Month: December 2012

BCfm’s weekly politics show presented by Tony Gosling

At five: discussing the big stories in Bristol, Britain and around the world
After six: straight talking and investigative reports with Martin Summers

For all the shows back to Easter 2009 visit the Friday Drivetime archive page.

First hour: news review with the longest serving member of the Conservative party in Britain, retired army officer, Bristol born, Harry Beckhough, who at 98, has been a member continuously for 85 years. Harry was a code breaker in World War Two, ran and started various clothing businesses and started a prep school which is still going strong in the Vale of York.  He is the author of several books including an autobiography Thinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and books about Germany’s Fourth Reich as he believes the Nazis continued their evil work after the end of the second world war, abandoning the swastika in public and laundering the money they looted from Europe to create a secret financial and industrial empire. No longer using panzer tanks but finance capital to ‘buy up’ their enemies and take them over that way instead. He is a staunch anti EU campaigner as he believes an undemocratic EU promotes this Nazi power today. The weeks news stories are reviewed by Harry & Martin Summers: LibDem leader Nick Clegg’s speech, five years into his job as LibDem leader, but Clegg seems to be a waffling salesman, out of touch with reality; Wikileaks is arguably the most courageous publisher in the Western world today and we hear founder Julian Assange who gave a ‘Christmas Message’ from the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London this week expressing contempt for lying UK mainstream media which is now lying to the public saying it has been captured by enemies of ordinary people. The censored film ‘Unlawful Killing’, Victor Lewis-Smith and Keith Allen’s 2011 documentary about what is officially the murder of Princess Diana since the inquest jury returned the unlawful killing verdict, was available to watch in the UK online for the first time this week – now taken down it got around 2.2 million downloads, nevertheless this documentary is still banned here in the UK, it blames several riders of high powered motorcycles and the driver of a white Fiat Uno for the killing, not the Paparazzi as the British press have intimated; the final Prime Minister’s Questions before the Christmas holiday: David Crausby MP, asking why the City Bankers have not been arrested yet, reminding the house of the Great Train Robbers who were jailed for decdes but stole far less money, seeing how much values and morals have changed since then; Prime Minister David Cameron PMQ confrontation with Labour leader Ed Miliband who talks about the rise in the use of Food Banks, including for the working poor; plus one MP, Ian Lavery, waves a suicide note from a now dead disabled person who had their social security money cut but the Prime Minister denies there have been any cuts to benefits for disabled people in Britain that they are indeed getting more money now.
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Second hour: Interview with John McDonnell, MP for Hayes and Harlington.  He is a Labour party leadership contender and explains how he would like to lead a more radical Labour policy against coalition austerity and cuts. He is concerned that Labour may be loosing it’s core voters, who may simply not be voting, by compromising on the cuts. British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, breaking constitutional tradition to inculcate herself into the highest political circles and decision making body in the land, even attending cabinet this week for the first time in 230 years since George III did so in 1781. Britain is being run by a tiny cult-like group of Eton Bullingdon Club members who believe they have been born to rule. Not unlike the queen, which makes one wonder if they really believe in democracy at all. The United States navy has moved two Aircraft Carriers from the Eastern to the Western Mediterranean which suggests they may be cooling off on intentions to attack President Assad of Syria. Martin and Harry discuss possible reasons for this enigmatic move and conclude that a deal may have been done with the Russians behind the scenes, particularly after the arrival of Russian Iskander missiles in Syria which can destroy Patriot missile launchers and Aircraft Carriers. Discussion with Harry Beckhough about the European Union and the recent rise in military power of the German armed forces which, as of this year, are authorised to operate outside Germany for the first time since World War 2.  Tony Cripps, late of Occupy Bristol, has moved with scores of others into All Hallows Hall in Easton which is being turned into a community centre less controlled than the one run by the council. Tonight’s ‘Doomsday Machine’ gig, marking the ‘Mayan prophecy’ night of 21st December 2012 is likely to be a success. Moheen Yaseen is the director of Islamic think tank ‘Global Vision 2000’ and he examines what his group believes are the spiritual roots of the financial crisis, describing the western banking cartel as ‘Draculas’.
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BCfm’s weekly politics show presented by Tony Gosling

At five: discussing the big stories in Bristol, Britain and around the world
After six: straight talking and investigative reports with Martin Summers

For all the shows back to Easter 2009 visit the Friday Drivetime archive page.

