23 February 2017 Walking On The Seabed The withdrawal of the Kraft bid is a stroke of luck for the Government. By John Watson I wonder if Mrs May has ever walked across the Red Sea. It has been done before of course to considerable effect, and all that is needed is for the waters… Continue reading Issue 93: 2017 02 23: Walking on the seabed (John Watson)
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Issue 90: 2017 02 02: Week in Brief: UK
02 February 2017 Week in Brief: UK BREXIT: The Supreme Court has handed down its judgement and has held that the Prime Minister, Theresa May, cannot trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty by exercise of the Royal Prerogative. It must be done by statute, namely an Act of Parliament passed by the House of… Continue reading Issue 90: 2017 02 02: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 90: 2017 02 02: Leading Trumps (John Watson)
02 February 2017 Leading Trumps Britain’s interests from a post imperial standpoint. By John Watson It really is very difficult to understand what is going on. The debate here over whether or not Parliamentary authority was needed before the Prime Minister could issue a notice under article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon was bad… Continue reading Issue 90: 2017 02 02: Leading Trumps (John Watson)
Issue 89: 2017 01 26: Speech Therapy (John Watson)
26 January 2017 Speech Therapy Mrs May at Lancaster House. By John Watson A year or so ago, I was at a literary lunch where the speaker was Nick Robinson, television presenter and one time political editor of the BBC. It was before the Brexit vote and he was talking about the then Prime Minister,… Continue reading Issue 89: 2017 01 26: Speech Therapy (John Watson)
Issue 89: 2017 01 26: Week in Brief: UK
26 January 2017 Week in Brief: UK BREXIT: The Supreme Court ruled that Article 50 cannot be triggered without the consent of parliament, dismissing the government’s appeal against the earlier High Court judgement. TORTURE: A Libyan political dissident claims that the SIS (MI6) colluded with the CIA to detain him and send him to Libya… Continue reading Issue 89: 2017 01 26: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 88: 2017 01 19: Week in Brief: UK
19 January 2017 Week in Brief: UK NHS: There are reports that 10 Downing Street has been critical, in private, about the head of NHS England who has been described as not enthusiastic and not sufficiently responsive to the problems within the NHS. He has rejected the criticism. Theresa May has insisted that GPs’ surgeries… Continue reading Issue 88: 2017 01 19: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 81: 2016 11 24: Week in Brief: UK
24 November 2016 Week in Brief:UK Government AUTUMN STATEMENT: In his autumn statement, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has abandoned any attempt to seek a surplus by 2019/20. It is forecast that debt will rise to 90.2% of GDP in 2017/18. Proposals include: an increase in the income tax threshold to £11,500 from next year,… Continue reading Issue 81: 2016 11 24: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Nigel Farage (Lynda Goetz)
17 November 2016 Nigel Farage Fascist, racist, self-publicist or voice of the people? by Lynda Goetz In an interview with Henry Mance, political correspondent of the FT, back in April, in the different world we inhabited before Brexit, Nigel Farage, leader of the populist party UKIP, apart from being true to form in consuming vast… Continue reading Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Nigel Farage (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 79: 2016 11 10: Enemies Of The People? (John Watson)
10 November 2016 Enemies Of The People? What Mrs May needs to do now By John Watson For those who thought that there was a limit to the amount of nonsense that could be talked over a few days, the reaction to the Divisional Court’s decision in the Article 50 case must come as a… Continue reading Issue 79: 2016 11 10: Enemies Of The People? (John Watson)
Issue 77: 2016 10 27: The Baleful Role of the SPAD (John Watson)
27 October 2017 The Baleful Role Of The SPAD An accelerant we cannot afford. By John Watson There has always been a tension between the needs of politics and the needs of good government. Faced with even the best plan, politicians will seek to make political capital and if that means having to choose between… Continue reading Issue 77: 2016 10 27: The Baleful Role of the SPAD (John Watson)
Issue 77: 2016 10 27: Week in Brief: UK
27 October 2016 Week in Brief: UK Britain and Europe BREXIT: As pressure builds up on the government to reveal its objectives in the Brexit negotiations, with Parliamentary debates promised before the Christmas recess, other parts of the UK take differing views. Wales (which backed leave) is, according to the first Minister, unwilling to accept… Continue reading Issue 77: 2016 10 27: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 75:2016 10 13:Week In Brief UK
13 October 2016 Week In Brief: UK Government politics BREXIT TERMS: A cross party group of MPs including Nick Clegg, Ed Miliband, Shadow Brexit Secretary Sir Keir Starmer, Nicky Morgan and Anne Soubry is pressing for Parliamentary scrutiny of the Brexit terms. This would be a practical problem for the government who are anxious to… Continue reading Issue 75:2016 10 13:Week In Brief UK
Issue 74: 2016 10 06: Week in Brief: UK
06 October 2016 Week in Brief: UK Government Policy BIRMINGHAM: Normally party conferences are for the benefit of activists, with back-slapping aplenty and occasionally some fancy oratory. The rest of the world raises a weary eyebrow and takes little notice. The Conservative party conference this year is different because it provides the first insights into… Continue reading Issue 74: 2016 10 06: Week in Brief: UK
