http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/05/31/tony-blair-europe-ukip_n_5422562.html?1401530823&utm_hp_ref=uk The Saviour of Europe? Tony Blair. Tony Blair, the former prime minister has apparently announced he is looking for a prominent pan-European role in the fight against euroscepticism. Blair has always wanted to be the first president of a "United States of Europe". His personal ambitions and arrogant conceit, destroyed the Labour Party in the United Kingdom, took this country in to (at least) one illegal war, betrayed colleagues and friends in government and party and has shown bias towards Israel in his dealings as "Middle East Peace Envoy". His credibility lies in tatters and he now offers advice (or as he would prefer, instructions) to the people of this country on membership of and its relationship with,the European Union. Blair's "advice", as with his perception of history, should be treated as self serving
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http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/may/30/nhs-england-mass-centralisation-simon-stevens NHS must end mass centralisation. NHS chief executive Simon Stevens At last, perhaps the penny may have dropped. The new boss of NHS England Simon Stevens has said what many of us have been saying for years, that the NHS (and governments responsible for it) must end mass centralisation and instead expand its local services to treat people in their own communities.The re in statement of "cottage hospitals" is long over due. On the 25th May in fact, I commented in another context (Return to Victorian-style hospitals to fight superbugs, experts urge.) "A good idea. Perhaps a return to the "cottage hospitals" is also called for. Larger is not automatically better as is often found in the huge complexes that pass for hospitals today." The Old Hospital (Burford) We may yet see sanity and efficiency return to our NHS.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/05/29/future-labour-government-will-not-undo-hugely-unpopular-coalition-cuts_n_5413596.html?utm_hp_ref=uk Future Labour Government will not undo Coalition Government Cuts Ed Miliband And Ed Balls Labour will not undo ConDem Coalition cuts. Labour have not undone Tory anti trade union legislation. Labour will not restore the real reductions in pensions, nor will they reverse the increases in taxation for working people imposed at the same time as reductions in taxes for millionaire. The Labour party will not restore essential public services, energy, water, railways to public ownership and prevent the excesses of privatised industries and their profiteering at the expense of their customers and the country. The Labour party will not commence a programme of house building, particularly in the social housing sector, to address the chronic and shameful housing shortage in this country. This is not the Labour party of which I
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/chilcot-inquiry-conversations-between-george-bush-and-tony-blair-will-never-be-made-public-9456326.html Chilcot Inquiry: Conversations between George Bush and Tony Blair will never be made public A grubby little cover up The conspiracy to enter into war, has recruited new members with a grubby little deal to cover up evidence and conceal the truth. In any other circumstances, this would be a case of "conspiracy to pervert the course of justice". Bush and Blair; Shoulder to shoulder The Cabinet Office has decreed that disclosure of the full text of documents would be detrimental to United States/United Kingdom relations and could endanger the "Special Relationship"(a relationship which in fact only exists in the imagination of many British politicians). It is intolerable that un elected and un accountable civil servants are able to thwart and disrupt a legal enquiry and protect former p
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/05/28/yvette-cooper-labour-will-not-imitate-ukip-on-immigration_n_5406427.html?utm_hp_ref=uk Yvette Cooper: 'Labour Will Not Imitate Ukip On Immigration' Yvette Cooper It is staggering to see yet again, how politicians in this case Labour, seek to over simplify and reduce complex circumstances to just one issue. Their failure to recognise and address what is actually happening is a symptom of all that is wrong with British politics and demonstrates that either by accident, or more likely by design, they are unable to accept that their constant repetition of previous failed policies and meaningless cliches, is no longer, if it ever was, acceptable to people in this country. The success of UKIP at the polls last week is not only about immigration, as Yvette Cooper, and many other politicians from the former main parties would have you believe. In fact their constant harping on about the "immigration issue" is bot
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/egypt-elections-the-coronation-of-the-emperor-9442400.html Egypt elections extended amid weak turnout Egypt extended its presidential election an extra day as the government, military and supporters of front-runner Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi are scrambled to increase turnout after two days of reportedly thin voting Egyptians have been given an extra day to cast their ballots in the country's presidential election, after two days of low voter numbers at polling booths. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is so popular with the Egyptian people, that the polls have been extended to try and get more people to vote. Polling stations empty, few voters but still only one pre determined winner. No doubt the final figures will show that "99% of voters" cast their ballots and of these the "vast majority" chose al-Sisi. A sham election, with a sham outcome. The coup of last year (no matter what the
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27585260 Leaving the EU would be a "massive step backwards and totally contrary to the proper interests of the country", Tony Blair. Tony Blair tells Milliband to stand firm He urged Labour and other parties not to ape UKIP's stance on Europe and immigration and said Ed Miliband must "stay firm" on his pledge not to hold a EU referendum unless more powers go to Brussels. It seems that the media, particularly the BBC, are obsessed with the opinions, comments or other forms of contribution from Blair. No matter what the subject, it just happens this time to be UKIP and Europe, this war criminal, liar self serving, and self opinionated hypocrite, is trotted out into the media limelight to offer his "gospel according to Blair" vision of reality. The "revealed truth" from the man who took this country to war on the basis of a conspiracy of lie s cobbled together in collaboration
