Friday 12th January 2018

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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Spotted & snapped three Bristol City Council Civil Enforcement Officers loitering in the middle of Broadmead watching a busker set up just now. Their ‘Little Hitler’ leader followed me then told me he’d take me to court if the pictures appeared on Facebook or in the paper – lol pic.twitter.com/GxRNpLLMWa

— Tony Gosling ✈ (@TonyGosling) January 10, 2018

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First hour: news review: with LibDem councillor for Redland and sacked cabinet member for Energy and Waste, Fi Hance. Breaking up of joint party Bristol Council cabinet – Mayor Marvin’s ‘thin skin’;  Bristol Council’s Energy and Waste committee and Health and Well Being committee; ‘transformation’ means cuts – Bristol Council cuts – top staff leaving and being pushed off Bristol Council;  Rough sleepers in Bristol city centre told to move belongings or have them taken away;  photographing in Bristol’s City Centre – what is the law? – public and private spaces –  Officer Ellis and his friends part of Kingdom litter enforcers – Anna Minton’s book ‘Ground Control’ – ‘It’s really shocking’: UK cities refusing to reveal extent of pseudo-public space;  Theresa May’s Botched Cabinet Reshuffle Confirms PM’s Weakness – Hunt wouldn’t go, Justine Greening refused to take Work and Pensions post;  Esther McVey took Work and Pensions post –  interview with her by Tony Livesey on BBC 5Live about disabled people;  NHS patients dying in hospital corridors, A&E doctors tell Theresa May; PMQs PIP claims and disability – Triangle Website;  7 comments by Esther McVey that led her to be called an ‘alarming’ choice for Tory benefits chief – she got rid of Remploy;  PMQs Corbyn – NHS and 55,000 operations cancelled; Jeremy Hunt co-authored book ‘Direct Democracy’ about privatising NHS; NHS ‘no longer able to meet standards in its constitution’, health boss tells Jeremy Hunt; PMQs less people want to be teachers – too much testing in schools; Grenfell fire: KPMG quits inquiry amid conflict of interest furore; interview with Joe Delaney from Grenfell Action Group – bloggers that predicted fire in 2016 – only c. £2,000 saved by Tory councillor Rock Feilding-Mellen on non fire-resistant cladding; Joe (@JoeDaFoneUK) recommends these links by and for Grenfell Tower survivors: Grenfell Action Group – @GrenfellConnect – THis Is North Kensington – Lancaster West Estate – Unaccountable Policing around the shadow of Grenfell Tower – UCL to investigate eugenics conference secretly held on campus.
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Second hour: Investigative reports: Israel air strikes and missile barrage designed to show it is still a player in Syria as Assad nears victory;  Russian army repels attack by 13 militant drones, designed to look ‘home made’ on its Syrian compounds – MoD; Russia knows who staged drone and ground attacks on Syrian base & it’s not Turkey says Putin – Russia says it has eliminated Syria rebels who attacked its base – US spy plane circled between Russian airbase & port facility during Syria drone attack –  Xi Jinping tells army not to fear death in show of China’s military might;  How hackers could trigger nuclear war: Warning weapons that rely on new technology are vulnerable to cyber-attacks – Chatham House report – hackers could trigger WW3;  House of Saud: A Family at War Trailer – new documentary series by Mike Rudin – problems with Saudi Arabia;  Netanyahu’s son boasts of father’s gas deal at strip club  – Netanyahu and corruption,  Israeli government bots influencing social media, losing job if critical of Israel.  Testimony of William Black, an ex-regulator of banks in 2008 – how he was stopped regulating properly. KPMG: former mayor Ferguson had a KPMG volunteer;  they are working in Bristol City Council mayor’s office with Mayor Marvin Rees – and auditing Bristol Arena; Accountancy Control Fraud – crooked auditors, oligopoly of auditors PWC, unregulated auditors are not paid to tell the truth; PWC auditors banned in India – prosecuted in China, Hong Kong, and South Africa; NO ACTION against corrupt auditors! Greatest war criminals – Tony Blair: Martin’s podcast about Crimea – history of Crimea war, tensions with Russia; George Michael on BBC Hard Talk in 2003 – on Tony Blair going to war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Frances Leader from Frack News discusses infiltration into political groups by: 1. police, 2. big business, 3. homeless, 4. lonely 5. media actors – Pitchford enquiry what to watch for – US Communist Party was massively infiltrated and destroyed by FBI agents.  Donald Trump cancels February visit to UK.  Donald Trump denies using word ‘s***hole’ in Oval Office immigration meeting as senator present claims he did so ‘repeatedly’. Israeli racist settlers given permission to build 122 new homes.  Assange to be made citizen of Ecuador.  Treasury – Trump says okay for now but more Iran sanctions coming – Iran protests – Zero Hedge
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