17 November 2016 Why 2016? What has triggered the “interesting times”? By John Watson Some children want to become engine drivers. Others want to become political pollsters. But those inclining to the latter career have traditionally been put off it by their parents. You need to be good at maths, for one thing. You need… Continue reading Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Why 2016? (John Watson)
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Issue 52:2016 05 05:The Gold Aureus of Carausius (Neil Tidmarsh)
05 May 2016 The Gold Aureus of Carausius What an ancient coin can tell us about Brexit’s potential by Neil Tidmarsh The UK gives £50 million to the EU every day. That’s £350 million every week. £18¼ billion every year. Staggering sums. The EU does gives some of it back again – there’s that hard-won… Continue reading Issue 52:2016 05 05:The Gold Aureus of Carausius (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 45 ;2016 03 17: A vote for Brexit Is A Vote for Europe {Neil Tidmarsh)
17 March 2016 A Vote For Brexit Is A Vote For Europe It is possible to be pro-Europe but anti-EU. by Neil Tidmarsh Nobody in late fifteenth century and early sixteenth century Europe wanted to break away from Rome and the Papacy. The renaissance humanist scholars who criticised the church as corrupt, tyrannical and inefficient… Continue reading Issue 45 ;2016 03 17: A vote for Brexit Is A Vote for Europe {Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Power To The People?
24 September 2015 Power To The People? Keeping the role of politicians in context. By John Watson Many of those who in the 1960s demonstrated in the streets crying “Power to the People” would have found it difficult to explain what they meant by it. After all, then as now, we lived in a parliamentary… Continue reading Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Power To The People?
