Friday 5th May 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

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First hour: News review and Metro Mayor results show: with community activists Kerry Bailes from Hartcliffe & Avonmouth’s Steve Norman. Do we want a Metro Mayor? Why is turnout for elections in Bristol is only 30%; Conservative Tim Bowles wins – Labour Lesley Mansell about 4000 votes behind, not bad considering 6 out of 9 constituencies Tory; criticism of Mayor Marvin Rees; Theresa May accused of hiding from voters on Bristol visit, Criticism follows similar complaints in Cornwall that reporters were shut in a room and banned from filming the prime minister – nurses using food banks;  what’s it like for people living in Hartcliffe, Bristol? – Universal Credit and difficulty paying rent; Avonmouth Port sell-off by Mayor Ferguson for pittance to two Merchant Venturers who own The Bristol Port Company; St. Nick’s Market money going missing; how has Hartcliffe changed over the years – Universal credit and difficulties;  Day Group putting a plant illegally in Avonmouth where Bottom Ash (residue from burnt rubbish) is processed, which is toxic – and Councillors not stopping it; Metro Mayor results – PR voting system – Tories don’t have 50% majority; membership of political Parties; Conservative party – 120,000 Green party – 53,000; Labour party – 640,000; Lib Dem – 87,000; UKIP – 39,000. Theresa May went to see the Queen and dissolve parliament – May  accuses EU of deliberately getting in the way of June general election; Corbyn discusses Brexit; Michael Barnier, EU negotiator – says Brexit not going to be easy.
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Second hour: Investigative reports: What did Hitler’s deputy Rudolf Hess know that meant he had to be incarcerated in Berlin’s Spandau jail with no visits for 42 years until he died? ISIS fighters APOLOGISED after launching an attack on Israeli soldiers, former defence minister reveals; Angry South Koreans Oppose US Missile Defense Deployment – Pentagon Seeks to Link Iran to N Korea Citing ‘Similar Looking’ Missiles – John Pilger’s The Coming War on China – film’s dedicated website; Pentagon to Pitch Afghan War Plan to Trump Next Week – More British troops could be on their way to Afghanistan as NATO considers mission boost; Israeli Air Force bombs Syrian Army in northwest Damascus; Russia: Syria safe zones closed to US coalition planes. De-escalation zones in Syria will be closed for warplanes of US-led international coalition, Russian envoy says; Terror Financiers “Operating Openly” in Qatar and Kuwait; US Boosts Libya Presences With Base in Country’s South; Former Lebanese premier Hoss joins Palestinian hunger strike; Nick Ferrari LBC – Michael Fallon, Defence Secretary, discusses Corbyn and Trident as deterrent – he would strike first. Christoph Meili discusses how when he worked at UBS documents were shredded of old accounts held by Jewish people killed in WW2 – also how Swiss Banks and BIS funded wars – Nazis, NATO, and post WW2. Ian Mattison, former senior Freemason, reviews new Sky programme ‘Inside the Freemasons’ – did Nazis ban Freemasons so only their version survived? German soldier arrested, planned False Flag terror attack on Vienna airport so that refugees would take the blame. Hitler’s deputy Rudolf Hess was imprisoned in Spandau Prison for 42 years, the rest of life after WW2 dying in 1987 aged 93 – why? Nazis working closely with Soviet Union dividing up Eastern Europe before WW2 and preparing for war together – Bolshevik = Nazi? Heinrich Muller, head of Gestapo was trained by the Bolshevik Cheka secret police in the Soviet Union.
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Friday 28th April 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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Metro Mayor website – candidates and their web sites:
Green party – Darren Hall – www.metromayor.org.uk
Labour – Lesley Mansell – www.mansell4mayor.org
Lib Dem – Stephen Williams – www.stephenwilliams.org.uk
UKIP – Aaron Foot – www.bathukip.org.uk
[Conservative – Tim Bowles – www.timbowles.org.uk]
[Independent Merchant Venturer – John Savage – www.johnsavage4metromayor.co.uk]
Attended BCfm hustings – [did not attend]
Studio engineer: Stave Satan

