01 September 2016 With Autumn Comes Brexit The seconds will soon be out of the ring. by John Watson All in all it has been a good summer. The sun has shone and Team GB has done spectacularly well at the Olympics. A new government has moved into place with a minimum of fuss, and… Continue reading Issue 69: 2016 09 01: With Autumn Comes Brexit (John Watson)
Tag: President Hollande
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:On peut faire plus et on peut faire mieux ? (Richard Pooley)
21 July 2016 On peut faire plus et on peut faire mieux? The response to the tragedy in Nice. by Richard Pooley “It is hard to fathom what is happening from here.” So wrote Shaw Sheet’s editor last Friday when asking me to give my view on the previous night’s massacre in Nice. Frankly, I… Continue reading Issue 63:2016 07 21:On peut faire plus et on peut faire mieux ? (Richard Pooley)
Issue 59:2016 06 23:Week in Brief International
23 June 2016 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe AUSTRIA: The far-right Freedom Party is contesting the results of the recent presidential elections, which they lost by just 0.01% of the vote. A court will decide by July 6 whether to uphold the challenge. CYPRUS: Two firefighters have died and one has been injured as… Continue reading Issue 59:2016 06 23:Week in Brief International
Issue 55: 2016 05 26: International News in Brief
26 May 2016 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe AUSTRIA: Alexander van der Bullen, a Green party member standing as an independent candidate, won the presidential election. He narrowly beat Norbert Hofer of the far-right Freedom party by 50.3% to 49.7% of the vote (a difference of only 31,000 votes). BELGIUM: Eight protestors and two policemen… Continue reading Issue 55: 2016 05 26: International News in Brief
Issue 51: Another Volley From Remain (John Watson)
28 April 2016 Another Volley From “Remain” By John Watson Another week, another salvo from the guns of the Remain camp. President Obama makes his contribution to the discussion but without, of course, telling the British how to vote. He is here as a guest for the Queen’s birthday celebrations and he is far too… Continue reading Issue 51: Another Volley From Remain (John Watson)
Issue 39: 2016 02 04: The New Courtesy (Chin Chin)
04 February 2016 The New Courtesy Is the masking of the Italian statues the start of a trend? By Chin Chin Hospitality has always been at the heart of civilisation and by covering their statues to welcome President Rouhani of Iran the Italians have truly set a new benchmark. No matter that, as a sophisticated… Continue reading Issue 39: 2016 02 04: The New Courtesy (Chin Chin)
Issue 39: 2016 02 04: What does ‘entrepreneur’ mean to the French? (Richard Pooley)
04 February 2014 What does entrepreneur mean to the French? by Richard Pooley Former US President George W Bush was reputed to have told Tony Blair: “The trouble with the French is that they don’t have a word for ‘entrepreneur’.” Oh, how we mocked him. But it turns out that George W was more of… Continue reading Issue 39: 2016 02 04: What does ‘entrepreneur’ mean to the French? (Richard Pooley)
