07 September 2017 A Celebration of Statues Bobby Lee in Charlottesville? By John Watson One of the advantages of going on holiday is that you do not have to keep on top of the news so that you never discover how some of the stories which were current when you left, actually ended. Now the… Continue reading Issue 119: 2017 09 07: A Celebration of Statues (John Watson)
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Issue 107: 2017 06 01: A new global arms (and hands) race (Neil Tidmarsh)
01 June 2017 A New Global Arms (and Hands) Race World leaders get a grip. By Neil Tidmarsh There’s a new threat to world peace. The danger grows day by day. What began as covert international friction has already escalated into overt confrontation. How long before it explodes into devastating conflict at the very highest… Continue reading Issue 107: 2017 06 01: A new global arms (and hands) race (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 60: 2016 06 30:That old Churchillian feeling(J.R.Thomas)
30 June 2016 That old Churchillian feeling Boris Johnson’s claim by J.R.Thomas Set out the features you would like in your next male Tory Prime Minister. A family man, you might say, with perhaps four children, to sketch in a happy home life and stability. Some family background in politics so that he has an… Continue reading Issue 60: 2016 06 30:That old Churchillian feeling(J.R.Thomas)
Issue 38: 2016 01 28: Geneva (Chin Chin)
28 January 2016 Geneva A seating plan for peace. By Chin Chin If there is one thing which permeates the Christmas holiday it is seating plans. It may be a season for goodwill but if you put Great Aunt Margaret next to her sister-in-law at lunch you will discover that the only references to charity… Continue reading Issue 38: 2016 01 28: Geneva (Chin Chin)
Issue 32: 2015 12 10: War For Our Time
10 December 2015 War For Our Time by J R Thomas That of course was not what Neville Chamberlain said. He apparently did not even mean to say what he did say. As he stood outside Downing Street on his return from his visit to Hitler on 30th September 1938 to sign the Munich… Continue reading Issue 32: 2015 12 10: War For Our Time
Issue 16: 2015 08 20: Now I’m a Union Man
20 August 2015 “Now I’m a Union Man” by J R Thomas So sang The Strawbs in 1973, at number two in the charts in February that year. Jeremy Corbyn must be singing the same song in the shower as he contemplates the extraordinary surge of success propelling him towards a clear first round win… Continue reading Issue 16: 2015 08 20: Now I’m a Union Man
