Issue 117:2017 08 10:Silly Season Diary of a Corbynista (Don Urquhart)

10 August 2017 Silly Season Diary of a Corbynista Ruminations from the allotment by Don Urquhart 26 July In August Jeremy Corbyn is out campaigning in the marginals and has urged his parliamentary colleagues to do the same.  There are a few open goals out there.  Will Theresa May pack it in after her Swiss… Continue reading Issue 117:2017 08 10:Silly Season Diary of a Corbynista (Don Urquhart)

Issue116:2017 08 03:Dancing on Hot Coals (J.R.Thomas)

03 August 2017 Dancing on Hot Coals Turmoil in the White House. by J R Thomas Maybe it is not so much hot coals as polished sabres. Whatever President Donald Trump is executing his footwork over, his jigging is looking increasingly dangerous.  Six months into his presidency things are looking increasingly chaotic, and not much… Continue reading Issue116:2017 08 03:Dancing on Hot Coals (J.R.Thomas)

issue 116:2017 08 03:Week in Brief International

03 August 2017 Week in Brief: International Europe FRANCE: Macron promised to remove migrants from the streets and to house them in cheap hotels instead. The deradicalisation centre opened under the previous government has been closed, and the deradicalisation program judged a failure. STX, the country’s biggest ship-building company, is to be nationalised to prevent… Continue reading issue 116:2017 08 03:Week in Brief International

Issue 80:2016 11 17:Week in Brief International

17 November 2016 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe BULGARIA:  Rumen Radev won the presidential elections with 59.4% of the vote.  Bulgaria is a member of NATO and the EU, but Mr Radev has criticised the EU about sanctions against Russia. See comment President Putin’s Other New Friends. ESTONIA:  Prime Minister Taavi Rovias lost a… Continue reading Issue 80:2016 11 17:Week in Brief International

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