New Agenda on Sunday. is out! Edition of 12 June 2016

Good morning everyone.

I consider myself to be fortunate that I am English rather than American. In a land of around 320 million, they can only find two people (I am reluctantly discounting Saunders who seems to be out of the race) to stand for election for the Presidency. What an awful choice remains! The screeching hysterical megalomaniac or the ranting, demented megalomaniac. Just goes to prove that in the political arena of the United States, money is infinitely more important than principle, integrity or even talent.

The war of words between the two camps of the In/Out EU Referendum debate becomes more acrimonious and will grow even more bitter as we move closer to Polling day. The chasms in the Conservative party (too wide to be called splits) appear to be terminal for a party which once labelled itself as the One Britain party. The Labour party on the other hand, has some differences of opinion on Brexit, but generally seems to support the “remain” option. Whatever the result of the referendum, it seems very clear that Cameron will be removed from office and we shall have a new Prime Minister. Even that however may be quite short lived and we face the prospect of an early General election, perhaps even before Christmas. The ramifications of the EU vote will be wide ranging and long felt.

Meanwhile, back in Jersey. The Condor Liberation, you remember that £50 million “flagship”, which I have written about previously, has developed yet another “technical problem”, with the engines causing it to run on reduced power, and thereby extending the crossing times between the mainland and the Channel Islands. Since going into service in only April of last year (and even the maiden voyage date was delayed!) Liberation has encountered a catalogue of “technical faults”, mishaps, collisions and delays resulting in a widely held view that the ship is jinxed. Surely the time must come when Condor are instructed to either dump this ship or loose the franchise.

Stories in the New Agenda on Sunday this week, include Badgers being shot and left as “road kill” victims, a Guardsman fainting at the Trooping the Colour ceremony, Cameron squirming during a BBC television interview and John Cleese backing Brexit, Something for everyone in fact.

The weather continues to confuse everyone. Warm and humid followed by wet cool. This weeks forecast is humid, sunny periods, very warm with rain and thunder, No mention of snow however.

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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