Agenda 2019

  https://paper.li/f-1346065353 Good morning everyone. Swing low, sweet Chariot! Only Wales and France now stand between England and the Grand Slam, Triple Crown and 6 Nations Championship for 2016. The strange thing is that I still think that England only play great rugby in a few short periods between patches of mediocrity in every game, but still enough to come away with the win. However, as Arnold Palmer was credited with saying, “It doesn't matter how, its how many”. As I looked out of the bedroom window the other day, I noticed that the building behind our cottage is having some worked done on their roof. They have rigged a pulley and rope at the top of the scaffolding presumably to raise building materials to the roof level. This lament which I have not heard for many years immediately came to mind.  The video of The Bricklayers lament by Gerard Hoffnung can be viewed in the video section of New Agenda on Sunday. Gerard Hoffnung...

  http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/feb/24/cameron-strays-from-the-script-with-corbyn-do-up-your-tie-jibe#comment-69357648  ‘Put on a proper suit, do up your tie and sing the national anthem’.”  Cameron attacks Jeremy Corbyn about his clothes Baying, cat calling, yaboo, farmyard behaviour again spewing accros the chamber of the House of Commons from the government benches. This time in response to a snide patronising,loutish and rude comment from a man who calls mimself a statesman and who occupies the highest elected office in this country. Jeremy Corbyn at PMQ's Cameron sinks to a new low in his wretched performances in PMQ's, in the country, the international stage and inEurope. Another Bullingdon Club toff, uncouth and debauched showing the whole world that he is every inch the ignorant result of "establishment" training.

  https://paper.li/f-1346065353?edition_id=697b7020-d8ac-11e5-9b74-0cc47a0d164b&utm_campaign=paper_sub&utm_medium=email&utm_source=subscription Good morning everyone. Why is it that all supermarkets and shops do not have any McVitie's Ginger Nut biscuits on their shelves? It seems that this particular biscuit has been unavailable for some months. Has the world run out of ginger?  Boris Johnson throws off the mask of duplicity and reveals his real position and his true intention of displacing Cameron as leader of the Conservative party. By linking arms with Gove, Duncan-Smith, Grayling, Pritti Patel and incredibly Nigel Farage, Johnson add significant weight th the vote “Out” camp. A direct challenge to the Cameron "rabbit from the hat", deal with the EU which Cameron says is a deal that he will recommend to the British people and vote "Yes" in the referendum to remain as a member of the European Union. He is pr...

 Resolution passed unanimously Dorchester Labour Party supports the Junior Doctors and urges the TUC to call on all its members and affiliates to support the BMA in the dispute with this government and with Jeremy Hunt in particular. The following resolution was passed unanimously at the meeting last Thursday. "This Branch condemns the actions of Jeremy Hunt the Health Secretary in imposing the disputed contract upon the junior doctors and calls upon the Labour Party National Executive Committee to express support for our National Health Service and the BMA in respect of junior doctors. Furthermore the Branch calls upon the TUC to offer full support to the BMA including but not limited to calling upon member unions to express their full support in rejecting the imposition of the disputed contract upon the junior doctors. Junior doctors demonstrate outside St Thomas's Hospital in London,  The TUC must now step up to the plate and ...

  https://paper.li/f-1346065353 Good morning everyone. Hat-trick hero Jonathan Joseph Swing low, Sweet Chariot !! A win in Edinburgh and a win in Rome. The “Triple Crown” beckons perhaps even the “Grand Slam”! I shall not put my England rugby shirt back into the wardrobe just yet. Jeremy Hunt talk goes ahead after doctors were told it was cancelled I make no secret of the fact that I fully support the junior doctors in the BMA dispute with this government, or perhaps more accurately, with Jeremy Hunt. It is a dangerous and provocative announcement that the government intends to “impose” the new contracts. They should remember that under Employment law 101, they can't force a contract on our junior doctors without sacking and rehiring them, which shows both how shaky the ground they're on is, and how much contempt they hold our doctors in. Syvret ‘right’ to voice abuse fears Meanwhile, back in Jersey, the Jerse...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-hunt-unilaterally-imposes-new-contract-on-junior-doctors-without-their-agreement-a6867106.html Jeremy Hunt unilaterally imposes new contract on junior doctors without their agreement Public overwhelmingly blame Jeremy Hunt for junior doctors strike. Extreme and dangerous provocation from a moron who has completely lost the plot and yet sees himself as a saviour of the NHS. He seeks to be a 21st Century champion of "the market" and emulate Thatcher in "smashing the unions". this time the junior Doctors. The TUC must now step up to the plate and call a General Strike in support of the BMA, the NHS and the Junior Doctors who are being victimised and persecuted by Hunt and the rabid right wing Cameron government.

  https://paper.li/f-1346065353 Good morning everyone. Keynes helped us through the crisis - but he's still out of favour THE Cerne Abbas Giant's famous naked form has proved too much for a pub serving the country's MPs. Political Correctness gone bloody mad. The Cerne Abbas Giant has been around for hundreds of years and although not specifically recorded prior to the mid 1600's reputedly has its origins in Celtic, Roman or even Early Medieval periods. Obscuring part of the logo for The Cerne Abbas Brewery Ale is just a stupid gesture to a stupid idea of "decency".  THE Cerne Abbas Giant Boris Johnson seems to be the latest “anti Europe” MP to fall for “The Cameron Deal”. The Cameron "rabbit from the hat", the "conversion" of the hard line Euro sceptics now getting on board with Dave, the usual headline stories from the pro Europe media and the usual headline from the anti Europe media....

  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/emb-0000-eu-referendum-david-cameron-closes-in-on-deal-to-allow-red-card-veto-on-eu-laws-a6847636.html David Cameron closes in on deal to allow 'red card' veto on EU laws Cameron with the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk Cameron, pushing out more meaningless rhetoric for consumption by the Euroskeptiks or so he would like. The EU is never going to agree for 1 country (the UK) to be able to "opt out" of European rules, regulations and laws when the objective of the EU is for greater political and economic integration.   Cameron, is seeking a way to present his "deal" as salvation for Britain, allowing the UK to remain part of the European Union. He would claim the same "victory" even if the "deal" was no more than a blank sheet of A4 paper, which of course it actually is.

https://paper.li/f-1346065353?edition_id=ed28ef60-c82b-11e5-881a-0cc47a0d164b&utm_campaign=paper_sub&utm_medium=email&utm_source=subscription   Good morning everyone. Frank Finlay and Terry Wogan passed away this week adding to the list of “celebrities” including David Bowie to Alan Rickman, who have died in 2016 and it is only January. It may be imagination, or perhaps a factor of getting older, but it seems that the news of people passing away is about figures who I have almost grown up with. A sobering thought.                      February brings the 2016 Six Nations Trophy competition to our television screens. I shall liberate my England Rugby shirt from the wardrobe, and practice my rendition of “Swing low Sweet Chariot”, in the optimistic belief that England cannot perform as badly as they did during the World Cup competition ...