Current Affairs 2
*****THE CURRENT AFFAIRS GROUP 2
The Caterham u3a Current Affairs Group 2 holds its meetings once a month – on a Tuesday afternoon from 2 pm to 4 pm.
It is a non-partisan discussion group looking in depth at some of the key issues in the current news media. During the meetings knowledge and opinions are shared with the aim of knowing and understanding more about what is happening in the world.
Members discuss interesting topics that they have seen in the news media for the group to explore through general discussion. Topics are sourced from the media - newspapers, television, radio, internet, social media, etc.
***** WHEN
Meetings are normally on the First Tuesday of each month – however the January 2024 meeting will be on Tuesday 16th January 2024
***** WHERE
Meetings will normally be held at the home of The Group Leader – Alan Speed – at 1 Manor Wood Road, Purley, CR8 4LG
***** DISCUSSION TOPICS
At the first meeting of this new Group in early December 2023, we brainstormed a list of Interesting Current Affairs Topics and then voted on their appeal and order which was as follows :
The Futility of Demonstrations (5 votes)
Rwanda (3.5 votes)
Netanyahu vs. Hamas (3 votes)
New Minimum Salaries for Immigrant Workers (2.5 votes)
Shopping Vouchers to Encourage Pregnant Women to Stop Smoking (2 votes)
Elgin Marbles (including Sunak’s cancelling of pre-planned meeting with Greek PM (1 vote)
Housing Problems (0.5 vote)
Cost of Living (especially for young people) (0.5 vote)
Coverage of Croydon in The Media
Harry & Megan (Their Royal Titles & Security Arrangements)
The group then agreed to discuss these topics in order of their popularity with Futility of Demonstrations being covered at length and a start made on Rwanda during this first meeting.
Future Meetings will work through the above shopping list of topics with some time in each meeting allocated to mentions of other topical topics (positive as well a negative) that have arisen in the period between meetings.
Attendees are invited to do a bit of research / fact-finding on the topics that most interest (or annoy) them and share their findings during future meetings.
If anyone wishes to bring along some paperwork - this can be photocopied and shared on arrival.
If anyone wants the group to view some visual aid materials (Short YouTube Videos, PowerPoint Slides, Microsoft Word Text , etc then this can be displayed on our TV Screen)
***** TO JOIN
The Group currently has 8 members and there is space for up to about 4 additional members
Please contact Alan S if you would like to join