Friday 15th January 2016

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

Listen live http://www.bcfmradio.com/player

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First hour: News review: with Labour councillor for Easton Afzal Shah. Human rights; custody visits – mental health; Stanford Prison Experiment; Avonmouth Docks sell off cheap at £10m by Mayor Ferguson to mates; Mayor Ferguson’s question time in Academy – how has he been, Mayoral system, Marvin Rees; Thangham Debonair to be Minister of Culture, Media and Sport – left wing Labour MPs, Jeremy Corbyn; genetically modified human embryos – eugenics, where draw the line?, designer babies;  PMQs Corbyn – sink estates to be rebuilt – ‘affordable housing’,  social mobility worse under Cameron, 2/3 of salary on rent, housing racket of boom and bust, Labour Party and housing policy, rich foreigners buying London property;  private water companies earn billions via rip-off charges – failure of Ofwat, Bristol Water told to cut prices 20% by Ofwat but didn’t, privatisation of utilities;  houses affected by flooding and in fracking areas cannot be insured – chemicals used in fracking in flood water, oil $30 per barrel, fracking bubble, Baltic Dry Index lowest ever, global slowdown, economic crash;  Christine Townsend discussing how schools could be forced to take local children;  cancer patients are becoming homeless – due to cuts in benefits.
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Second hour: investigative reports: Ian Puddick and Lawrence Hoo. Terrorist attacks in Ankara, Turkey and Jakarta, Indonesia:  false flag attacks? – both countries Western aligned militaries; ISIS a creation of Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Qatar, and NATO intelligence services;  Rita Katz and ISIS films – she is based near NSA headquarters;  CIA faked Bin Laden videos – Al Qaeda set up by CIA;  history of Indonesia – military coup backed by Henry Kissinger against communists;  General Ivashof of Russian General Staff;  geo-political battles.  Iran and nuclear reactor:  PMQS Seema Kennedy – Iran nuclear deal; Phillip Hammond says 8000+ civilian deaths in Yemen are just an accident; John Kerry negotiating with Iran. Interview with victim of City of London Counter Terrorism Command police Ian Puddick, on Kroll, a private security firm, giving London counter terrorism command their orders:  City of London Police and Kroll setting him up – revolving doors between the two; CPS takes him to court, he wins; never mind private security what about private military Blackwater – will ‘help you fight a nuclear war’.  PMQs Sir Alan Duncan – the world economy may crash at $30 a barrel oil – RBS say its time to sell off all your shares, global downturn, crash. BALTIC DRY INDEX – Mayor candidate Christine Townsend discusses official (Colston girls & Merchant’s Academy) and unofficial (Cathedral School and City Academy) Merchant Venturer Schools. Laurence Hoo, Bristol poet, gives his view of the history of the slave trade in Bristol and the Merchant Venturers – the growth of Bristol was built on the suffering of African people.
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