First hour: Hour one of BCfm Politics show Metro Mayor debate – Apologies/explanation why Tory Tim Bowles and Merchant Venturer John Savage did not attend these hustings. Q1 Whose idea was having a Metro Mayor and what will your annual budget be? Q2 Why was their no referendum for Metro Mayor? Consultation of about 1000 people. Q3 Less than half of the electorate are likely to vote. How would you address voter apathy? Particularly young voters, and effect of mass media, Q4 £30m cuts to Bristol City Council is same as extra amount given to Metro Mayor every year, Tory trickle down ideology; Q5 Colston Hall is to change it’s name after objections to use of slave trader Edward Colston’s name – do you agree and what should the new name be? Bristol’s involvement in the slave trade; Q6 Do the city’s elite Merchant Venturers have a role in making Bristol a better city to live in? – transparency, soft power, inequality; Q7 Housing – lots of talk but little action, Bristol Labour Mayor is building 1,700 council houses now. How to deal with homeless and 20,000 on housing waiting list? The slow process of getting council houses built. It takes at least four years. New Homelessness Prevention bill and how just housing people is cheaper than  consequences of homelessness; Q8 Tidal energy in the Severn – the planning system, will tidal cost more or less then Hinkley nuclear power station? Renewable energies; Q9 Should the Bristol Arena go ahead? Q10 Will Metrobus ease congestion?
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Second hour: Hour two of BCfm Politics show Metro Mayor debate: Q11 Has congestion charge already been decided? Will it be run by Nazi Holocaust collaborators IBM? Or ‘privatised government’ firm Capita? Flexible working hours, clean air zones penalising poorer people who own diesel cars and rewarding the rich – will oil industry allow us to get rid of cars? Q12 potholes in our roads – government cuts; Q13 how will candidates boost employment and economic growth? – Brexit, living wage and living rent; Q14 what will your priorities be for adult education? – Q15 Why have Tories called a general election now? And is it a second Brexit vote? last PMQs before run up to surprise ‘snap’ general election on Thursday 8th June 2017. Wage rises not keeping up with inflation. Will the Labour Party crash the economy? A myth? 2015 Tory election fraud charges looming? Is Jeremy Corbyn supported by Labour MPs or not? Proportional Representation voting, Tory benefit cuts ‘cruel’ and cost more than they save? Q16 What are candidates views on Trump and UK foreign policy? Q17 What are the best and worst things about the Bristol region?
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Friday 21st April 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

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First hour: News review: with Labour councillor for St George and Trooper’s Hill Fabian Breckles. Every Bristol City Council Tory councillor was invited to come on this week’s show, as well as Bristol and South Gloucestershire Tory party chair Dr Barbara Lewis, to explain reasons for this week’s snap general election being called but none were available. Theresa May refuses to take part in any TV debates so broadcasters may run debates with an empty chair where the Tory leader should be. Also, election fraud charges may be brought against around 30 Conservative MPs from fraud at the 2015 general election. Tory MPs face being prosecuted for electoral fraud while they are fighting the upcoming general election campaign. The CPS confirmed it must announce whether it will prosecute before 8 June.  Many students and poor people are disenfranchised – Register by 22 May to vote in the General Election on 8 June. Labour MP Dennis Skinner asks Theresa May if any 2015 election fraud Tories will be standing in this snap election. Labour MPs won’t have to face members’ re-selection ballots to stand again. The party is waiving requirements for ‘trigger ballots’, avoiding a potential internal row. Jeremy Corbyn has set out a 10-point programme for Britain’s future, Corbyn’s 10 pledges: 1) Full employment and an economy that works for all: based around a £500bn public investment via the planned national investment bank. 2) A secure homes guarantee: building 1m new homes in five years, at least half of them council homes. Also rent controls and secure tenancies. 3) Security at work: includes stronger employment rights, an end to zero hours contracts and mandatory collective bargaining for companies with 250 or more employees. 4) Secure our NHS and social care: end health service privatisation and bring services into a “secure, publicly-provided NHS”. 5) A national education service: includes universal public childcare, the “progressive restoration” of free education, and quality apprenticeships. 6) Action to secure our environment: includes keeping to Paris climate agreement, and moving to a “low-carbon economy” and green industries, in part via national investment bank. 7) Put the public back into our economy and services: includes renationalising railways and bringing private bus, leisure and sports facilities back into local government control. 8) Cut income and wealth inequality: make a progressive tax system so highest earners are “fairly taxed”, shrink the gap between the highest and lowest paid. 9) Action to secure an equal society: includes action to combat violence against women, as well as discrimination based on race, sexuality or disability, and defend the Human Rights Act. 10) Peace and justice at the heart of foreign policy: aims to put conflict resolution and human rights “at the heart of foreign policy”. Tony makes a plea to nationalise Bristol Water who have been using legal tricks to pursue him for an imaginary debt for the last ten years. Bristol Water got a county court judgement against him using legal manoevers to ensure Tony was not able to submit a defence. Water regulator OFWAT determined Bristol Water prices were the most overpriced in all of Britain so Bristol Water set their over-paid lawyers on OFWAT too. Yvette Cooper points out that Theresa May keeps breaking her promises at Prime Minister’s Questions.