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/european-elections-results-2014-sweeping-gains-for-nigel-farages-ukip-deal-further-body-blow-to-main-parties-9434042.html Ukip Wins European Elections UKIP top the European Election poll Whichever way you look at it, whatever your own personal preferences may be, no matter what spin Danny Alexander, or Nick Robinson, or Sadiq Khan or Chris Grayling or any of the others may vainly attempt to put on it, the results of the local elections, now compounded by the results of the European elections, clearly demonstrate that the face of British politics has changed. With UKIP topping the election close to 4% ahead of Labour, who emerged less than 1% ahead of the Conservatives, the months between now and the next general election will be frantically with the two (formally main) parties seeking to claw back the voters who deserted them in significant numbers last Thursday (22nd May 2014). As for the Liberal Democrats, t
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/lib-dem-mps-in-bid-to-oust-nick-clegg-after-disastrous-election-results-9432134.html Lib Dem MPs in bid to oust Nick Clegg after disastrous election results Protest against leader Nick Clegg, could see Vince Cable take over. An almost unbelievable prospect. Clegg, an unprincipled hypocrite and opportunistic politician, who betrayed not only his party in the country, but also every principle that the Liberal Party ever stood for. In his grubby quest for a place at the cabinet table, he has demonstrated on numerous occasions over the last four years, an unswerving loyalty to a (predominately) Conservative government who have created divisions in society, unseen for almost 100 years. The consequence of the past four years of his duplicity and in part, that of the LibDem parliamentary party, has resulted in the rejection of the Coalition junior partner at the ballot box. The LibDems now, it seems,
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/local-election-results-2014-nigel-farage-hails-ukips-political-earthquake-and-vows-more-to-come-9428480.html Nigel Farage hails UKIP's 'political earthquake' Jeremy Hunt and Chuka Umunna defended their parties' performances It will have been impossible not to notice that yesterday (23rd May 2014), the results of the local council elections of the previous day were filling the media and television news coverage on all channels and “special” programmes aired specifically for analysis and comment. The blanket media coverage will clearly be repeated on Sunday evening and continue into Monday morning, after the results of the European elections are announced when the polling stations across Europe close at 9pm tomorrow (25th May). One indisputable fact, commonly confirmed in every interview, analysis and story is that the three (formally) major parties, Labour, Conservative and Liberal Dem
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/may/22/royal-mail-annual-profits-rise-competition-rivals Royal Mail annual profits rise Royal Mail sorting staff Operating profit after one-off costs rose to £430m from £403m a year earlier on revenue up 2% to£9.46bn. In its first set of annual results since last year's flotation, the group announced a 13.3p dividend for the second half of the year. Another "little" bonus for the the thieving bankers, hedge funds and "investment" brokers, aided and abetted by the duplicitous Cable and the other ConDem government conspirators who stole this organisation at the time of privatisation and defrauded the British public of £ millions.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/22/us-test-fires-aegis-missile-defence-system-destined-for-europe US test-fires Aegis missile defence system destined for Europe Aegis missile defence system, which is to be stationed in Europe by the US and Nato This is the latest technology missile system which the United States (in its NATO identity) plans to install in Europe. Or, more specifically, in the former Warsaw pact countries, which now are part of the NATO alliance and include Czech Republic,Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, etc.etc. It is an "open top secret" that some of these countries already have American missiles based withing their borders and replacing them with the latest equipment together with installing missiles in the other member states, is the current objective. The addition of Ukraine into NATO is, and remains, a prime American goal. It is hardly surprising that the events over the past months in
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/prince-charles-compared-putin-to-hitler-9406703.html Prince Charles 'compared Putin to Hitler' Considering the education (at our expense of course), which this extensively privileged heir to the throne has received, it is worrying to note that when it comes to history, his knowledge is on a par with that of Hilary Clinton, who made the same (erroneous) comparison in March of this year ( http://new-agenda2012.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/history-is-not-hillarys-best-subject.html ). To compare the German invasion of the USSR in June 1941 and particularly the Wehrmacht advances into Ukraine, with the events of the last few months is a spurious distortion of reality which either by accident or design, completely ignores the diametrically opposed motivations of Hitler and Putin, and moreover the desires and aspirations of the people of Ukraine and Crimea in 1941 and in 2014. Incidentally, even befor
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/expiry-date-set-for-best-before-labels-9400151.html Expiry date set for ‘best before’ labels “Best before” labels on food could be scrapped A good idea and not before time. The biggest problem however, is the inordinate amount of packaging on every product resulting in waste, expense and a recycling problem. Layer after layer of superfluous plastic, cellophane,tin foil and tissue, all adding to the cost of the product and polluting our waste bins. Apart from food packaging, it seems fashionable amongst manufactures to wrap everything from Wilkinson Sword (and others) safety razors to soap and hand cream, in packaging which frequently requires the use of scissors or "Stanley knife" to gain access. The wrapping on medication is also excessive,and can be dangerous, particularly where tinfoil is used to cover pills.As a regular user of prescribed