Friday 16th September 2016

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 the monarchy’s representative in Bristol, Deputy Lord Lieutenant David John – as Deputy Lord Lieutenant ‘tapped up’ at Merchant Venturers dinner; Jeremy Corbyn – cuts – revenue from central govt; Mayoral system – Metro Mayors; the Monarchy – costs – taxpayers money; Alastair Campbell on the BBC Question Time – Portland Communications used to unseat Corbyn – Alastair Campbell writing the Iraq ‘dodgy dossier’ and death of David Kelly; Tory Anna Soubrey calls shadow chancellor John McDonnell a ‘nasty piece of work’ on BBC Question Time – bullying in Labour Party; Rona Fairhead steps down from BBC Trust – Roger Carr taking over – both no background in media; Hinkley Point C nuclear power station going ahead – very expensive – for same money tidal power could go ahead on the same week first tidal power farm is launched in Scotland – bombs and nuclear power stations; Diane James – new UKIP leader – orders Theresa May to stop fudge of Brexit; Foreign Affairs select committee report saying Cameron didn’t consider after effects of getting rid of Gaddafi – NATO planned and funded overthrow – hacker of Colin Powell e-mails Brexit a good cover for Chilcot Report says Jack Straw; Emmerdale actor Adam Thomas and his 9/11 tweet – Saudis funding 9/11; Corbyn PMQs – zero hour contracts – schools – grammar schools – lack of funding – teaching profession always changing; St Paul’s Carnival – may be part ticketed with arm bands and go ahead next year.
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Second hour: Investigative reports: how many summers do we have left until the arctic ice has all melted? Could a nuclear war and nuclear winter stop global warming? Interview with Torstein Viddal: Anders Behring Breivik attacks in Norway: far right – Norwegian police appeared reluctant to stop him. How long till sea ice (icebergs) all disappear in the summer? Could be this year! The Blue Ocean event? Summer melt getting worse and worse; Peter Wadhams ‘Farewell to Ice’; David Hempleman-Adams’ Bristol yacht ‘Northover’ can travel through Arctic seas now, but a Norwegian Borge Ousland yacht did same trip several years ago; Northabout now heading for Bristol; UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – or Climate Panel – not good enough;  oil industry – Statoil of Norway – North Sea Oil – US funding oil rigs but only if nuclear bomber Beeching closes down the UK railways to open up a domestic market for oil in 1960s; nuclear war with Russia a more pressing problem than climate change? Prof. Peter Wadhams. US climate scientists consider nuclear winter could be good to stop global warming, financial crash more dangerous and imminent? Israel’s getting the atomic bomb just after the six-day-war in 1968. Israeli nuclear weapons made from from the United States military’s Apollo, Pennsylvania, enriched uranium. How Israel stole the bomb: they have to deny having atomic bomb or will have sanctions against them; US enriched uranium; Israel lobby in US; 5 dancing Israelis of 9/11 – Mossad. Leaked emails of Colin Powell.  Hilary Clinton ill – her leaked emails. Peter Allen on BBC 5 Live – Brooks Newmark introduced as a MP but not a MP – producer didn’t do job.  Russian troops in Syria – peace talks – ceasefire.  South China Sea –President Duterte of Philippines ‘ran death squads and murdered his enemies’ when he was a mayor.
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