First hour: News review with Gus Hoyt, Green councillor for Ashley ward and member of Bristol City Council Cabinet along with Simon Cooke (Lib), Geoff Gollop (Con) and mayor, George Ferguson. Gus Hoyt’s new role in the Cabinet, spending our money but the budget is already decided. Martin Summers explains why Labour decided not to join the Cabinet. Discussion about the Preview Bar in Fairfax Street squat in Bristol City centre that got illegally evicted by police at midnight last night shortly after starting and one of the new occupiers explains what they were planning, live music, political discussion workshops & a donations only cafe, and why? Clip of Geraldine widow of Republican Pat Finucane and discussion of this story of the conspiracy to murder republican lawyer Pat Finucane by the  British army and Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) police force, collusion in N. Ireland. Story about the present housing crisis and discussion. 2 million people on housing waiting lists & 75,000 children homeless this Christmas in the UK. The Greater Bristol Bus Network being nominated in the UK Bus Awards. First Group can’t be trusted, just look at the West coast main line franchise fisaco, running a privatised bus racket. West Somerset Council going bankrupt even though it is one of the richest counties in the country. Clip of David Cameron’s gaff ar Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) in House of Commons: “We are raising more money for the rich.”  The SNP’s Western Isles MP Angus Brendan MacNeil gets shouted down by Tory MPs, as he tries to make the case against austerity by flagging up Iceland. Iceland’s successful economy driven by domestic demand & delivering growth of 2.5% after arresting and prosecuting bankers. Story of HSBC being fined for taking money from drug trafficking now being fined £1.2bn and Lord Green, former HSBC chairman, is still in the cabinet . Labour MP Dennis Skinner in House of Commons on the ‘snoopers’ charter’ Communications and Data bill. Clip of Williamson from the House of Commons talking about the Green Investment Bank.
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Second hour: Interview with Kevin Philips, Chairman of Avon and Somerset Police Federation. He talks about police cuts and how they are considering striking, a ballot taking place early in 2013. General agreement that the government needs to continue to negotiate with the police federation if it values law and order. Discussion on the role of the new Police and Crime Commissioner Sue Mountstevens. Lee Salter, Senior Journalism Lecturer at the University of West of England, (UWE) film he has just made about the City of London called Secret City.  website – www.secretcity-thefilm.com. Former ambassador to Uzbekistan and head of maritime law at the Craig Murray talking about ‘real politik’ how deals are made in the Middle East.  Syria arms race latest: Discussion of international news stories with Martin summers.
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BCfm’s weekly politics show presented by Tony Gosling

At five: discussing the big stories in Bristol, Britain and around the world
After six: straight talking and investigative reports with Martin Summers

For all the shows back to Easter 2009 visit the Friday Drivetime archive page.

