Agenda 2019

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/may/30/corbyn-would-go-alone-and-naked-into-brexit-talks-says-theresa-may Theresa May gets personal in attack on Jeremy Corbyn As we move closer to polling day in the 2017 general election, the election that Theresa May repeatedly said would not take place until 2020, that is until the prospect of a three figure overall majority in the House of Commons became too attractive to resist and she took the cynical opportunistic decision to "go to the country", the conservatives and their media allies are becoming increasingly rattled, almost by the hour, as they recognise the distinct reality that the Labour party can not only win, but can win with an overall majority. This realisation has led to a shift in emphasis in the conservative election campaign, a shift instigated by Conservative Central Office and enthusiastically taken up by the media and television, to move away from policy and direct their attacks against the man, n...

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/may/29/im-no-dictator-jeremy-corbyn-tells-paxman-in-election-interview Jeremy Corbyn delivers best performance yet during live TV debate It is rarely if ever, that I agree with Andrew Pierce, Consultant editor of the Daily Mail and regular newspaper previwer in the Monday evening Sky News morning papers preview slot, along with Daily Mirror associate editor Kevin McGuire. However,  following last nights (29th May)  much heralded Televised "Debate"  on Sky News between Prime Minister Theresa May and Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn, Pierce observed that Jeremy Paxman, "is past his sell by date". In fact, Paxman's performance on the programme revealed more than that. Not only had his "sell by date" expired but his contents has developed a distinct odour of decay. The 90 minute Sky News special, hosted by Fisal Islam and Jeremy paxman, was advertised as a leaders debate but was in fact just ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/election-2017-40071621/general-election-2017-duncan-smith-demands-corbyn-ira-apology Duncan Smith demands Corbyn IRA apology 39 seconds of Iain Duncan-Smith proving to the world what a nefarious and hypocritical opportunist he really is. Leaping into the current conservative party and media frenzy of finding any connection no matter how tenuous between Jeremy Corbyn and "links" to terrorism or the IRA, Duncan-Smith seeks an apology from Corbyn for, "trying to equate all violence in Northern Ireland as though it were on an equal par with terrorists trying to blow people up as they tried to do in Manchester before, in Birmingham and in London, with people who were serving, sent there to serve, like myself in Northern Ireland doing our duty to try and uphold peace, that is a disgrace and I want him to apologise for that". The problem for Duncan-Smith is that he has created a complete distortion of what Jeremy C...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-behead-disabled-man-munir-adam-protests-forced-confession-torture-death-sentence-court-a7758041.html Saudi Arabia to behead disabled man 'for taking part in protests' Munir al-Adam Saudi Arabia is a strong ally of the west in the continuing war on terror and the exchange of intelligence information. This is the reason why so many of our politicians and Royalty are prepared to go there and be wined and dined in lavish style, by the despotic Al Suad royal familiy, government, civil service, military hierachy etc.This is the reason why we sell them £millions of weapons, aircraft, ships and military hardware every year to support them in their "struggle" against civilians in Yemen, Bahrain, Syria and many other parts of the Middle Esast.This is the reason why we stop criminal investigations into bibery and corruption between the Saudi's and leading United Kingdom manufacturing companies. ...

https://paper.li/f-1346065353#/ Good morning everyone The week has been dominated by the events at the Manchester Arena at an Ariana Grande concer t. This appalling terrorist suicide bombing, carried out by Salman Abedi, which killed 22 people and seriously injured many others, has been rightly condemned by all as an atrocity  and reminds us all of the threat of terrorism. Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the victims. R I P the 22. Regular readers may have gathered from previous  e-mail  that I am not a great fan of Kelvin MacKenzie. (He is despised by thousands of other  people too and is  still persona non grata in Liverpool . )  Without entering into a discussion on the offending Sun front page, which was published the day after the Manchester bombing, and was the only "newspaper" not to cover the story, I just offer the following observation. Another reprehensible and crass Front Page from the Sun. I was u...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/26/jeremy-corbyn-making-excuses-terror-attacks-theresa-may-says/ Tories express concern that Theresa May’s message of her “strong and stable” leadership is not cutting through with voters. Theresa May, the Conservative party and their remaining supporters in the media and television, are now practically resigned to the probability that on June 9th, the United Kingdom will have a new government and that the Tories will have lost an election which they were convinced they would win with a tsunami of votes, achieving a three figure majority in the House of Commons. Theresa May announced the election when "the polls" indicated a 30% or even 40% lead over the Labour party and the media were predicting a landslide for the conservatives with a majority of perhaps two hundred seats.Things have changed since then and what was a cynical decision taken on the basis of political opportunism, has now become a nightmare of self recrimina...

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/may/26/jeremy-corbyn-the-war-on-terror-is-simply-not-working The war on terror is simply not working: says Jeremy Corbyn Yesterday morning (26th May) Jeremy Corbyn delivered a speech marking the end of the temporary pause in election campaigning following the horrific terrorist attack in Manchester on Monday night at a pop concert. Corbyn said that the war on terror, words used by numerous politicians over the last 20 or so years, is simply not working, going on to add that, " We need a smarter way to reduce the threat from countries that nurture terrorists and generate terrorism.” This brought immediate criticism from Michael Fallon, the Defence Secretary accusing Corbyn of “very muddled and dangerous thinking” that implied blame on Britain for somehow bringing the Manchester terror attack on itself. Which is, of course, complete nonsense as the Labour leader said nothing of the sort and indicates that Fallon himself has th...

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/heartbroken-family-mum-who-killed-10503294 DWP 'have blood on their hands' say family. This wretched government, their "austerity" measures and their not fit for purpose (and practically privatised) DWP, should be consigned to history. Again the conservatives demonstrate that the system and its rules are far and away more important that the inviduals that the system was supposed to support. The DWP said "“Our thoughts are with Miss Whiting’s family at this difficult time. Suicide is a very complex issue. Jobcentre Plus is currently investigating a complaint from the family and will respond back shortly.” The DWP and this government should hang their heads in shame at the way the people relying on their services are treated. This is not the first case of suicide and it certainly will not be the last unless there are significant changes.