Articles by Graeme Mackay
Over and Out for Japan's Nuclear Industry?
The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the owners of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant devastated by the March 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, reported a net-loss of $9.7 billion for the full year ending 31 March 2012.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 by Graeme Mackay
Argentina, the Falklands and La Presidenta's Cheap Trick
Friday, 04 May 2012, marked the 30th anniversary of HMS Sheffield being hit by an Exocet missile launched from a Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard attack aircraft of Argentina's 2nd Naval Air Fighter Squadron. This went unmentioned in the British media except for a couple of clips in the City of Sheffield's local newspaper The Star.
Tuesday, May 08, 2012 by Graeme Mackay
Austerity Woes Make for a Week to be in Opposition
On Monday 23 April 2012 a Guardian newspaper headline read: "Conservatives turn three-point opinion poll lead into eight-point deficit" in a story which illustrated the travails of being in government and not getting the PR quite right - on this occasion over Chancellor George Osborne's Budget.
Tuesday, May 01, 2012 by Graeme Mackay
Corus Steel Plant: At Last, Something to Cheer About in the North-East
A little over two years ago, Tata Corus closed down their Teeside Cast Products plant in Redcar with the loss of 1,600 jobs by late February 2010. With the parent company in India expressing a willingness to sell the steel mill, Geoff Waterfield, Chairman of the Multi-unions at Redcar, expressed th...
Monday, April 16, 2012 by Graeme Mackay
Will Voter Apathy Save President Sarkozy and Give Him a Second Term in Office? Will Mr Bayrou Save His Presidency? It's a Close Call.
On 22 April 2012, France will go to the polls to elect their President. If no contender gains over 50 per cent of the vote to win outright in the first round of voting, then a run-off will take place between the two strongest candidates on 06 May.
Friday, April 13, 2012 by Graeme Mackay
Japan, Land of the Rising Debt and Age Problems
Japan is going through a period of very hard choices which the current Prime Minister of its coalition government Yoshihiko Noda, is pressing the Diet, Japan's Parliament, to address. On 30 March 2012, Prime Minister Noda submitted laws to double the present sales tax of five per cent, proposing a rise to eight per cent in April 2014 and then to 10 per cent in April 2015.
Monday, April 02, 2012 by Graeme Mackay
A Little Cheer For the Young in Last Week's Budget
For some time past, articles in the national press and media programmes dealing with current affairs, have indicated that the current younger generation is unlikely to match the living standards of their parents.
Monday, March 26, 2012 by Graeme Mackay
Bo Xilai - Fallen Communist Princeling
On Monday 19 March 2012, Seattle News Media informed its readers that the city's Mayor, Mike McGinn will fly to Chongqing this week but: "...hizzoner...will have trouble matching up with his opposite number while there (because) party boss Bo Xilai was fired and disgraced last week, reliev...
Thursday, March 22, 2012 by Graeme Mackay
Japan One Year On: Tohoku Quake Victims Remembered
On 18 March 2011, I bought a copy of the Daily Star newspaper. A photo in the bottom right-hand corner caught my eye at first and then the paper's headline. The photo showed two small children sitting on a railway line, warmly dressed against the cold with the little girl at least holding a school satchel on her back.
Monday, March 12, 2012 by Graeme Mackay
Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, Fall Guy for Lockerbie?
On Monday 27 February 2012, the Al Jazeera English channel broadcasted a programme "Lockerbie: Case Closed", in which it claimed to "reveal the secret contents" of a report.
Tuesday, March 06, 2012 by Graeme Mackay
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