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Friday 12th May 2017

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: General Election campaign launch – news review with Mike Campbell from Protect Our NHS and former Sunday Times Rich List journalist Kevin Cahill. The Sunday Times Rich List has just come out: super rich persuading Times to put them up or down list, incl. The Queen; top ten all have assets in tax havens and only one British born; top 100s wealth has increased by 14% this year. The 29th Sunday Times Rich List, which lists the 1,000 wealthiest individuals and families in the UK, revealed that “this year’s 500 richest individuals and families are now wealthier than the entire top 1,000 were in 2016.” – inequality. Protect Our NHS – private health companies have money in tax havens, Pablo Escobar – invisible illegal economy; Bristol Volunteer Centre to close after 51 years; NHS not safe in Tory hands – worsening problems; NHS computers and others hacked – Google’s Deep Mind project; Smart Meters – £11bn to roll out and expensive glitchs in system – GCHQ to look at dangers of hacking system – scientists warned of health effects; £20m cyber security centre in London and PRISM; Data Mining – NHS Digital hacked today where our health records are kept – Peter Thiel, a creator of Palantir Technologies, that can profile a population and help you run your country – Microsoft donated $100m to NSA; Clinton Rogers report for BBC – an interview with Marine A, who killed an Afghan unlawfully – his lawyer Phil Shiner has been struck off; Theresa May’s campaign launch speech; Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign launch speech; Protect Our NHS meeting this Thursday (18th May) – will discuss how Tories are destroying NHS and how it can be sensibly funded; Prof. Tom Mills – ‘BBC: The Myth of Public Service Broadcasting Tom Mills – The Future of the BBC; Bristol housing charity tops list of of UKs most prosecuted landlords.
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Second hour: Investigative reports: Today’s cyberattack on the NHS, just follow the money. Crowdfunding underground hospitals in rebel-held parts of Syria – threats of nuclear war in North Korea sabre rattling? Cyber attack on NHS – mass surveillance, European Courts; German army calls for searches of all barracks after Nazi memorabilia found – plan to do a shooting and blame it on Syrian asylum seeker – WW2, NATO false flag terrorism; Times Rich List – rich getting richer, poor getting poorer – The myth that work always pays is finally exposed; Prof. Kate Pickett from ‘The Equality Trust’ on BBC, she co-wrote ‘The Spirit Level’; clip from trailer of film ‘The Spider’s Web: Britain’s Second Empire’ about tax havens; Justin Walker – his uncle Harry Pilkington’s advice; Syrian doctors get crowd funding for hospitals; Yemen war – divide country?; North Korea accuses CIA of trying to assassinate Kim Jong-un with ‘biochemical substances’; China ‘tells citizens to leave North Korea’ as tensions with US escalate; North Korea ‘could destroy world with just three bombs’, regime apologist claims; Ethan Guttman from his film ‘The Slaughter’ – he discusses legal taking of prisoners organs by Chinese state.
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Friday 5th May 2017

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

BCfm audio files usually available 30mins, Radio4All 3/4hrs, after TX
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First hour: News review and Metro Mayor results show: with community activists Kerry Bailes from Hartcliffe & Avonmouth’s Steve Norman. Do we want a Metro Mayor? Why is turnout for elections in Bristol is only 30%; Conservative Tim Bowles wins – Labour Lesley Mansell about 4000 votes behind, not bad considering 6 out of 9 constituencies Tory; criticism of Mayor Marvin Rees; Theresa May accused of hiding from voters on Bristol visit, Criticism follows similar complaints in Cornwall that reporters were shut in a room and banned from filming the prime minister – nurses using food banks;  what’s it like for people living in Hartcliffe, Bristol? – Universal Credit and difficulty paying rent; Avonmouth Port sell-off by Mayor Ferguson for pittance to two Merchant Venturers who own The Bristol Port Company; St. Nick’s Market money going missing; how has Hartcliffe changed over the years – Universal credit and difficulties;  Day Group putting a plant illegally in Avonmouth where Bottom Ash (residue from burnt rubbish) is processed, which is toxic – and Councillors not stopping it; Metro Mayor results – PR voting system – Tories don’t have 50% majority; membership of political Parties; Conservative party – 120,000 Green party – 53,000; Labour party – 640,000; Lib Dem – 87,000; UKIP – 39,000. Theresa May went to see the Queen and dissolve parliament – May  accuses EU of deliberately getting in the way of June general election; Corbyn discusses Brexit; Michael Barnier, EU negotiator – says Brexit not going to be easy.
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Second hour: Investigative reports: What did Hitler’s deputy Rudolf Hess know that meant he had to be incarcerated in Berlin’s Spandau jail with no visits for 42 years until he died? ISIS fighters APOLOGISED after launching an attack on Israeli soldiers, former defence minister reveals; Angry South Koreans Oppose US Missile Defense Deployment – Pentagon Seeks to Link Iran to N Korea Citing ‘Similar Looking’ Missiles – John Pilger’s The Coming War on China – film’s dedicated website; Pentagon to Pitch Afghan War Plan to Trump Next Week – More British troops could be on their way to Afghanistan as NATO considers mission boost; Israeli Air Force bombs Syrian Army in northwest Damascus; Russia: Syria safe zones closed to US coalition planes. De-escalation zones in Syria will be closed for warplanes of US-led international coalition, Russian envoy says; Terror Financiers “Operating Openly” in Qatar and Kuwait; US Boosts Libya Presences With Base in Country’s South; Former Lebanese premier Hoss joins Palestinian hunger strike; Nick Ferrari LBC – Michael Fallon, Defence Secretary, discusses Corbyn and Trident as deterrent – he would strike first. Christoph Meili discusses how when he worked at UBS documents were shredded of old accounts held by Jewish people killed in WW2 – also how Swiss Banks and BIS funded wars – Nazis, NATO, and post WW2. Ian Mattison, former senior Freemason, reviews new Sky programme ‘Inside the Freemasons’ – did Nazis ban Freemasons so only their version survived? German soldier arrested, planned False Flag terror attack on Vienna airport so that refugees would take the blame. Hitler’s deputy Rudolf Hess was imprisoned in Spandau Prison for 42 years, the rest of life after WW2 dying in 1987 aged 93 – why? Nazis working closely with Soviet Union dividing up Eastern Europe before WW2 and preparing for war together – Bolshevik = Nazi? Heinrich Muller, head of Gestapo was trained by the Bolshevik Cheka secret police in the Soviet Union.
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Friday 28th April 2017

