Entries Tagged as 'News'
Aspects for the week beginning 22 March 2020
Chris Whitty Chief Medical Officer In a week when our lives have changed out of all recognition, the goalposts have been moved each day, day by day we are learning more about ourselves and about life. I am going to look at the chart of the man whose role it is to look after the […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 8 March 2020
Democratic Leadership Contest On “Super Tuesday” last week, the search for a hopeful to oust Donald Trump from office took an unexpected turn, when candidates pulled out and gave their backing to Joe Biden, and he experienced a huge upturn in his chances against Bernie Sanders. Bernie Sanders Bernie has often been described as the […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 1 March 2020
Priti Patel Priti Patel has been ruffling feathers since she took a seat at Boris Johnson’s cabinet table, but yesterday a senior civil servant, Sir Philip Rutnam, resigned at the Home Office under her regime. Dominic Cummings, whose stated aim is to erode the powers of the civil service, may be rubbing his hands in […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 16 February 2020
The Chancellor of the Exchequer Boris Johnson reshuffled his cabinet on Thursday, but did not reckon on Chancellor Sajid Javid doing the right thing and resigning. This resulted in a new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak. Sajid Javid Sajid Javid was not my favourite politician, but he went up in my estimation on the […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 19 January 2020
Labour Leadership Contest The contenders for the Labour leadership have been announced, and will be further shortlisted on 14th February, before a leader is finally chosen on 4th April. This will not be an easy job, to take the party to unity, successful opposition and hopes for a win in the future which now looks […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 5 January 2020
2020 Welcome to the year 2020: Again New Hopes, New Dreams and a Fresh Start. This time it’s a New Decade, and as many have pointed out, 20:20 Vision. It seems to be a year of extremes, but also a year of achievement. A most significant year both personally and globally. My impression of the […]
Review of the Year 2019
Review of the Year 2019 That was the Year that Was – Selections from the blogs… January 13th: Andy Murray “You are a champion on and off the court. So sorry you cannot retire on your own terms, but remember to look to the future. Your greatest impact on the world may be yet to […]
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That Was the Decade That Was
That Was the Decade That Was Selections from the blogs over the last decade, for those who like to look back, and with the benefit of hindsight… 2010 April 25th: One effect of the Mercury retrograde last week was the panic of the British newspaper presses (Mercury) after the surge in popularity of Nick Clegg. […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 22 December 2019
Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey is replacing Mark Carney as the Governor of the Bank of England, a role which had been crucial since the latter took it up in 2013, and will be every bit as crucial during the Brexit years. Mark Carney Canadian Mark Carney has an interesting chart. The […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 8 December 2019
NATO’s 70th Anniversary The North Atlantic Treaty Organization celebrated its 70th anniversary this week in Watford. The Organization had its origins in the aftermath of the second World War, and in April 1949 the North Atlantic Treaty was signed by twelve countries, prior to the formation of NATO in August 1949, as an alliance for […]
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