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So, we LONDON NEWS, GLOBAL VIEWS can detect the hand of China behind a ISSUE 0072 MAY 2018 FREE World 80-100 Gwynne Road, London, Summer By Derek Wyatt change of heart by President Kim Jung SW11 3UW in the City Hills © Jonathan Illustration Un. © Brendan Neiland, courtesy of Redfern Gallery courtesy of Redfern Neiland, © Brendan Red Fender Red London & Should North Korea disagree to end Tel: 020 7738 2348 Painting International News Motoring its nuclear ambitions it could herald Chelsea Flower Show Arts & Culture fundamental change to the Korean E-mail: [email protected] Auctions & Events A voice came to me and said peninsular. A united Korea seems some Education Website: Health 3 News “Cheer up, things can only get way off, but if the two countries can open Opinion & Comment www.kcwtoday.co.uk Business & Finance up the border, exchange prisoners, allow Literature & Poetry worse.” So I cheered up and families to travel easily and begin trading Advertisement enquiries: Dining out Feature 4 Travel with one another, it will happen faster. [email protected] sure enough things got worse. Lifestyle In the Middle East, it is hard to Subscriptions: Sport Statue & Blue Plaque Crossword 8 hose amongst you who follow understand what is going on but those Bridge [email protected] Grenfell Tower global politics carefully must who warn of a explosive time there, Publishers: Untitled-1 1 09/05/2018 15:33 9 be wondering whether it can which could splinter out across north Kensington & Chelsea Today Limited Opinion & Comment possiblyT get any worse. Africa and Europe should be taken 10 We have had the Spanish PM seriously. Whilst ISIS regroups and Al lose a vote of confidence forcing his Qaeda reboots, Saudi Arabia’s behaviour 12 European & International News resignation. We have had Italy playing in Yemen has frankly been appalling. one step, in one step out with the Meanwhile, in Syria, another basket case, 13 Business & Finance News choice of its new prime minister as Russia appears to have the edge on the Editor-in-Chief: Kate Hawthorne their President oversteps his authority. EU and America and its long game there 14 Property Interestingly recent polls there suggest US tariffs on steel and cars quickly President Trump views his role as may result in its navy being permanently Art Director & Director: Tim Epps a loss of faith in EU institutions. And followed which will have a devastating president as a deal maker. He has no based in the Mediterranean. Editors : Kate Hawthorne, Emma Trehane 18 Astronomy yet Brussels remains impervious. How effect on the EU including the UK. other perspective. He blows hot and cold Russia has the long suit in fake news. Head of Business Development: Emma Trehane different events might have been in the Nearly sixty per cent of the UK car waiting to pounce when the wind is in It is no longer interested in what the EU, UK had David Cameron argued for industry’s products are exported to - his favour. This has best been exemplified the UK or the USA says. Putin wants to Senior Business Development: Antoinette Kovatchka 19 Feature fundamental reforms there. He seriously guess where - America. The so-called by his recent on-off meeting with the recalibrate Russia and restore its presence Architecture: Squinch misread the tea leaves. “Special Relationship” was shredded in President of North Korea. It does look as on the world stage. Hosting the Winter Art & Culture Editors: Don Grant, Marian Maitland 20 Education In America, President Trump’s minutes. Trump’s actions seemed more though the mood is moving in the right Olympics in 2016 and the Football Astronomy: Scott Beadle FRAS behaviour is hard to read. First he like two steps in two steps out. Dancing direction with the initial summit now set World Cup in a few weeks time has been 22 Literature introduces tariffs against China and then has become the new politics. again for Singapore on 12th June 2018. part of his long game. It is interesting to Bridge: Andrew Robson relaxes them almost as quickly to enable The Leavers’ claims that we would A Trump deal here could secure a second note that he will have served longer than Business & Finance James Billot, Fahad Redha 23 Poetry one large tech company to survive. In be stronger out of the EU, because term for him. Stalin as its leader. Chess: Barry Martin agreeing to do this it has been suggested we would be able to fix our own trade North Korea has been a rogue state We are not so much in a new Cold his family has benefitted from being deals with countries like the USA ever since the Korean War ended in 1953 War more a new Bold War. The new Contributing Editors: Marius Brill, Peter Burden, 24 Fashion awarded some private patents there. looks suspect. Indeed, the Governor of without a peace treaty between North players in town are Presidents Putin and Derek Wyatt Events Trump’s view is that his role as President the Bank of England’s suggestion that and South Korea. North Korea’s nuclear Xi of China. Should Trump succeed in Music: Geoff Cowart, 26 of the Free World should also benefit his leaving the EU will cost taxpayers £1000 industry has been supported by Pakistan North Korea, America will be back in Crossword: Wolfe 32 Horticulture own family. each a year already feels undercooked. (which has the bomb) and China. Indeed town too. It’s a funny old world. Dining Out: James Billot, Max Feldman, David Hughes (Editor) 34 Travel to fire safety concerns last August. In provide food and meals to victims and H &F create the wake of the Grenfell tragedy, the evacuees of future incidents, possibly Editorial: James Billot, Max Feldman, 36 Dining Out recommendation that a permanent using a council voucher scheme. The Kate Hawthorne, Fahad Redha, disaster plan rehoming policy be considered has been council was encouraged to seek out deals Emma Trehane Arts & Culture for Grenfell Tower-sized agreed to by the Cabinet. The policy with hotels, and find premises that could 37 will be drafted by council staff, then it quickly be converted into emergency Education: Fahad Redha © Michael Howlett Photograph emergency will come before Cabinet for formal accommodation if an emergency struck. Events: Fahad Redha 48 Health consideration at a later date. As part of those plans, the council are Features: James Billot, Max Feldman Other recommendations agreed for holding a training day for ‘community Motoring Hammersmith and Fulham Council's Travel : Cynthia Pickard 50 consideration by the cabinet include responders’. leaders are considering a policy giving pre-emptive planning for emergency Health: Fahad Redha 52 Sports social housing residents the right to be accommodation and goods, and mental For the fiscal year of 2018/19 the council Feldman Reviews: Max Feldman permanently rehomed in the borough if health services’ plans in the event of a will draw £102,300 from its Community I wish I had written that: Dudley Sutton 53 Upstream they are displaced by an emergency on major incident striking the borough.