Issue 91:2017 02 09:The ancients exiled (Neil Tidmarsh)

09 February 2017 The Ancients Exiled The West’s heart proposes to cut off its own blood supply by Neil Tidmarsh This week, the Chinese press referenced the Athenian historian Thucydides (460 BC – 395 BC) when reporting on Sino-US relations.  The official mouthpiece of the Communist Party, The People’s Daily, warned that the two countries… Continue reading Issue 91:2017 02 09:The ancients exiled (Neil Tidmarsh)

Issue 91:2017 02 09:Week in Brief International

09 February 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe FRANCE:  An Egyptian wielding two machetes attacked a patrol of anti-terrorist soldiers in the Louvre. He was shot by one of the soldiers and is in hospital. New allegations by Le Canard Enchaîné claim that Francois Fillon’s wife received excessive redundancy pay when contracts as parliamentary… Continue reading Issue 91:2017 02 09:Week in Brief International

Issue 81:2016 11 24: Bad Hair,Good Hair (J.R.Thomas)

24 November 2016 Bad Hair, Good Hair Just who is Mr Trump? by J.R.Thomas Mrs Clinton really does not help herself.  Last week she appeared at a charity rally to give her first post electoral defeat speech.  Her hair looked unwashed, she wore no makeup, she was down beat in a trouser suit.  Observers split… Continue reading Issue 81:2016 11 24: Bad Hair,Good Hair (J.R.Thomas)

Issue 69: 2016 09 01: All Well (J.R.Thomas)

01 September 2016 All Well The policy void at the heart of the US campaign by J.R. Thomas Mr Trump’s doctor says that he has never met a man of Mr Trump’s age (that’s 70, folks) in such good health.  Mrs Clinton says that she is vigorously fit and enjoying every minute of her campaign. … Continue reading Issue 69: 2016 09 01: All Well (J.R.Thomas)

Issue 68: 2016 08 25: Week in Brief: International

25 August 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe FRANCE: More Mediterranean and Channel resorts have banned the burkini.  In Nice, four women have already been fined for being insufficiently naked in public, and six others have left the beach after being warned to show more flesh. Prime minister Manuel Valls has supported the bylaws. Mr… Continue reading Issue 68: 2016 08 25: Week in Brief: International

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