27 July 2017 Week In Brief: UK Brexit BREXIT NEGOTIATIONS: Last week’s round of talks ended with little agreement. Points at issue include whether EU citizen should be able to bring their families to the UK without restriction, whether the European Court of Justice should have any jurisdiction in the UK, whether the British people… Continue reading Issue 115: 2017 07 27: Week in Brief: UK
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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 72:2016 09 22:Britain’s Export Solution(Frank O’Nomics)
22 September 2016 Britain’s Export Solution Play More Golf by Frank O’Nomics There is an old Dilbert cartoon where the question: “who wants to hear about my golf game?” receives the response: “maybe someone with locked-in syndrome who doesn’t get any visitors”. Yes, people recounting their golfing exploits can be very boring, but senior colleagues… Continue reading Issue 72:2016 09 22:Britain’s Export Solution(Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 72: 2016 09 22: Week in Brief: UK
22 September 2016 Week in Brief: UK International Politics FORWARD POLICY: In her first speech to the United Nations, Mrs May confirmed that the UK would continue to spend 2% of GDP on defence. She is also to send troops to Somalia and provide aid to create jobs in Ethiopia. This is a continuation of Mr… Continue reading Issue 72: 2016 09 22: 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 2: 2015 05 14: BUSINESS AND THE CITY
14 may 2015 Week in brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY WATERFORD WEDGWOOD: Two of the oldest manufacturing companies in the British Isles, Waterford (fine crystal) and Wedgwood (fine china), brought together in a highly leveraged merger which ended in financial distress and administration in 2009, have been sold for US$437m. The vendor is the USA… Continue reading Issue 2: 2015 05 14: BUSINESS AND THE CITY
