New Agenda on Sunday. is out! Edition of 22 May 2016

Good morning everyone.

We are now back in the United Kingdom, after a delightful 6 days in Jersey. A bonus on this trip was the discovery of a new (for us) restaurant in St Aubin called the “Sea fish”. Not particularly original for “chips and fish” shop, but the food was sensational. I have posted a review on “Trip Advisor”, if you wish to look.

It seems that Condor is considering buying a “new” ship. What is not clear is whether this addition to the ferry operators fleet will be a replacement for the £50 million white elephant “Liberation” or an additional means of transport between the Channel Islands and the mainland. However we should not get too excited. Paul Luxon, who took over as chief executive at the start of this month, said that any purchase of a new vessel would not happen any time soon.

The loss of EgyptAir flight MS 804 has dominated the media over the past few days. I have always been concerned at the way in which the media and television invariably assemble a panel of “experts” then proceed to produce numerous explanations of as to the cause of the crash. Until such time as FACTS emerge from the story and, (if they are found) the "black boxes" reveal their information from the flight deck and from the flight data, the press and media generally should refrain from almost hysterical speculation and report what is actually known.

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Some media comment emerged at the State opening of Parliament this week, when Jeremy Corbyn seemed to ignore David Cameron’s attempt at conversation, or perhaps some quip designed as a joke, as the pair led most of the MP’s to the House of Lords for the Queens speech. Contrary to what some MP's (on both sides of the House) may believe, Parliament should not be some kind of exclusive club where members can pass the time sipping Napoleon brandy and cracking jokes between some "exchanges" across the floor in the Commons.
The real Labour party its MP's and its supporters have nothing in common with the former Bullingdon Club cadre and their sycophantic groupies, so we would have little if anything to say to them anyway

"Britain’s new aircraft carriers 'enough to battle ISIS and scare off Vladimir Putin" screams the headline in one of our national daily’s. Presumably, these carriers will be even more fearsome when this wretched austerity obsessed government find enough spare cash to buy some aircraft for them. An aircraft carrier with no aircraft is almost as frightening as a pub with no beer !
Not much change in the weather here. Sunshine, showers and getting colder. (Is it really almost June? 6 months gone already.)

Have a nice week

Northern Ireland and Brexit. The return of "The Troubles"

Northern Ireland: police attacked in another night of disturbances | Northern Ireland | The Guardian When the "Brexit" debate was still filling our newspapers and our television screens, readers may remember why I had changed my mind since voting to leave at the referendum vote. Apart from the economic arguments, which had become crystal clear after peeling away all the lies and misrepresentations trotted out by Bozo Boris and his "Get Brexit Done" conspirators, there was always the problem of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Would it be possible to have a border between the European Union and the United Kingdom where people, goods and services could pass freely between the two nations without customs restrictions, tariffs, duties and all the other formalities? Would it be possible to have one part of the United Kingdom treated differently from other parts of the United Kingdom, particularly when Scotland for example had voted overwhe

The Parliamentary Labour Party conspirators are hatching another coup.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/corbyn-labour-leadership-rebel-mps-a7202641.html Labour MPs plan for Corbyn victory and plot how to confront an emboldened leader Even for the "Independent", the number and use of unnamed anonymous "sources" in this article is quite astonishing. However, amongst all the usual speculative delusion, there is one factor which causes concern to anyone who believes in the Labour Party, its principles and in he democratic process of the Labour movement. It is abundantly clear that elements within the Parliamentary Labour Party, are even now, planning another coup in the event that Jeremy Corbyn should emerge as winner in the current ballot. The failed coup of earlier this year, has now descended into a sham leadership election, because the conspirators still fail to accept the democratic decision of the Labour party membership and cling to

Plemont development or return to nature?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey- A date has been set for a public inquiry into plans for Plemont Headland. This exceptional location must be sold to the National trust for Jersey, and returned to nature. Any other outcome involving development of the site, can only demonstrate the extent to which greed and self interest have become endemic in Jersey.

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