Friday 3rd February 2017

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 or http://stream.bcfmradio.com:7017/live.mp3

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First hour: News review: Labour candidate for Metro Mayor Lesley Mansell. What is Metro Mayor and what will they be in charge of? NHS Equalities and Diversities Manager – no training budget for NHS; do Tories want to get rid of NHS and bring in privatised system? PMQs Steven Hepburn – £4.6bn cut from social care budget since 2010 – PFIs;  PMQs Theresa May’s visit to Trump in US – commitment to NATO; death of Tam Dalyell, Labour MP and former Father of the House – clip of him at the Iraq war debate; Trump getting rid of rights for people; PMQs Corbyn – Brexit and trade deals with Trump – bringing in US private health care; Donald Tusk says Trump poses as much of an existential threat to EU as Russian Army does; PMQs Brexit vote in parliament – petty bickering of Parties; BNP meeting raided by balaclava gang ‘dressed like special forces’ with guns – Far Right Nationalist meeting raided by anarchists with guns in Almondsbury, nr. Bristol; 2014 Euro-election BNP candidate Adrian Romilly was spokesman for the meeting; – petition launched to declare Bristol independent so it can remain in EU; – Bristol’s chief constable Andy Marsh is cleared of six separate allegations of organising cover-up of police failings during child abuse inquiry; – Pupils ‘abseiled naked’ in latest saga to hit Stanbridge Earls School, near Romsey, Hampshire boarding school behind ‘Lord of the Flies’ abuse claims; – Police officers want Tasers to be carried ‘routinely’ despite outcry of Judah Adunbi incident; evicted Belgravia squatters move into another mansion nearby.
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Second hour: Investigative reports: Interview with Mike Campbell from Protect Our NHS – he discusses the state of the NHS after all the Tory cuts and further cuts that are due – NHS in worst crisis in its history – and now doctors are leaving – also the threat of privatisation: Care UK has won contract for Gloucestershire; trade deal with US and privatisation of NHS; 111 services; map of more and more NHS Trusts going into deficit;  lack of social care at the moment;  Tories – Tory policy chief Oliver Letwin wrote a ‘blueprint’ for NHS privatisation. Two of the five proposals – which included introducing charges for all NHS services – have already been adopted – as did Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt; ProtectOurNHS.wordpress.com – Twitter @NHShour. PMQs Sir Julian Brazier – NATO protecting countries in Eastern Europe from Russia – Trump’s position on Russia. Ukraine’s Petro Poroshenko ‘will hold referendum’ on NATO membership – history of Ukraine, NATO being provocative. PMQs Theresa May met with Erdogan, Turkish PM – are arm deals or human rights more important? – Turkey coup attempt. Trump warns of sanctions on Iran after missile test. Fake News from Sean Spicer, new White House Press Secretary: Iran attack a US Naval vessel. US commando raid in Yemen US Defends Yemen Raid as Death Toll Rises: Officials Say SEAL Raid Approved ‘Without Sufficient Intelligence’ – Trump. Machete attack in Paris – false flag terrorism. FBI manuals for infiltrating religious or political organisations – Go to intelligence leaks website: The Intercept. Acronym: MICE (Money, Ideology, Coercion, Ego) used by intelligence officers to recruit agents and spies – how secret services work. ‘Diamonds in the Cesspool’ – BCfm Politics show’s list of fake fake news. Sven Hughes, former British Army psychological warfare officer, runs Verbalisation and Global Influence discusses Mongolian Emperor Genghis Khan: 1000 years of PsyWar techniques. ‘Fake News’ is nothing new, having been used in the past by everyone from the Romans. Fake News from Sean Spicer again – Quebec Mosque attack was by a Moroccan Muslim – actually it was a white nationalist. Bilderberg Meeting 2017 looks likely to be in Chantilly, just outside Washington DC. Acronym: PREFABS – how to defend yourself from cyber attacks – P passwords, R real privacy, E email accounts, F firewall, A air-gap, B backups S software.
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