@JamesNotTheBand It’s probably early elections.

— Sarah Rappaport (@SarahRapp) April 18, 2017

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Parents urged not to give details of children’s nationality and birthplace: Teachers’ union passes motion at annual conference challenging government’s us- e of data collected by state schools in England. UKIP dominates new support group for Israeli settlers David Cronin Lobby Watch 12 April 2017. – A Woman Who Begged For 50p Was Sentenced To Six Months In Prison In A Hearing Where She Had No Lawyer – The case was described by legal experts as “a damning indictment of our criminal justice system”, while the judge who sentenced her said he was “disturbed and concerned” by the situation
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Second hour: Investigative reports: Terrorist attacker kills police officer in Paris last night – France: ISIS Terror Cell Exposed As “Government Exercise” – Training French soldiers to supervise Daesh! – US lawyers’ report says 95% of terrorist plotters were entrapped into plots devised by the FBI, ie there is virtually no spontaneous terrorism in the United States – Syrian refugee convoy bombed in Aleppo province killing over 100 people including 70 children – global media’s ‘suicide bombing’ narrative questioned since this was a ‘soft target’ no need for a suicide bomber, could have been an IED or drone attack – US Prepares Charges to Arrest Julian Assange, Attorney General Sessions Seeks to Jail Publishers of Leaks – Trump: Iran Violating ‘Spirit’ of Nuclear Deal – Iran Approves Six Presidential Candidates, Blocks Ahmadinejad – Russia Sends Troops to Border With North Korea – US Defence Secretary James Mattis, the war criminal of Fallujah, visits Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem to discuss Syria and US Middle East military intervention with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Scott Bennett is a former US Army officer turned whistleblower who worked at The RAND Corporation in the late 2000’s where he sat in on briefings where the Arab Spring was discussed as an operation being planned in the United States to break up Arab socieies and governments to be ‘rearranged’ by the Western powers, NATO etc. The Rand Corporation: The Think Tank That Controls America
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Friday 14th April 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

