20 July 2017 The Royal Mail Marshmallow The outcome of the Royal Mail pension dispute may set a key precedent. by Frank O’Nomics Nearly 50 years ago researchers in Stanford conducted a series of delayed gratification studies. Children were offered the choice between one marshmallow immediately, or 2 if they were prepared to wait for… Continue reading Issue 114:2017 07 20:The Royal Mail Marshmallow (Frank O’Nomics)
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Issue 102: 2017 04 27: Week in Brief: UK
27 April 2017 Week In Brief: UK Science NEAR STRIKE: Asteroid 2014 JO 25, more than 1.3 km wide and travelling at 75,000 mph, passed 1.1 million miles from earth last week. It is at least 30 times the mass of the meteor which exploded over Chelyabinsk in 2013 causing injuries to more than 1400… Continue reading Issue 102: 2017 04 27: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 64: 2016 07 28: Week in Brief: UK
28 July 2016 Week in Brief: UK Government BREXIT: At a meeting with Mrs May, President Hollande indicated that France will keep to the Le Touquet agreement under which British border police operate in Calais. While stressing that ties between the two nations would remain strong, he also said that Britain would have to… Continue reading Issue 64: 2016 07 28: Week in Brief: UK
Issue54 :2016 05 19: Shred the Dosh (J.R. Thomas)
19 May 2016 Shred the Dosh by J.R.Thomas This is not a good time to be rich and powerful in Britain. The rich are generally not popular: the powerful even less so. There are compensations of course in having lots of money; the yachts, the supercars, the champagne. But even so, wealth has slightly lost… Continue reading Issue54 :2016 05 19: Shred the Dosh (J.R. Thomas)
Issue 27: 2015 11 05: Week in Brief: UK
05 November 2015 Week in Brief: UK POPULATION FIGURES: The Office for National Statistics predicts that over the next twenty-five years the population of the UK will increase from 64,600,000 to 74,300,000. By then it will have overtaken that of France and, if trends continue, it will overtake that of Germany in 2047. The projected… Continue reading Issue 27: 2015 11 05: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 19: 2015 09 10: Week in Brief: UK NEWS
10 September 2015 Week in Brief: UK NEWS ROYAL RECORD: Yesterday Her Majesty the Queen became the longest ruling British monarch, passing Queen Victoria who ruled from 1837 to 1901. MIGRANTS: Responding to public pressure, including pressure from the Archbishop of Canterbury and a number of senior Conservative politicians, Mr Cameron has indicated that… Continue reading Issue 19: 2015 09 10: Week in Brief: UK NEWS
Issue 13: 2015 07 30: Labour in Vain
30 July 2015 Labour in Vain by J R Thomas In another article in this week’s Shaw Sheet, we look at the exciting world of opera in modern Britain. Followers of politics in the UK may be under the impression that they are watching a live opera, albeit without the singing (so far), as the… Continue reading Issue 13: 2015 07 30: Labour in Vain
Issue 12: 2015 07 23: Week in Brief – UK NEWS
23 July 2015 Week in Brief: UK NEWS NHS: The Government has announced that, in pursuit of its aim of a 24/7 health service, it proposes to compel hospital consultants to work at weekends if new terms on pay and hours cannot be agreed with them. Currently, consultants can opt out of weekend working. LIBERAL… Continue reading Issue 12: 2015 07 23: Week in Brief – UK NEWS
Issue 11: 2015 07 16: Week in Brief: UK NEWS
16 July 2015 Week in Brief: UK NEWS BUDGET: Figures from the Institute of Fiscal Studies indicate that in many cases an increase in pay to the new national living wage will not compensate low-paid working families for the reduction of benefits proposed in the budget. TREASURY COMMAND PAPER: In “Fixing the foundations: Creating a… Continue reading Issue 11: 2015 07 16: Week in Brief: UK NEWS
Issue 8: 2015 06 25: End Austerity Now!
25 June 2015 End Austerity Now! by J R Thomas Last Saturday was a day to enjoy one of the great British ceremonial traditions. Ranked alongside Trooping the Colour and the State Opening of Parliament, this was that great and enduring ritual of March Against [Insert Cause Here] to Parliament. The chosen cause this… Continue reading Issue 8: 2015 06 25: End Austerity Now!
