Friday 18th January 2019

At six – discussing the big stories in Bristol, Britain and around the world
After seven – straight talking and investigative reports

BCfm’s weekly Politics Show presented by Tony Gosling

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First hour news review: with former Bristol Labour councillor and former council leader Helen Holland and Chris Chalkley. The future of Bristol Bearpit, James Barton Roundabout, which deputy mayor Asher Craig is planning to empty and rename ‘The Circle’ – Full Council Meeting this week discusses it: Lisa Furness from PRSC discussing a petition they have given to Council showing support for them to run it; Bearpit Improvement Group (BIP); antisocial behaviour has increased since council told BIG to leave and homelessness is increasing but nevertheless Asher Craig blames BIG for the increase in crime; ‘Marvin must die’ – Mayor finds death threat graffitied outside family home, but at a convenient moment for the Bearpit debate; Bearpit public art taken down – the Cube and the Bear; Asher Craig says the Bearpit Improvement Group has failed – too much crime in Bearpit; legal papers to PRSC to remove all structures from Bearpit; Asher Craig also ‘receives death threat’ Deputy mayor receives ‘death threats’ over future of Bearpit – Asher Craig’s vision for the Bearpit – ‘The Circle’ – space for everyone; no public toilets, a public health and dignity disaster defended by Helen Holland. Marvin’s One Bristol plan – Ambitious plan for Bristol revealed including drones delivery and 16-year-olds given the vote: criticisms of Marvin’s political rivals being excluded from the process and the meetings (hardly ‘One Bristol’!) and not enough about culture in the plan; congestion charge – public transport.  Brexit:  impact of no deal on local government – no deal report to scrutiny management: Bristol City Council Brexit No Deal Scenario Assessment. Officer Presenting Report: Tim Borrett, Director: Policy, Strategy & Partnerships;  Tony Blair calling for a second referendum; Jeremy Corbyn refuses to discuss Brexit deal with May until she takes ‘no deal’ off the table, which happens to be her main bargaining chip. PMQs Corbyn – Theresa’s deal not good enough – other problems from Tory cuts not to be forgotten;  BBC Question Time – prospect of ‘no deal’ gets a huge cheer from the studio audience.
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Second hour Investigative reports: with Lucy Morgan-Edwards: former Afghanistan UN worker and author of The Afghan Solution: The Inside Story of Abdul Haq, the CIA and How Western Hubris Lost Afghanistan, Dr. Lucy Morgan-Edwards, reviews the weeks news and other international issues: Integrity Initiative – funded by Foreign Office and MI6 – a psychological war outfit to ‘counter disinformation about Russia’ – also smearing Corbyn and others;  longer term plan of NATO – surround and isolate Russia – 3rd World War; A Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) minister is accused of misleading parliament, regarding the role of the Integrity Initiative. Integrity is an FCO-funded project that claims to specialise in countering disinformation. But from documents hacked by Anonymous and seen by The Canary, it’s clear that it’s also active in ‘psyops’ (psychological operations) across Europe and beyond. Now, a newly released hacked document shows that not only do Integrity and its sponsor (the Institute for Statecraft) work closely with the FCO, but Statecraft is advising that government department on its future direction. – Syria – Venessa Beeley on White Helmets, US pulling troops out;  After years of speculation, IDF chief admits Israel supplied Syrian rebels with weapons;  Netanyahu confirms strike on ‘Iran target’ in Syria was carried out by Israel; Trump devastation against Turkish economy;  Police State in UK – surveillance, security run by Israelis;  Yellow Vest protests in France – their demands – serious injuries not reported;  problems with vaccines – no proper regulation – ‘Vaxxed’ film very good – Andrew Wakefield discredited? – links to autism; further Yellow Vest demands – the money fraud, banksters control of politics – debt problems of the whole world now they have engineered;  Intelligence Services and the media – Afghanistan journalists – www.foreigndesk.co.uk is part of Integrity Initiative; Iran state TV presenter and top international journalist Marzieh Hashemi arrested by FBI and moved to Washington DC; Trying to see between the lines of stories and untangle the lies Operation Mockingbird – mass media formal mind control programme – secret services censoring and planting stories, controlling what we see and hear in the mass media – Operation Paperclip, Operation Mockingbird and Frank Wisner CIA, NATO’s  secret wars; Marie-Luce Storme, film maker, was at Yellow Vest protests in Toulouse – special force police starting riots; RAF veteran ‘admitted 1961 killing of UN secretary general ’RAF veteran ‘admitted 1961 killing of UN secretary general’ Exclusive: Cold case documentary casts new light on mystery of Dag Hammarskjöld’s plane crash.
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