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

BCfm audio files usually available 30mins, Radio4All 3/4hrs, after TX
Any probs mp3s should be on alternative links below by then

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Metro Mayor website – candidates and their web sites:
Green party – Darren Hall – www.metromayor.org.uk
Labour – Lesley Mansell – www.mansell4mayor.org
Lib Dem – Stephen Williams – www.stephenwilliams.org.uk
UKIP – Aaron Foot – www.bathukip.org.uk
[Conservative – Tim Bowles – www.timbowles.org.uk]
[Independent Merchant Venturer – John Savage – www.johnsavage4metromayor.co.uk]
Attended BCfm hustings – [did not attend]
Studio engineer: Stave Satan

First hour: Hour one of BCfm Politics show Metro Mayor debate – Apologies/explanation why Tory Tim Bowles and Merchant Venturer John Savage did not attend these hustings. Q1 Whose idea was having a Metro Mayor and what will your annual budget be? Q2 Why was their no referendum for Metro Mayor? Consultation of about 1000 people. Q3 Less than half of the electorate are likely to vote. How would you address voter apathy? Particularly young voters, and effect of mass media, Q4 £30m cuts to Bristol City Council is same as extra amount given to Metro Mayor every year, Tory trickle down ideology; Q5 Colston Hall is to change it’s name after objections to use of slave trader Edward Colston’s name – do you agree and what should the new name be? Bristol’s involvement in the slave trade; Q6 Do the city’s elite Merchant Venturers have a role in making Bristol a better city to live in? – transparency, soft power, inequality; Q7 Housing – lots of talk but little action, Bristol Labour Mayor is building 1,700 council houses now. How to deal with homeless and 20,000 on housing waiting list? The slow process of getting council houses built. It takes at least four years. New Homelessness Prevention bill and how just housing people is cheaper than  consequences of homelessness; Q8 Tidal energy in the Severn – the planning system, will tidal cost more or less then Hinkley nuclear power station? Renewable energies; Q9 Should the Bristol Arena go ahead? Q10 Will Metrobus ease congestion?
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Second hour: Hour two of BCfm Politics show Metro Mayor debate: Q11 Has congestion charge already been decided? Will it be run by Nazi Holocaust collaborators IBM? Or ‘privatised government’ firm Capita? Flexible working hours, clean air zones penalising poorer people who own diesel cars and rewarding the rich – will oil industry allow us to get rid of cars? Q12 potholes in our roads – government cuts; Q13 how will candidates boost employment and economic growth? – Brexit, living wage and living rent; Q14 what will your priorities be for adult education? – Q15 Why have Tories called a general election now? And is it a second Brexit vote? last PMQs before run up to surprise ‘snap’ general election on Thursday 8th June 2017. Wage rises not keeping up with inflation. Will the Labour Party crash the economy? A myth? 2015 Tory election fraud charges looming? Is Jeremy Corbyn supported by Labour MPs or not? Proportional Representation voting, Tory benefit cuts ‘cruel’ and cost more than they save? Q16 What are candidates views on Trump and UK foreign policy? Q17 What are the best and worst things about the Bristol region?
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