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First hour: News review: with LibDem leader Gary Hopkins. Jeremy Corbyn accuses big business of ‘killing jobs’ by refusing to pay bills on time – the Labour leader says big firms hold back £26billion in payments, forcing 50,000 businesses out of work each year; Google Puts CNN, Washington Post, NYT In Charge Of Fact-Checking News;  FIVE new automated fact-checking projects underway;  Full Fact wants to automate fact checking to fight fake news; The Bristolian: Park Raving Mad – cuts to litter collection in parks; Canada unveils plans to legalise recreational marijuana; nurses, postal workers & Virgin Trains East Coast staff strikes;  800 GPs in South West could be set to leave profession as morale at all-time low;  Chancellor refuses to rule out extra funding on top of West’s £1bn devolution deal – Philip Hammond wants the region to embrace the new Metro Mayor and West of England authority with an ‘open mind’;  Metrobus;  Bristol Port sell off under Mayor Ferguson;  Bank of England implicated in Libor rigging scandal by secret recording, BBC reports – clip from Panorama programme ‘The Big Bank Fix’ – Dearlove family, MI6, Banks and Bilderberg;  928 carers in England quit a day as social care system ‘starts to collapse’;  cellphones, wifi and cancer: will Trump’s budget cuts zap vital ‘electrosmog’ research?
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Second hour: Investigative reports: Assad statement on chemical weapons attack and The Coming War on China. Syria:  this week’s interview with Syrian President Bashar Assad who says his government didn’t order chemical attack, had no motive to, and thinks some of it may be staged; G7 meeting; Donald Trump Is An International Law Breaker by retired U.S. Army Colonel W. Patrick Lang. 43 killed and 100 wounded in bomb attacks on churches in Egypt – Arab Spring, Muslim Brotherhood, controlling oil and resources, Iran, Chinese ‘new silk road’ rail project, Israel. Trump says US will act alone on North Korea if China fails to help.  Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye has been arrested and jailed. China Deploys 150,000 Troops to North Korean Border. Trump’s proposed increase in US military spending is almost as big as Russia’s entire defence budget.  Clip from John Pilger’s film ‘The Coming War on China’  [nb. complete version of ‘The Coming War on China’ at YouTube may only be available for a short time]  Beslan school siege: European court condemns Russia for role in 2004 massacre. British Army agent in the IRA, Stakeknife, linked to 18 murders, Northern Ireland police’s Operation Kenova: Murders linked to IRA spy Stakeknife ‘not properly investigated’ – The Spy In The IRA: Panorama film by John Ware.
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Friday 7th April 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

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First hour: News review: with Labour Councillor Estella Ticknell. Film studies; Lockleaze issues – Metrobus and deer stuck between fences – Bristol traffic problems and public transport; Bristol named best place to live for 2017 by The Times; Ryanair threatening to halt flights after Brexit – can Brexit be stopped? – exploitation of migrant labour, macro-economics;  firms can BAN workers from wearing headscarves and other religious symbols under EU ruling; documentary reveals how nothing has changed for city’s housing crisis since Cathy Come Home – today’s families are facing same situations that shocked the nation revealed in Ken Loach’s landmark 1966 drama – local housing problems, history of British housing policy; UK house price growth weakest since 2013;  Ken Loach’s Bafta acceptance speech for ‘I, Daniel Blake’; the 5 Tory benefit cuts taking force this week that could affect YOU  – Labour in-fighting;  John Platt will never plead guilty to taking his child on holiday in term time – free schools and academies;  funding cuts due far all schools – www.schoolcuts.org.uk website funding cuts schools;  Trump bombing Syrian base after chemical attack; EU says Murdoch can own 100% of SKY TV; media consolidation both sides of the Atlantic under Trump, FCC relaxing rules of owning TV companies in US.
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Second hour: Investigative reports: Syria chemical weapons attack in Idlib province and last month’s Westminster Attack. Syria:  Trump sends missiles to Syrian Shayrat airbase and shortly after ISIS invades base – coordinated? Sarin gas attack blamed on Assad without any investigation; various evidence attack could be deliberately staged by the West; MSF says two different types of gas – chlorine and sarin were there; boundaries of Syria to be redrawn? Theresa May’s husband works for Capital Group that invests in arms companies; Defence Secretary Michael Fallon on BBC Radio 5 Live discussing Syria; UN peace talks beginning in Geneva – suspicious timing for chemical attack? Goutha chemical attack by rebels; Does Assad have support of most of Syrian population? NATO report; Israeli foreign policy;  geopolitics of oil and money.  Westminster Bridge Attack:  Alan Buttle discusses his film he made for You Tube about attack; Daniel Sandford’s report on day of attack – two suspects? Shoot to kill policy;  clip from Alan’s film about photographers at scene;  terror groups run by intelligence services;  armed police outside Houses of Parliament stopped two months ago and CCTV there stopped June last year;  NATO and false flag terrorism; attacker Khalid Masood had connections to Saudi Arabia;  Tommy Robinson, former leader of EDL, was at the scene; picture of two clean knives at scene with no blood on them. Ravi Zacharias, discusses post-modernism, and changing the meaning of words overnight.
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