05 October 2017 Referendum in Catalonia How does the upsurge in separatism affect the EU? By John Watson It is a pattern we have all seen before. The authorities are challenged by those who want independence. They overreact. Their brutality feeds the very movement they seek to repress. Remember Dyer at Amritsar in 1919; remember… Continue reading Issue 123: 2017 10 05: Referendum in Catalonia (John Watson)
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Issue 60: 2016 06 30: Week in Brief: UK
30 June 2016 Week in Brief : UK EU Referendum RESULTS: The votes recorded on Thursday’s referendum were as follows: Turnout Leave … Continue reading Issue 60: 2016 06 30: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 58:2016 06 16:Wachet Auf!(Neil Tidmarsh)
16 June 2016 Wachet Auf! International co-operation is the dream; supra-national coercion is the nightmare. by Neil Tidmarsh I lived and worked in Spain for a year in the early 1980’s. It was an exciting moment. Franco had died only a few years before, and Spain was anxious to make up for lost time after… Continue reading Issue 58:2016 06 16:Wachet Auf!(Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 54: 2016 05 19: Week in Brief: UK
19 May 2016 Week in Brief: UK Queen’s Speech MEASURES INCLUDED: the Queen’s speech included: a legal right to faster broadband (although residents in the remotest properties may have to contribute); restrictions on access to porn sites; measures to encourage driverless cars; a streamlining of planning; measures to make it easier to switch banks and… Continue reading Issue 54: 2016 05 19: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Time Zones and Time Changes (Lynda Goetz)
07 April 2016 Time Zones and Time Changes Daylight saving anomalies Down Under and elsewhere by Lynda Goetz Flying from one continent to another, one accepts the inevitable disorientation caused by ending up in different time zones. Commonly, of course, known as jet lag, one ends up either gaining or losing hours or even an… Continue reading Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Time Zones and Time Changes (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 47: 2013 03 31: Week in Brief: UK
31 March 2016 Week in Brief: UK EU REFERENDUM: Among this week’s claims were that Brexit would increase the number of British expats returning from Europe as their right to health care and other benefits was thrown into doubt. Currently there are believed to be 1.2 million Britons living outside Britain but in the EU,… Continue reading Issue 47: 2013 03 31: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 12: 2015 07 23 Viva La Siesta! Viva la Diferencia!
23 July 2015 Viva La Siesta! Viva La Diferencia! by Neil Tidmarsh Three cheers to Spain this week, for offering us weary Europeans a little respite from the gloom and doom of Greece’s never-ending Euro disaster. And let’s face it, a little goes a long way these days. From Ador, near Valencia, comes the news… Continue reading Issue 12: 2015 07 23 Viva La Siesta! Viva la Diferencia!
Issue 12: 2015 07 23 INTERNATIONAL NEWS
23 July 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS BAHRAIN: A man accidentally blew himself up during a failed bomb attack on police in a Shia village. CAMEROON: The wearing of burkas and veils has been banned in the Far North region, following a suicide attack by women bombers which killed 14 people. CHINA: The state… Continue reading Issue 12: 2015 07 23 INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Issue 10: 2015 07 09: Mr Tsipras’s Tactics
09 July 2015 Mr Tsipras’s Tactics by John Watson Old hands at litigation will tell you that if you are stuck for a strategy you can do worse than to imagine yourself in the other side’s position, work out what it is that they would like you to do least and then do it. It… Continue reading Issue 10: 2015 07 09: Mr Tsipras’s Tactics
