The latest Pirates of the Caribbean film, set in mysterious seas, continues to delight audiences across Europe. Jack Sparrow and his cunning crew bend the rules and dodge the law with breathtaking insouciance in their pursuit of personal gain. There is plenty of evidence to suggest that something similar is going on today in the Caribbean – and other parts of the world – but this is no fantasy from the studios of Walt Disney.
Archive for June, 2011
U-turns, confusion and blunder
By Ian Hernon /Friday, June 24th, 2011Former Treasury Chief Secretary Liam Byrne, who famously left a note for his successor saying the coffers were empty, this week summed up the coalition with three words: “U-turns, confusion and blunder”.
The bride stripped bare of all despair
By Patrick Mulcahy /Friday, June 24th, 2011Bridesmaids
Director: Paul Feig
Incendies
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Their subject is war and the truth of war
By Stephen Kelly /Friday, June 24th, 2011The War Correspondent
War Museum North, Manchester
Tory flagship council to sell off its core functions – after losing £1.3 million on security deal
By David Hencke /Friday, June 24th, 2011The core functions of Barnet, a Conservative flagship council, are to be privatised in an extraordinary £750 million sale – just hours after the local authority faced a damning internal audit report revealing it has failed to control a £1.3 millon security contract and was “unaware” the firm was going bust.
Seeing off Blair and delivering the party to purity of opposition
By Stephen Pound /Friday, June 24th, 2011Off Message: The Complete Antidote to Political Humbug by Bob Marshall-Andrews
Profile Books, £16.99
No moral high ground on the fence
By Tribune Editorial /Friday, June 24th, 2011It should come as no surprise that, according to the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, Tory politicians are “bristling for a fight” with unions over the proposed changes to public sector pensions.
‘I’m backing Balls on VAT cut’ – Miliband at bosses’ conference
By Bernard Purcell /Friday, June 24th, 2011Labour leader Ed Miliband this week told a conference of corporate bosses that he supports his Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls’ demands for a temporary VAT cut to boost the economy.
Alex Hughes’ view
By Tribune Web Editor /Friday, June 24th, 2011Cartoon by Alex Hughes. More at www.tribunecartoons.com