New Agenda on Sunday. is out! Edition of 31 July 2016

Good morning everyone.

Hinkley Point C development in doubt

I have never been enthusiastic about the Hinkley Point C development. The spiralling costs of the project, which are confidently expected to rise even more and the evidence that time-scale (which is already three years late) will extend well beyond the completion date of 2020, are in themselves sufficient grounds for abandoning the project now. Added to that, the unit price guarantee to EDF (otherwise known as the French Government) well in excess of the current market price will ensure that the British consumer will again be ripped off for energy prices for many years to come. The other huge question mark is the sinister involvement of the Chinese in our domestic energy provision. I can already hear the voices of Unison and the other unions talking about the "thousands of jobs" that this project promises. The evidence from previous ventures of this type demonstrates that the "Jobs", if any, are invariably filled by workers from abroad, In this case, China and France.

The other project which may at last be finally scrapped is the Third runway for Heathrow lunacy. I have been arguing for years that the only supporters of this environmental vandalism are a small but very powerful lobby of business interests and supporting politicians who see some sort of economic gain, either for themselves or the corporations which they represent. Which part of "NO THIRD RUNWAY AT HEATHROW" do they not understand?

"Boris Island" airport proposal

It is not often, (if ever) that I agree with Boris Johnson. However, if these business interests require more airport capacity, they should build another airport in Kent, in the Thames estuary.

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Christine Lagarde is finally to stand trial on charges of corruption. This is the same woman who does not pay tax on her earning from the IMF role and who was an instrumental part of the IMF/European Bank/Brussels conspiracy to blackmail and bludgeon the people of Greece into submission over the Greek "Bailout" of a couple of years ago. Perhaps justice has at last caught up with her.

Gladstone the new arrival

Gladstone and Palmerston have joined Larry paroling Downing Street and the buildings located therein. It is reported that Palmerston does not get on very well with Gladstone (now there is a surprise) and there have been a couple of hissing sessions already. It seems to me that there are more than enough rats in Downing Street and around Whitehall generally to keep three cats busy for a very long time, without falling out with each other.

Where are the PLP?

You may have noticed that there is a leadership election taking place within the Labour party. What you may not have noticed is how the "Big Guns" of the PLP, Kinnock, Benn, Umnna, Cooper, Hunt, Watson and the others seem to have disappeared after their almost blanket coverage in the media and on television of just a few sort weeks ago. So far, they seem to have done nothing to support "their man".

In the seemingly never ending scandal of child sex abuse, Channel 4 has uncovered some "missing" files. They were apparently secreted in a box marked "Miscellaneous" in a back room of some government department. There are many more worms to be located in this can.

It is August already and still we seem to have missed summer.

Warm this week and humid, but we now have got the fans out of the garage.

Have a nice week.

John

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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