21 April 2016 Big City Blues by J.R.Thomas This week we look at political contrasts in two great cities either side of the Atlantic. In the USA, New York has voted, producing a spectacular win for Mr Trump – and a spectacular defeat for Mr Cruz. On the Democrat side, a strong victory, but still… Continue reading Issue 50: 2016 04 21: Big City Blues (J.R. Thomas)
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Issue 45:2016 03 17:Week in Brief International
17 March 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe BELGIUM: One terror suspect was killed and another escaped when French and Belgian police raided a property in the Forest suburb of Brussels. Four police officers were injured. FRANCE: Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators, including students and trades unionists, marched through French cities to protest against President… Continue reading Issue 45:2016 03 17:Week in Brief International
Issue 45:2016 03 17: Does it matter? (J.R.Thomas)
17 March 2016 Does It Matter? by J.R.Thomas Does It Matter?” sounds like a newly discovered Trollope novel. So does the plot of the USA Presidential primaries so far. But “Does it matter?” are the thoughtful words of a Shaw Sheet reader, who is following the excitements across the pond. He does not mean, as… Continue reading Issue 45:2016 03 17: Does it matter? (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 44: 2016 03 09: Nearing the Crest of the Wave (J.R.Thomas)
10 March 2016 Nearing the Crest of the Wave by J.R.Thomas Briefly, on the USA primaries, where the current excitement is too fascinating to ignore: There have been nine primaries since Super Tuesday. Trump has won five, but except in Mississippi by much narrower margins than forecast; and he lost Idaho, Kansas, and Maine to… Continue reading Issue 44: 2016 03 09: Nearing the Crest of the Wave (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 43: 2016 03 03: Super Trump in America (J.R.Thomas)
03 March 2016 Super Trump in America by J.R.Thomas The headlines on Wednesday were confident: It’s Clinton versus Trump! Trump has it sewn up! Clinton has vanquished the challenger Sanders! Super Tuesday had spoken and now it is a gentle jog all the way to the conventions in July. But let’s just look at the… Continue reading Issue 43: 2016 03 03: Super Trump in America (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 40:2016 02 11:Flying West (JR Thomas)
11 February 2016 Flying West by J.R.Thomas Mrs Clinton took a very dangerous flight on Saturday. Not in a small plane; it was her campaign jet. And not in bad weather, though snow storms are blanketing the north east of the United States. She flew from New Hampshire and headed west, into the frozen state… Continue reading Issue 40:2016 02 11:Flying West (JR Thomas)
Issue 31: 2015 12 03: A Rising Star in the West
03 December 2015 A Rising Star in the West by J.R. Thomas An American reader of the Shaw Sheet has kindly drawn our attention to a quietly rising star in the Republican race for the presidential nomination. Ted Cruz is his name and one might be forgiven for overlooking him among the noisy boys… Continue reading Issue 31: 2015 12 03: A Rising Star in the West
Issue 22:2015 10 01:Speaker Cornered
01 October 2015 Speaker Cornered – the latest twist in the fight for the Republican Nomination by J.R.Thomas How the commentators all laughed at the idea that Donald Trump could possibly take his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination seriously, let alone that anybody else would. Light entertainment, they all said. A monstrous ego, having… Continue reading Issue 22:2015 10 01:Speaker Cornered
Issue 15: 2015 08 13:Leadership Matters
13 August 2015 Leadership Matters by J.R. Thomas On each side of the Atlantic the struggles continue. On the western side of the ocean, to edge ever nearer to being the possible leader of the free world in 2016; on the eastern side, a rather longer term play, to move towards becoming Her Majesty’s first… Continue reading Issue 15: 2015 08 13:Leadership Matters