First hour: News review with Labour Councillor for Cadbury Heath, Martin Farmer. Cuts to Cadbury Heath youth centre. Now only open 2 days a week. Chancellor & Bilderberger George Osborne’s Autumn Statement delivered in Winter due to ‘delays’. George Osborne and shadow chancellor Ed Balls spar in the Commons but Balls founders around making elementary mistakes such as whether the defecit has risen or fallen. Should the banks be nationalised? First ever freeze on benefits at 1% for the next three years. Lloyds and RBS already are nationalised. Ordinary people in Cadbury Heath don’t feel connected with manistream political parties. Martin Farmer explains how he tries to connect with people on local issues. ‘Sponsor A Scholar’ website set up preying on the poor & offering to pay tuition fees of students in exchange for sex & ‘escort’ work. Fake job adverts put up on government website & used to ‘harvest’ personal data of jobseekers including passports for ‘identity theft’. Again exploiting the poor. ITV documentary ‘Richard Madeley Meets The Squatters’ on prime time TV last night featuring Bristol squatters group Bham. Rights and wrongs of leaving buildings, particularly offices, empty and of squatting. Life of Hinkley B Nuclear power station near Bridgwater extended by seven years. Questions over whether extending beyond its design life is really safe or just trying to make money compromising safety. Leveson report, is there any chance of any truly ‘independent’ panel to oversee press regulation in Britain? Will Clifton victim of police & press lies, who was branded a murderer, be on the new ‘independent’ press complaints panel? Mr Jeffries is currently suing Avon & Somerset police press office for leaking his name to the press. If he wins the individuals involved don’t have to pay, the public do. David Hencke is awarded Political Journalist of the Year award this week criticises ‘Bonkers Logic of Life Of Brian Leveson’. Ofcom’s consumer panel was chosen by corporate headhunters Odgers and not truly representing the public. Will the press regulator be the same? Former child actor Ben Fellows describes systematic abuse of young people in the entertainment industry, being seduced by an older woman with the promise of an audition for Blue Peter, this woman now running a national children’s TV channel. Pictures of an advertising shoot circulated to paedophiles and police followed up with a prosecution. Pressure not to complain when sexual advances were made at auditions and punishment when he did complain from his acting school. Sexual abuse rife throughout the entertainment industry but not at the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC).  
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Second hour: Alan Goddard from the Wild Goose Cafe on Stapleton Road near Easton Swimming Pool & Leisure Centre where they now feed 500 people a day. More and more people are in need of their free food and Alan issues a stark warning that there is a drug epedemic working its way through society from dinsenchanted young addicts. Open from 10am-3pm for breakfast & lunch and 8-10pm for supper and they offer advice on careers, health and they help people with addiction problems. They also run a free ‘Food Bank’ at St Mark’s church in Easton. Growing problems in Bristol with drug abuse particularly vulnerable young people taking drugs because of peer pressure & apathy & this is storing up big problems for the future so Alan does a lot of work in schools around the city. The Wild Goose gets no funding from Bristol City Council because of all the strings attached so the centre is funded entirely by voluntary donations. Pros and cons of legalising drugs: alchohol and tobacco are both dangerous drugs but they are legal, some other drugs are legal. Ordinary cannabis has been replaced by super-strength ‘Skunk’ which can virtually knock people out. New Bank of England governor, Mark Carney,  is from the same company, Goldman Sachs, that caused the financial crisis in 2008! He is also part of a secret elite club called the Bilderberg Group which was founded in the 1950s by SS officer and Nazi party member Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands who was forced to resign as Bilderberg chairman in 1975 as part of the ‘Lockheed corruption scandal’. President Morsi in Egypt decides he wants to be immune from the Egyptian courts and so sparks further rioting as the people don’t want him to be ‘king’. Morsi’s opponents have had enough of the Muslim Brotherhood, burning down their headquarters. English language Iranian Channel Press TV is banned in the UK by Ofcom, this week Gordon Duff looks ahead to Imran Kahn’s possible victory next year in Pakistan wondering if he can stop the constant US drone killings by the US. In Afghanstan the US, with the aid of Britain and NATO have contructed a $80 billion drug empire, every boy over 12 has a gun so every boy is a ‘militant’ and the US/NATO can kill them. President of the Federation of African Journalists and boss of the Somali Journalists’ Union, Omar Faruk Osman explains that journalism is the most dangerous profession in Africa with 15 journalists being killed in the last year. Somalia is the most dangerous country in Africa with a culture of ‘impunity’ where killers know they will not face justice and a journalist’s life is worth only $50. Foreign countries using Somalia as their ‘political football’ and problems with ‘pirates’ originating from hidden agendas outside the country, from US/NATO again.
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