My proposal for a referendum on Europe’s future June 7, 2012 IF THE German people are persuaded by their politicians to continue funding the Eurozone, based on much greater integration, many existing EU member states will swallow concerns about undue austerity. But the UK will have a choice to make. Britain must not remain passive any longer – this is our EU by treaty. It is [...]
Should we be trusting of social networking companies to protect our online privacy? June 7, 2012 YES Sam Bowman Like all firms, social networks can only succeed by giving customers what they want. If people want privacy, the profit motive will give social networks a good incentive to offer it to them. LinkedIn’s security breach this week will probably provoke new innovations in security. Social networks have to constantly innovate and [...]
RAPID RESPONSES June 7, 2012 Wins-consin [Re: Wisconsin victory threatens Obama’s November prospects, yesterday] As Ewan Watt points out, Romney’s victory in Wisconsin moves him from being seen as a GOP one percenter to being a credible threat to Obama. Until now he has been seen by many Republican voters as “not Rick Santorum” or “not Newt Gingrich” and by [...]
The Innkeepers is a bog-standard horror outing but Woody Allen film fascinates June 7, 2012 FILM THE INNKEEPERS Cert 15 | By Natasha Culzac ** AN EMPTY, rustic, provincial hotel is the setting for Ti West’s latest indie horror flick, The Innkeepers. New England’s The Yankee Pedlar Inn, which is said to harbour paranormal forces in real life as well as fiction, is closing down – presumably customers grew tired [...]
Fifty shades of blockbuster success June 7, 2012 BOOKS FIFTY SHADES OF GREY By EL James (Arrow) An urgent message reached me last week as I was heading to the airport for a Jubilee weekend trip to Israel: “Bring four copies of Fifty Shades of Grey pretty please.” It came from a 34 year old friend in Tel Aviv who, along with three [...]
VOTE FOR THE WORLD’S BEST WATCH June 7, 2012 City A.M. is partnering with the luxury magazine for watch lovers, 00/24 WatchWorld, to identify the most impressive new wristwatch. Watch-loving readers are invited to go online and pick their favourite from all the models nominated for this year’s 00/24 WatchWorld Watch of the Year awards. Voters will themselves be entered into a prize draw [...]
Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012 America’s master of dark fantasy June 7, 2012 THE author of modern classics including Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles Ray Bradbury died this Tuesday aged 91, but his work will endure. Few can match Bradbury’s gift for employing fantastic settings to such thought-provoking and often horrifying effect. A master of the short story, his best works draw the reader in with a [...]
Portugal too big at 20/1 with Ronaldo in the line-up June 7, 2012 SPAIN once again go into a major tournament as favourites and victory at Euro 2012 will make them the first- ever European team to win three straight titles. That would be some achievement by a country branded perennial underachievers until four years ago. Vicente Del Bosque’s men always have to be feared, but the Spanish [...]
Madrid maestro can carry his superb club form over to the international stage June 7, 2012 I’M ASKING a lot of Cristiano Ronaldo here, but I think he has the ability to not only take Portugal to the latter stages, but be the tournament top scorer too. Free-kick, dribble, header – or a tap in – there is no goal, too simple or spectacular, that Ronaldo cannot score. He has it [...]
Polish promise hints at happy start for hosts June 7, 2012 NO host nation has won the European Championship since France in 1984, and while Poland are 50/1 shots to scratch that 28-year itch, they do look set for an extended involvement in their own backyard. They will be more encouraged by the fact that of the 15 countries to have held the previous 13 tournaments [...]
