Friday 29th November 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 Irish Republican Labour activist 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

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First hour news review: with Conservative mayor candidate Samuel Williams. Samuel’s background; Tory £500m youth fund; Mayoral system. Brexit; second referendum and Labour; Hodos Consultancy and Christian community work; Tory austerity and Christianity;  electoral polls.

The new president of Europe: Ursula Von de Leyen, Macron furious as Ursula von der Leyen appoints nearly FULL German team FRENCH officials are “in disbelief” and “dismay” over the appointment of five German heads to the new EU Commission – and not a single French representative. new president of the European Commission, discussing climate change;

Charles Michel, new President of the European Council, discussing his new role; right and left in Europe.

Thibault Devienne, part of French Yellow Vest movement, discusses how the results of referendums are often rejected: RIC – for “Citizens’ Initiative Referendum” – as demonstrators demanded popular votes be held to allow citizens to vet government policy proposals..

Rabbi Ephraim Mervis says Corbyn is anti Semitic: General election: Jeremy Corbyn refuses to apologise to British Jews after chief rabbi’s antisemitism criticism – The Labour leader declares anti-Jewish hate “won’t be tolerated in any form” as he responds to comments by the chief rabbi. European Jews supporting Corbyn The letter from a rabbi that won’t make the front pages of most of the mainstream media; fake backlash – Something Not Kosher About Pro-Corbynista-Disseminated Letter from Anti-Israel Jews;

Rabbi Shapiro: Israel is becoming the ‘voodo doll’ of Jewish identity Rabbi Shapiro discusses how being anti Zionist is thought to be more anti Semitic by some Jews than being rude about Jewish people.  Graham discusses being homeless and squatting.  Samuel’s plans for the homeless in Bristol.
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Second hour Investigative reports: Interview with Professor Steve Keen, economist and author of ‘How to avoid another financial crisis’ and Debunking Economics:  UK one of most unequal countries and cost of living is high; Thatcher and privatisation;  problems since 2008 and how UK is different to other countries;  balance of payments; is investment from abroad OK? House prices so high in UK – disastrous deregulation of mortgage market by Thatcher; QE; usual economic theory wrong; off shore tax havens;

‘There is a post-industrial economy, it’s called a hunter-gatherer economy’. IFS says Tory and Labour’s economic plans are no good; government debt to GDP in 1940s; Mervyn King thinks Brexit won’t make any difference to economy; will we have another financial crash? The £166 trillion timebomb: Former Bank governor King warns debt will trigger the next financial meltdown – Lord Mervyn King was governor of the Bank of England as crisis hit – He warns it is essential to tackle global debt pile which stands at £166 trillion – King says private sector debt to GDP is now higher than before crash – Economic sanction against Iran; negative interest rates in Switzerland; www.patreon.com/profstevekeen

Terror attack on London Bridge today. Local elections in Hong Kong – 10 to 1 for pro democracy candidates. Trump passes a human rights act for Hong Kongers. Former US Defence Secretary James Mattis admits there was no evidence Assad used poison gas on his people. US ambassador OPCW and Russian answer. 

Threats to expel Russians from athletics. Heidi Blake, author of ‘From Russia with Blood’,  discusses her poorly researched book regurgitating CIA claims. 
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