Friday 12th April 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 with Labour Irish Republican Martin Summers

February 2019 Ofcom complaint result: UKLFI exposed as creation of Israeli foreign ministry – Bristol Post article: BCfm cleared after being reported to Ofcom for anti-semitic conspiracy theories

Listen live http://www.bcfmradio.com/player or http://stream.bcfmradio.com:7017/live.mp3

BCfm audio files usually available 1hr, Radio4All 3-4hrs, after TX
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=iPcmebRH904

First hour news review: Mary Page tells us why she’d be a good Mayor; pay offs to senior execs. in Bristol City Council; huge pay packet of some top Council execs. – advice from lawyers in Council; Bristol Bearpit situation – court case to get rid of homeless; transport problems in Bristol – underground or cable car system? Student accommodation planned for Temple Island – instead of Arena; bus franchising and Metro Mayor; Portishead railway line to open in 2 years? – Alan Matthews, from Portishead Railway Group, discusses this; waste in Bristol and air quality – congestion charge – a regressive tax; Council money given to LEP (Local Enterprise Partnership) and WECA (West of England Combined Authority) – budget for both £900m over 30 years; PMQs new rubbish incinerators – air quality issues. Brexit – extension until Halloween: Theresa May on this; further referendum? Change Britain’s compilation of many politicians saying previously Brexit was ‘a once in a lifetime decision’. Jacob Rees-Mogg, C4 News, on Brexit situation.
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BCfm audio file
Radio4All audio file

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0z1Dsmt3w8

Second hour Investigative reports: Arrest of Julian Assange:  what he said as they were dragging him out of Embassy; video graphic of a decade of devastating Wikileaks revelations; Julian allegedly clutching copy of Gore Vidal’s book on the US Deep State Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: How We Got to Be So Hated; examples of what has been leaked to and published by Wikileaks over the last nine years – spyware manuals, Cablegate, Gitmo files, NSA and Operation Sophia, DNC emails, Vault 7 – 2017 revelation of NSA/GCHQ NATO spyware and hacking into cars, planes etc to carry out covert assassinations;  Sajid Javid on the arrest of Julian Assange; Diane Abbot – praising whistle-blowers; NUJ statement on Assange arrest;  three weeks ago – £42bn IMF loan to Ecaudor; Online Harms white paper – on regulating internet Online Harms White Paper – The Ministry of Truth beginning of the end of the golden age of internet free speech? – PMQs on this.  US ‘to label Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist group’: Mike Pompeo’s speech announcing IRGC a terrorist group for Israeli general election which helped Netanyahu win; are Western intelligence agencies terrorist organisations? Iranian government’s IRGC Revolutionary Guard classed as terrorist group – Pompeo setting off on WWIII in Middle East for Israel? Why? – terrorism against Iran –  bomb kills 27 Iranian Guards; 1983 Marine Barracks bombing in Lebanon killing 241 U.S. servicemen was not a terror attack but a legitimate act of resistance, or self-defence, against a hostile occupying army; Continuation of Mike Pompeo’s speech – who are Iran’s allies? Netanyahu wins Israel election: cameras in voting halls keep Palestinians away; Eurovision in Israel – Madonna to perform at Eurovision in Tel Aviv – Israeli artists join Palestinians in urging Eurovision contestants not to play Tel Aviv;  John McArthur – hate preacher? Christian Zionist eschatology. New book ‘Operation Gladio: The Unholy Alliance Between the Vatican, the CIA and the Mafia’ by Paul L. Williams – Martin gives a review. Sudanese coup and Algerian coup.  Wreckage of Japan’s missing F-35 found, pilot missing – Britain has ordered a fleet of 48 F35 scamjets for £9.1bn.
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