New Agenda on Sunday. is out! Edition of 07 August 2016

Good morning everyone.

Olympic games opening ceremony.

The Olympic Games of 2016 have opened in Rio de Janeiro. I was not wildly enthusiastic about the 2012 games as it seemed to me that the British people would be paying for the games for years in the same way as people of Greece, Japan, and other places where the games have been held are still paying for their time as hosts. However, this "festival of sport" gives pleasure to many, particularly the athletes competing there, and we (and millions of others around the world), can look forward to wall to wall television coverage (in the early hours of the morning) followed by all day coverage of repeated "highlights", for weeks to come.

Favela in Rio

Amongst all the glitz and splendour of the opening ceremony and the televised interviews with glamorous "celebs" and others, (as seen on television news), the thought crossed my mind as to whether the people "living" in the favelas of Rio and the numerous other cities around Brazil, were deriving the same degree of joy and happiness from this sporting extravaganza as everyone else seems to be

Lowel Goddard

Lowel Goddard resigns from her role as Chair of the Child abuse enquiry, after two years drawing salary and expenses while doing little if anything to move the investigation forward. This resignation from the Chair, the 3rd in fact, provides yet another excuse for continuing prevarication and delay. Perhaps there is a case for her to pay back part or even all of the money she has received over the past two years.

There is a growing feeling that those responsible and involved in the conspiracy and subsequent cover up, are continuing their programme of sabotage against any inquiry until such times as the participants and perpetrators are dead, and even then the prevarication will continue. This is a scandal and disgrace. The inquiry must start without further delay. Another inquiry to set parameters and scope is totally unacceptable.

Isabel Spearman with Samantha Cameron

Isabel Spearman has been given an award in David Cameron's "Resignation Honours list". She has been awarded this honour as Samantha Cameron’s stylist and adviser. I would have thought that 3 months inside for crimes against fashion (and style) would have been more fitting.

Hiroshima

Remember Hiroshima.

August 6th 1945.

80,000 people were killed instantly and thousands more have died from injuries or illness attributed to the attack.

Only one country has ever used nuclear weapons against the civilian population of another country.

The sun is shining. It is forecast that it will rain. Nothing really changes with the British weather.

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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