20 April 2017 Week in Brief: UK Government GENERAL ELECTION: The government has called a general election on 8 June. Under the Fixed Term Parliament Act that had to be endorsed by a two thirds majority of the House of Commons but, since Mr Corbyn has already said that he would back an early election,… Continue reading Issue 101: 2017 04 20: Week in Brief: UK
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Issue 99: 2017 04 06: Bid Candy And Worse (John Watson)
06 April 2017 Bid Candy And Worse The details revealed. By John Watson Spring is in the air. A fire is burning in the hearth. The whisky bottle is to hand. It only remains to decide what sparkling work of literature to choose for the evening read. Should it be The Hound of the Baskervilles?… Continue reading Issue 99: 2017 04 06: Bid Candy And Worse (John Watson)
Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Week in Brief: UK
17 November 2016 Week in Brief: UK Government BREXIT STRATEGY: A memorandum leaked to The Times, and said to have been written by a consultant from the accountancy firm Deloittes, indicates that civil servants are struggling to produce an exit strategy in time for the giving of the Article 50 notice in March of next… Continue reading Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 41: 2016 02 18:Clever Dogs (Frank O’Nomics)
18 February 2016 Clever Dogs by Princess Lottie of Islington (with some help from Frank O’Nomics) So those smart people at LSE and the University of Edinburgh have worked out that if a dog is good at one test it is usually good at others, and that this can be the basis for establishing its… Continue reading Issue 41: 2016 02 18:Clever Dogs (Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 41: 2016 02 18: Bye Bye Indie (John Watson)
18 February 2016 Bye Bye Indie The ringing of the bells of change. By John Watson The numbers are striking enough. Circulation down from 428,000 at its peak to a current 28,000. No wonder that the broadsheet version of the Independent is being withdrawn. Figures at other newspapers tell much the same story. In 2000… Continue reading Issue 41: 2016 02 18: Bye Bye Indie (John Watson)
Issue 16: 2015 08 20: Duty Free Sales
20 August 2015 Duty Free Sales- a nasty piece of bullying By John Watson Nature provides us with warning signs. A red sky in the morning is a sign of rough weather. A horse with its ears laid back is likely to kick. If the politicians agree on something it is probably wrong. It is… Continue reading Issue 16: 2015 08 20: Duty Free Sales
