Agenda 2019

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/24/observer-view-labour-leadership-election-jeremy-corbyn-victory-defeat The Observer view on the Labour leadership election. Yesterday morning, prior to the result of the election for the Labour party leadership being declared, I wrote a piece under the heading of, " Has the Guardian become converted to the tolerance and compromise idea? " Today, in its disguise as the Observer, there is another piece of "opinion", now masquerading as " Observer editorial", which appears to have thrown the almost reconciliatory editorial of yesterday, into the editors waste bin and reverted to type in attacking Corbyn and seeking to undermine his position by unquestioned support for the Parliamentary Labour Party. It is hardly in the spirit of "Tolerance and Compromise" as proposed by yesterday's editorial, to spew out, less than 24 hours later (and noticeably after the election result),...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/23/the-guardian-view-on-the-labour-leadership-wanted-tolerance-and-compromise The Guardian view on the Labour leadership.  Wanted: Tolerance and compromise. Editorial. I read this article twice. The first time, I thought that I had picked up a piece which had strayed into the pages of the Guardian, as if by accident from another newspaper. Only upon the second reading did I realise, with a growing sense of incredulity, that this was in fact a Guardian article and moreover, one written under the heading of, ""Editorial": The Guardian view on the Labour leadership: wanted – tolerance and compromise ". I found the "Editorial" to be a little puzzling, because here they are, calling for , "a collective effort to work together or even merely to coexist tolerantly, based on compromise and mutual respect" when, for the past 12 months or so, the Guardian has been in the v...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-leadership-results-live-jeremy-corbyn-owen-smith-poll-incompetent-working-class-voters-a7326486.html Poll for The Independent shows a major disconnect between traditional Labour voters and new Corbyn supporters (well what would you expect from the "Independent")        Labour supporters are still backing Jeremy Corbyn in droves The result of the Labour Party leadership election has not yet even been declared (the time is 06:50 Saturday 24th September), and already the "Independent" is preparing the ground for the next round of the, "We must get rid of Corbyn", smear and vilification campaign. The rest of the anti Corbyn media and television cabal will no doubt wade in with their duplicitous distortions over the next few hours and days (provided of course that at around 11:45 this morning Corbyn is actually declared to have won the ballot) to carry on the deceitful crusade that they have...

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/aug/26/nhs-plans-radical-cuts-to-fight-growing-deficit-in-health-budget NHS plans closures and radical cuts to combat growing deficit in health budget The conspirators of the Parliamentary Labour Party, now openly aided by elements of the National Executive Committee and Labour Party hierarchy, are determined to destroy the party and to stop the democratic process of the leadership election. A process which they themselves instigated when their first coup attempt failed, is now falling apart, as their "Stooge Candidate" Owen Smith, is exposed at every hustings debate, as a lightweight naive figure, only on the platform as a leadership contender, because no other member of the conspiratorial PLP had the backbone to challenge Corbyn themselves. Owen Smith: The lightweight and naive "Stooge Candidate"  The latest tactic, emanating this time from elements within the National Executive Committee of th...

An inspiring Conference.     In a hundred years from now, this blog will be studied by analysts and students seeking guidance and inspiration or alternatively (and perhaps most likely) the Blog, its content and its author will have been "consigned to the dustbin of history", as Leon Trotsky and Ronald Reagan once said. However, all were written by me on the dates shown but were not sent to Brighton for inclusion in the speech, so the Telegraph will not be able to raise the criticism that they are old text. Ironically, you could argue (and I probably will at some point), that had Kinnock, Blair, Brown and Milliband minor actually used some of the text sent to them as alleged in the media, they might have been rather more successful with their conference speeches and not bored the pants off the assembled delegates. Incidentally, on the subject of delegates, have you noticed how many delegates and visitors are actually at conference? I have never see...

Sky News reporting the "truth"    Faisal Islam: Sky News. Faisal Islam is the Political Editor of Sky News. He is also compteing with Adam Boulton, Sophy Ridge, Dermot Murnaghan, Gillian Joseph, Samantha Simmonds and a few others, for the rather dubious award of being the most biased, and obnoxious "presenter" on SkyNews. His "reports" from Brighton yesterday, covering the Labour Party Conference were riddled with snide remarks targeting members of the Labour party, biased and distorted reports of conference speeches (especially John McDonnell's speech) and carefully selected passers by being solicited for their views and comments on conference debates. Whatever the Sky News agenda actually is, Faisal Islam certainly provides a significant contribution of political bias to it.

   The media and television of today, just "spin machines" for government and the "establishment".         At one time, journalism was held to be a noble and honourable profession. Historically, investigative journalists have exposed corruption, criminal actions, scandals, political intrigue and numerous other offences, and have held individuals, corporations and governments accountable for their actions. I have written elsewhere, how when I was a boy, I always wanted to be a newspaper reporter a Fleet Street journalist, (as they were then know), exposing greed and corruption at all levels within our society. However, today, particularly after recent and current events, I would be ashamed to admit to anyone that I worked in or was in any way, associated with journalism. The media today, particularly over recent months, has become nothing more than a mouthpiece for vested interests in business and or a political tool fo...

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/sep/28/labour-biggest-public-housebuilding-drive-since-1970s Labour considers biggest social house building drive since 70s Why hasn't this happened for 35 years? Successive governments over those years, (and even before then), have had an interest in maintaining a "housing shortage". A shortage in the homes for purchase sector, stimulates demand and thereby increases the price level. Government duplicity in promoting schemes and incentives like right to buy, first time buyer grants,buy to rent,"affordable houses" and the rest are nothing more than a gesture for public consumption and do nothing to address the real problem. In the rented sector, the situation is even more chronic. Local councils have by government directive and some by their own volition, abandoned their historic function of providing rented accommodation within their areas. Many council houses have been s...