13 April 2017 The Luck Of Mrs May A fairy tale. By Robert Kilconner “I feel sorry for Mrs May”. The speaker was a wise friend who is usually right and to whom I always listen. Naturally, I nodded in agreement and felt sorry for Mrs May too. It must be awful, when you think… Continue reading Issue 100: 2017 04 13: The Luck of Mrs May (Robert Kilconner)
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Issue 81: 2016 11 24: Week in Brief: UK
24 November 2016 Week in Brief:UK Government AUTUMN STATEMENT: In his autumn statement, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has abandoned any attempt to seek a surplus by 2019/20. It is forecast that debt will rise to 90.2% of GDP in 2017/18. Proposals include: an increase in the income tax threshold to £11,500 from next year,… Continue reading Issue 81: 2016 11 24: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 81: 2016 11 24: When Racism Stalks The Streets (John Watson)
24 November 2016 When Racism Stalks The Streets Time for a message. By John Watson The cricketers call it Hawkeye. I am not sure what the equivalent term is in tennis but in any case the principle is much the same. If it is hard to tell whether a ball would have hit the stumps,… Continue reading Issue 81: 2016 11 24: When Racism Stalks The Streets (John Watson)
Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Week in Brief: UK
17 November 2016 Week in Brief: UK Government BREXIT STRATEGY: A memorandum leaked to The Times, and said to have been written by a consultant from the accountancy firm Deloittes, indicates that civil servants are struggling to produce an exit strategy in time for the giving of the Article 50 notice in March of next… Continue reading Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Nigel Farage (Lynda Goetz)
17 November 2016 Nigel Farage Fascist, racist, self-publicist or voice of the people? by Lynda Goetz In an interview with Henry Mance, political correspondent of the FT, back in April, in the different world we inhabited before Brexit, Nigel Farage, leader of the populist party UKIP, apart from being true to form in consuming vast… Continue reading Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Nigel Farage (Lynda Goetz)
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 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 57: 2016 06 09: Week in Brief: UK
09 June 2016 Week in Brief: UK EU Referendum WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION: Robert Azevedo, the director-general of the WTO, has warned that, in the event of Brexit, it will take up to ten years to sort out Britain’s new trading relations with the rest of the world. POPULATION FEAR: Boris Johnson has claimed on the… Continue reading Issue 57: 2016 06 09: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 45: 2016 03 17: Week in Brief: UK
17 March 2016 Week in Brief: UK HEALTHCARE: In a speech at Lancaster house, the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, announced measures designed to enable the NHS to learn from its mistakes. Modelled on the system for enquiring into airline accidents, there will be a review of all hospital deaths and a new investigation branch which… Continue reading Issue 45: 2016 03 17: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 23: 2015 10 08: More Mayor
08 October 2015 More Mayor by J R Thomas They do things differently over there. The circus and jamboree (latest: Hilary duets on Saturday Night Live) currently in full swing as the two great American parties select their Presidential candidates is merely the most visible of a whole series of contests to select candidates for… Continue reading Issue 23: 2015 10 08: More Mayor
Issue 22: 2015 10 01: Week in Brief: UK
01 October 2015 Week in Brief: UK CYBERCRIME: According to The Times, less than one in every hundred cases of online fraud is investigated by the police, with 3,200,000 frauds over the last year resulting in less than 9,000 being followed up. A computer program is used to identify which cases warrant action by the… Continue reading Issue 22: 2015 10 01: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 14: 2015 08 06 UK News
6 August 2015 Week In Brief: UK NEWS CALAIS: Blame is the game as migrants continue to besiege the Calais terminal of Eurotunnel, with: Mr Cameron being criticised by Nigel Farage and others for referring to the migrants as a swarm; Eurotunnel criticising the French authorities for providing an insufficient number of police; Keith Vaz… Continue reading Issue 14: 2015 08 06 UK News
