22 September 2016 Week in Brief: UK International Politics FORWARD POLICY: In her first speech to the United Nations, Mrs May confirmed that the UK would continue to spend 2% of GDP on defence. She is also to send troops to Somalia and provide aid to create jobs in Ethiopia. This is a continuation of Mr… Continue reading Issue 72: 2016 09 22: Week in Brief: UK
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Issue 68: 2016 08 25: Week in Brief: UK
25 August 2016 Week In Brief: UK Government FREE SPEECH: Concerns over the impact on free speech are leading to delays in laws to silence hate preachers such as Anjem Choudary. Despite his conviction, hate videos, spread by his acolytes, are still being found on YouTube. As many as 5 associates of Mr Choudary have been placed… Continue reading Issue 68: 2016 08 25: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 68: 2016 08 25: Which War, Mr Smith? (Neil Tidmarsh)
25 August 2016 Which War, Mr Smith? The wars in Syria aren’t primarily about Isis. By Neil Tidmarsh This week, Labour leadership candidate Owen Smith said that we must engage in talks with Isis to try to end the Syrian war. “The Syrian war”? Which war did he mean, exactly? Did he mean the civil… Continue reading Issue 68: 2016 08 25: Which War, Mr Smith? (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Week in Brief: UK
11 August 2016 Week in Brief: UK Government News CHILD SEX ABUSE INQUIRY: The chairman of the inquiry into child sex abuse, Dame Lowell Goddard, resigned after being criticized for the amount of time she spent abroad during her first year in charge, but could get £90,000 in severance pay and continue to live in a… Continue reading Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 64: 2016 07 28: Week in Brief: UK
28 July 2016 Week in Brief: UK Government BREXIT: At a meeting with Mrs May, President Hollande indicated that France will keep to the Le Touquet agreement under which British border police operate in Calais. While stressing that ties between the two nations would remain strong, he also said that Britain would have to… Continue reading Issue 64: 2016 07 28: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 63: 2016 07 21: Week in Brief: UK
21 July 2016 Week in Brief: UK Government News NEW CABINET: New prime minister Theresa May has now finished assembling her cabinet. In a reshuffle which has been described as ‘brutal’, she has sent George Osborne and Michael Gove, previously Chancellor of the Exchequer and Justice Secretary respectively but both at the heart… Continue reading Issue 63: 2016 07 21: Week in Brief: UK
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
