01 June 2017 General Election 2017 – Scottish Version A view from north of the border. By Antoninus It scarcely seems yesterday (it was 12 January – Ed.) that Antoninus wished his Shaw Sheet readers a ‘Happy Hogmanay’ and offered a forecast for Scottish politics for the year ahead, confidently assuming that the call to… Continue reading Issue 107: 2017 06 01: General elections 2017 – Scottish version (Antoninus)
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Issue 83:2016 12 08:Left a Bit, Right a Bit (J.R.Thomas)
08 December 2016 Left a Bit, Right a Bit What it says on the tin. by J.R.Thomas A thoughtful sage on the BBC last week referred to Mr Trump’s victory in the Presidential contest as a part of an international phenomenon in politics: the rise of the extreme right. Mr Trump campaigned, readers may recall,… Continue reading Issue 83:2016 12 08:Left a Bit, Right a Bit (J.R.Thomas)
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 73: 2016 09 29: Time To Rat (John Watson)
29 September 2016 Time To Rat The plight of the Blairites. By John Watson “Poor Tom’s a-cold” cries Edgar in Lear, but he isn’t the only one. Following Corbyn’s emphatic endorsement by the membership of the Labour party, Blairite MPs too must be feeling the draughts of oncoming winter. Of course it is all meat… Continue reading Issue 73: 2016 09 29: Time To Rat (John Watson)
