New Agenda on Sunday. is out! Edition of 05 June 2016

Good morning everyone.

The news of the week, particularly in sporting circles, must be the death of Muhammed Ali,
One of the truly great sporting legends. A great talent who the American government treated very badly. Ali was a man of dignity and principle, which he maintained throughout his life.
Even when seriously ill with Parkinson's, Ali retained his sense of humour.."Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" is on e of his best known sayings.
A great loss to sport and the world, he truly was "the Greatest!"

Another name to add to the growing list of personalties who have passed away this year, is that of Carla Lane. I didn't realise that she was 87. She wrote some really good work for television and publication, (Liver Birds, Bread, Bless this house and many more) and she was very active in the Animal rights movement, at one time turning some 25 acres around her home into an animal sanctuary. Carla Lane: R I P

Were you aware that at least 18 MP’s are being investigated by at least 15 police forces for alleged fraud of expenses associated with the last General election in 2015? If you were not aware of these investigations, it is not really surprising. Apart from Channel 4 News who are giving this scandal much coverage, there seems to have been an almost complete media blackout of the story and its potential impact. The allegations of election fraud are a threat to the conservative party and more importantly to the government. Investigations and prosecutions, which could lead to bye elections and ultimately to the governments loss of its overall majority, must be causing Central Office to have nightmares. Consequently, the conservative hierarchy, and those involved in these (alleged) crimes will go to any lengths to disrupt or stop the investigations. Engineering a media "black out" is just one of their tools for this purpose. The decision of the court to grant extension to the investigation time-scale has clearly caused great consternation in conservative circles and they will have to find a "plan B". Perhaps it will not be too long before some judicial authority announces that further investigation and prosecutions have been dropped as prosecutions "would not be in the public interest".

A few stories in New Agenda on Sunday this morning which may be of some interest. Energy companies being urged to "play fair", Gove and Cameron, opposite sides of the In/Out Referendum campaigns caught my eye, together with a story that Tony Blair (who else), will reject the findings in the Chilcot Inquiry report.

Who me? Who is this guy Chilcot anyway?

MSN have announced the “Official list of the best Fish shops in the UK”!

In my book, it is not official!! "The Lakeside Fish Restaurant" in Poole and the "Seafish Café" in St Aubin Jersey, are not mentioned on the list!! This is a grave miscarriage of the judging process. The results should be re visited and amended I shall probably start a Facebook Petition/Campaign.

It has been a reasonable few days, warm and sunny. The forecasters are predicting heavy rain with thunder for Tuesday, but it will remain warm, (or even humid!). Ces't la vie.

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...

Enough of this hysterical nonsense

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A perverse and rather sinister media obsession to discredit, smear and undermine Jeremy Corbyn

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/venezuela-jeremy-corbyn-blasted-for-not-condemning-president-maduro-a3606156.html#commentsDiv Venezuela: Jeremy Corbyn blasted for not condemning socialist President Nicolas Maduro as violent conflict escalates There is a perverse and rather sinister obsesseion with the media and particularly television "interveiwers", in seeking to secure from Jeremy Corbyn a "condemnation" of some person or organisation or event. This time it is connected with events in Venezuela and the actions of President Nicolas Maduro and the bloody crackdown on protests against the result of last weeks poll which inaugurated a constituent assembly . The media "stories" and the interrogation by the television interviewers, are as subtle as a sledgehammer being nothing more than a variation on the "Have you stopped beating your wife yet?" question, which so many repoters use in order for them to make themselves appear very ...

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