising a Westminster Hall debate about abuse of MP’s. He has tried to blame Momentum for this but there is also ample evidence of organised defamation of Corbyn… Continue reading Issue 115:2017 07 27:End-of-Term Diary of a Corbynista(Don Urquhart)
Tag: Nicky Morgan
Issue 84: 2016 12 15: Week in Brief: UK
15 December 2016 Week in Brief: UK WEARING THE TROUSERS: Nicky Morgan, sacked from the role of education secretary by Mrs May, has been banned from meetings at Downing Street after publicly criticising the Prime Minister’s trousers. Apparently Mrs Morgan, an aspirant for the leadership following the resignation of David Cameron, was troubled by their… Continue reading Issue 84: 2016 12 15: Week in Brief: UK
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
Issue71:2016 09 15:Caught in the gender trap(by Frank O’Nomics)
15 September 2016 Caught in the gender trap Is there still a real gender pay gap and, if so, what can we do about it? by Frank O’Nomics It was the morning after the night before. The late-80’s dealing desk at which I worked had been reduced from 12 to 4, and I was perusing… Continue reading Issue71:2016 09 15:Caught in the gender trap(by Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 47: 2013 03 31: Week in Brief: UK
31 March 2016 Week in Brief: UK EU REFERENDUM: Among this week’s claims were that Brexit would increase the number of British expats returning from Europe as their right to health care and other benefits was thrown into doubt. Currently there are believed to be 1.2 million Britons living outside Britain but in the EU,… Continue reading Issue 47: 2013 03 31: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 45: 2016 03 17: Teaching Maths (John Watson)
17 March 2016 Teaching Maths UK at 26th by John Watson “A mile wide and an inch deep” might be an achievement if one was talking about some new way of manufacturing plate-glass. It certainly isn’t, however, when the subject is the nation’s maths curriculum. And yet that is the expression used by Andreas Schleicher,… Continue reading Issue 45: 2016 03 17: Teaching Maths (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 9: 2015 07 02: UK News
02 July 2015 Week in Brief: UK NEWS SCOTTISH FUNDING FOR QUEEN: Following a period of misunderstanding by palace officials, the SNP has confirmed that it has no intention of cutting Scotland’s contribution to the costs of funding the monarchy. The contribution to the sovereign grant is paid out of the revenues of the Scottish part… Continue reading Issue 9: 2015 07 02: UK News
Issue 6: 2015 06 11: Exams – a bipartisan approach is needed
11 June 2015 Exams – a bipartisan approach is needed by John Watson It is that time of year again. The summer is the exam season and it is also the time for new proposals regarding the examination system. This time it is Tristram Hunt, Labour’s education spokesman who says that, had Labour taken power,… Continue reading Issue 6: 2015 06 11: Exams – a bipartisan approach is needed
