[PDF file]: […] force, whilst remaining outside the single market, implies importing a substantial workforce from countries further afield than Europe. Perhaps this is what she and Starmer have in mind. 13 Part of which is the continued belief that the UK has one of the richest economies in the world. Frequently described as being the ‘5th […]
[PDF file]: […] Cold War there have been occasions when the intelligence services, the CIA and SIS for example, actually did provide intelligence of substance. The first that springs to mind was the Cuban missile crisis, when the information from the Soviet intelligence officer Penkofsky about the actual accuracy of Soviet missiles did appear to play a […]
[PDF file]: […] – where it was considered Russia would exercise a veto and prevent action by the international community – they were not unreasonable considerations to be born in mind before engaging in military action. They were only of value, though, if other nations agreed to abide by them. The US quickly showed it had zero […]
[PDF file]: […] 24 September 2017 he is recording that ‘I have lost my respect for him. He is a clown, a self-centred ego, an embarrassing buffoon, with an untidy mind and sub-zero diplomatic judgement. He is an international stain on our reputation’. And to make matters even worse, he ‘thinks he is the next Churchill’. (p. […]
[PDF file]: […] assembled on his premiership records a fall from grace summed up by its title. ‘The demure public image was the front of a woman with a steely mind who was fiercely protective of her husband and family. She formed a strong, and to some at No 10 surprising, alliance with Damian McBride and Charlie […]
[PDF file]: […] recording artist, best known for his catchphrase ‘Bless your pea-pickin’ heart!’, it’s hard to imagine why Hoover thought his good name might be mentioned at all, never mind besmirched. 9 The Collapse of Camelot Fifteen days after Hoover’s memo, President Kennedy was murdered and Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as President. Robert Kennedy lingered […]
[PDF file]: The economic crisis continues Robin Ramsay The bottom line (of the bottom line) At the end of December 2010 Her Majesty’s Treasury put out a document which stated: ‘…net debt excluding the temporary effects of financial interventions was £889.1 billion, equivalent to 59.3 per cent of gross domestic product (£2322.7 billion, equivalent to 154.9% including […]
