Friday 11th November 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

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

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First hour: News review: with Tom Baldwin, Trades Union and Socialist Coalition. What is the Trade Union and Socialist Coalition (TUSC); ‘Blairite’s’; Bristol District Anti-Cuts Alliance – cuts and Mayor Mervin Rees getting more money for Bristol;  snap general election;  Militant Tendency;  Council risks ‘turning Bristol into rubbish tip’ with massive increase in waste charges; Bristol street preachers to appear in court charges with religiously aggravated public order;  7 months of traffic chaos thanks to Metrobus roadworks – free transport; Bedford Prison riots – cuts;  Trump’s acceptance speech – Trump and his long-time Mafia connection: A Mafia Don with a Pompadour; Yvette Cooper on BBC Question Time discusses Trump, Putin and NATO – NATO supporting terrorism; Trump pulling out of TTIP; Charles Shoebridge – mainstream media hasn’t ability to swing elections anymore – but Clinton actually got more votes; BBC 5Live – Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis says anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism are the same thing – Israel reneging on it’s promises – he also wants Ken Livingstone expelled for alleged anti-Semitism in the Labour Party.
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Mainstream media laments that its supremacy in determining elections and narratives is (for now) a thing of the past _ https://t.co/PeqoLX9osX

— Charles Shoebridge (@ShoebridgeC) November 10, 2016

Second hour: Investigative reports: James Florey from Veterans For Peace UK on Armistice Day. Former infantry soldier James Florey from Veterans for Peace: veterans experience of war and what Armistice Day means for them; WW2 different to modern invasions – ‘war not the answer in 21st century’; Cameron comparing Putin to Hitler – Hedge fund investor ‘doubles money’  on 2015 Tower Of London poppies;  Royal British Legion – ‘remembrance’ and ‘war’ good business; Royal British Legion taking money from arms dealers; Robert Fisk likening the poppy to racism: The poppy has become a symbol of racism – I will never wear one again; BAe Systems supporting poppy appeal – Saudi Arabia and BAE Systems; VFPUK annual conference;  white poppy for peace – and remembers all who have died in wars; red poppy promoting war in last 10-15 years?; Syria: now Trump is in charge will war in Syria be different? National Security Obama directs Pentagon to target al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria, one of the most formidable forces fighting Assad Film ‘Shadow World’ has just come out based on book by Andrew Feinstein ‘The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade’ – clip from trailer of film. Part of talk by British freelance journalist Vanessa Beeley, who has spent time recently in Syria – she discusses the White Helmets and how they are being used as a propaganda  outfit by the West and the West backed ‘rebels’ – media reporting of Syria lacking – e.g. Krishnan Guru-Murthy Channel 4 News report, embedded with Al-Nusra terrorists, uncritically reporting on them committing war crimes. SAS track and kill British Islamists in Iraq: SAS in Iraq given ‘kill list’ of 200 British jihadis to take out – Tony’s article about trafficking of London schoolgirls to Syria by Canadian Intelligence service: Did Canadian taxpayers foot Islamic State’s recruitment bill? Western intelligence services recruit British into terrorism – Redress Online – WBritish police prepare us: what to do if terrorist attack in Bristol. But what if its actually ‘Gladio B’, NATO fascists behind terrorism blaming attacks on migrants? Anniversary of 2015 Paris terrorist attacks – critical article on Aanirfan blog explains how we are manipulated by Western intelligence services.
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