Ex-mayor George Ferguson: Marvin’s ambitious ‘Western Harbour’ housing scheme ‘will never happen’ – Palestinian children in Israeli military ‘torture camp’ prisons – Hong Kong on the brink? – XR plan to shut down Heathrow airport with drones on 13 Sept – China, EDF, Flammanville and uneconomic dead technology, four reasons why ‘Hinkley C’ EPR nuclear power station is a white elephant

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Friday 30th August 2019

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First hour news review: with Libdem councillor for Hotwells and Harbourside Mark Wright – and independent former Bristol Mayor George Ferguson.

The Weston Harbour development in Bristol; Mayor Marvin Rees, interviewed on BBC, selling the plan; why so much secrecy over Arup’s plans? Ex-mayor George Ferguson slams proposals for Western Harbour The former city leader says the plans are a threat to the iconic view of the suspension bridge over the Avon Gorge. Lib Dems demand council consider fourth option for Western Harbour. The road network around the Cumberland Basin will change radically. Mayor Rees explaining why plans not released and who’s going to pay for development; BCC official consultation and Aug/Sept drop in sessions on the project;

We need social housing; people in vans and tents: Council Reveals New Approach To Van Dwellers And ‘Tent Villages’ In Bristol; interim housing solutions – container housing in Bristol: Shipping container project for homeless needs £50k as it makes way for student flats;

Problems with Mayoral system and the Metro Mayor; Mark Weston, Bristol Tory leader – his response to Marvin’s State of the City speech – or is it annual address? Criticism of the Mayoral System; Labour’s Mayoral policy; George Ferguson selling off the Bristol Port ‘cut price’ to Merchant Venturer friends in his time as mayor.

Proroguing of Parliament – Jacob Rees-Mogg explains [podcast only]. Peter Shore in the 1975 Common Market EEC referendum – against the common market. Will Brexit trigger a crash?
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Boris Johnson’s breakneck countdown to Brexit

Second hour Investigative reports: Israel bombing everyone: Lebanon, Syria and Iraq: different factions in Lebanon; history of area around Israel. Yemeni drones target Saudi airport: More Yemeni attacks hit Saudi targets – Yemeni forces launch separate drone attacks on army bases in southern Saudi Arabia – history of Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

Palestinian children in Israeli military prisons – report by Meghan Owen on BBC World Service. Watch: Israeli prisons rob Palestinians of their childhood

Hong Kong – tomorrow’s marches are banned – but will police demands be met? Will there be a show down tomorrow? – Joshua Wong and three MPs arrested.

Extinction Rebellion to shut down Heathrow with drones. Heathrow drone protest: Airport says plans ‘criminal and counterproductive’.

Hinkley C projected nuclear power station – will it ever be built? – French EDF in serious trouble as problems with Flammanville – the huge expense of nuclear energy.  The national debt has risen over £2 trillion. 

Geoffrey Epstein affair: Links between Prince Andrew and Epstein; Richie Allen predicts Epstein’s death; Geoffrey Epstein murdered? Our New York City correspondent Kenyon Gibson, who, when he said he was looking into child sexual abuse, was evicted from his art studio by Geoffrey Epstein’s brother Mark. Kenyon discusses The Humpty Dumpty Institute and his opinion of China’s influence  Jeffrey Epstein, Mark Epstein, and the Humpty Dumpty Institute.  Wealth of Jeffrey Epstein’s Brother Is Also a Mystery Mark Epstein’s ties to his brother include condominiums in New York once owned by retail magnate Leslie Wexner
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  1. ” War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it. ”
    Desiderius Erasmus
    Dutch author, philosopher, & scholar (1466 – 1536)

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  5. Religion in government in Lebanon
    Nov 3, 2014
    by Maureen Fiedler

    Please note the following quote is from a source in 2014 . No doubt, things have changed but i do believe there is still some sort of power sharing agreement between the three main religions in Lebanon perhaps not in the same order in the quote below of top government positions . Regards the overall government structure, elections and so on , i know nothing . link to source below

    “….Here [ Lebanon ], the president of the country must be a Maronite Christian, the prime minister must be a Sunni Muslim, and the speaker of the Parliament must be a Shiite Muslim. It’s part of what’s called the National Pact. But that’s just the beginning of religion/state intermingling in this fascinating country. (FYI: These three religious traditions are numerically the largest in this country.). I am visiting Lebanon for a week to explore its “God and government” connections for the radio show I host, “Interfaith Voices.” ”

    https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/religion-government-lebanon

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  6. Nuclear power seems frightening to me too . However , for the sake of democracy , here are links which promote nuclear power .
    THORIUM: ITS ROLE IN NUCLEAR ENERGY AND POTENTIAL FOR THE FUTURE
    https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:E2imTd828iUJ:https://www.engineering.pitt.edu/First-Year/First-Year-Conference/_Library/Dao-Oneill-Whiting/+&cd=14&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
    How has nuclear power changed since Chernobyl?
    quote : “…while some risks will always be there, nuclear power is actually safer than ever, and importantly, it could help curb our insatiable appetite for fossil fuels…”
    http://physicsbuzz.physicscentral.com/2019/08/how-has-nuclear-power-changed-since.html
    James Lovelock:
    Nuclear power is
    the only green
    solution
    quote : ” James Lovelock is an independent scientist, the creator of the Gaia hypothesis which considers the Earth as a self-regulating organism, and a member of EFN ”
    http://ecolo.org/media/articles/articles.in.english/love-indep-24-05-04.htm
    First time I heard and read about Dr. James Lovelock was on Radio Netherlands english service around 2005 . His main concern seemed to be that when the electrical grid goes down , vital necessities would not be able to reach major cities in the world and all hell would break loose, civil unrest and all the rest . He thought that nuclear power generated electricity for lighting, heating, ac, refrigeration , transportation , etcetera was our only hope . Recently circa 2012 he became a fracking advocate which seems a contradiction regarding nuclear power proponents like he was or still is .

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    • Nuclear power is an unbelievably polluting dead technology which was only ever advanced to make plutonium for nuclear weapons. That’s really all there is to say about it.

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