New Agenda on Sunday. Sunday March 24th

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227000 tonnes with 5500 passengers and 2000 crew

Cruise liners are getting bigger every year. Some are now reaching over 200,000 tons and carrying more than 5000 passengers, and each, so they say, equipped with the latest safety features. This week, the Viking Sky with 1300 people on board, lost all power in bad weather and began drifting toward the Norwegian coast, close to the rocks before she manage to get some anchors down.Over the next few hours, 500 passengers were airlifted to safety before she managed to restart 3 of her 4 engines and with assistance from tugs limped into a nearby port.

Viking Sky 470800 tonnes with 14500 passengers and crew

Man has really learnt little over the years since 1912. There is no such thing as an unsinkable or virtually unsinkable ship and nature will always win when challenged by "Man's final triumph over the sea".

These latest passenger cruise liners are far too big. One day something will happen and we wont be so lucky in getting everyone off.

The capital of Israel is not Jerusalem. This week, President Trump again ventured or rather interfered in the politics of the Middle East with his acceptance of Israeli "sovereignty" over the Golan Heights.

The continuing occupation of Palestinian territory is an International scandal which over the past 46 years, the United States has done nothing to address. Even the "Peace Process" and the "Two State Solution" are no more than empty rhetoric paying only lip service to the illusion that the United States has any intention of resolving the Arab Israeli conflict. The recognition of Jerusalem as the capital and now acceptance of sovereignty over the Golan Heights, fuels an already volatile situation in the area and internationally.

Theresa May places party before country.

FORT Regent’s future as Jersey's flagship events centre has been thrown into doubt after fire-safety issues were uncovered – forcing the venue to cancel all major events for the foreseeable future. Back in the day, this was the favourite venue for the Yates family with a family membership allowing free parking, free rides on the cable cars straight down in the centre of St Helier at Snow Hill, endless hours in the Olympic size swimming pool for the kids, fun fairs, amusements, live shows in the Piazza, etc etc. Happy days.

It seems to be getting milder with forecasts of 26 C. We shall see.

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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