Friday 23rd June 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: News review: with leader of the Green group on Bristol City Council and councillor for Bishopston and Ashley Down Eleanor Combley – Austerity;  Bristol Council affairs – The People Directorate, ‘Corporate Parenting Panel’, questioning council officers’ expertise;  fallout of  General Election 2017 – legitimate government?;  Green Party ideas for Bristol – transport, First Group, responsible for fatal Croydon tram crash where 7 were killed, wins Metrobus contract. Grenfell Tower disaster:  Tom Cook discusses TMOs and Bristol in 2009;  Grenfell Tower: Ministers ‘were repeatedly warned of a tower block tragedy if no sprinklers fitted’  – former Bristol MP, then Communities and Local Government minister Stephen Williams shrugged off fire safety warnings Liberal Democrat Stephen Williams, replied: “I have neither seen nor heard anything that would suggest that consideration of these specific potential changes is urgent and I am not willing to disrupt the work of this department by asking that these matters are brought forward.”  Government ministers ‘congratulated themselves’ for cutting fire regulations ;  Tory donor’s firm owned stake in refurb company accused of using cheap cladding on Grenfell Tower ; Kensington council’s £274m reserves caused outrage after the Grenfell Tower fire.  Queen’s Speech – Dennis Skinner intervention – The Queen on Brexit; reaction to Queen’s Speech from Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn; Finsbury Park Mosque attack –  inspired by Tommy Robinson (of EDL) saying militias will take on Muslim extremists?
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Second hour: Investigative reports: Russia ‘targeting’ US jets in Syria after America shoots down first Assad government warplane. Saudi Arabia have asked Qatar to stop Al Jazeera. Al Baghdadi, head of ISIS, killed by Russians – whose running ISIS now? Cholera in Yemen. ISIS in the Philippines. US arming terrorists in Syria. Secret prisons and torture in Yemen In Yemen’s secret prisons, UAE tortures and US interrogates . South Korea allows US to have 1 Thad missile there. Bomb in Afghanistan. War on terror not working:  FBI behind most terrorism in US; History Channel: AMERICA’S WAR ON DRUGS – Colonel Alan Sabrosky, former head of US Army War College – Israel did 9/11; propaganda war – Zionists determined to demolish Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa Mosque to build the The Third Temple – The Saker article: the rules of 21^st century warfare which I define as “80% informational, 15% economic and 5% military”; Webster Tarpley – war on terror not meant to be won – meant to be continuous – echoes of George Orwell. 1717: 300 years of Freemasonry and Masonic Witchcraft, the Enlightenment, and the French Revolution – but did it really start then? Mike Mandel (Jeremiah Films) discusses initiation into witchcraft being identical to the Freemason initiation.
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Friday 16th June 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: News review: with Bristol city councillors Mhairi Threlfall (Labour) and Mark Weston (Conservative) – Grenfell Towers fire disaster in London: 59 high rises in Bristol do not use type of cladding used in Grenfell and fire procedures are good; tenants at Grenfell had raised concerns over safety; Mahad Egal, resident at Grenfell Tower, gives his account of disaster initiated by an exploding fridge, possibly caused by a power surge, in flat 16 on the fourth floor – interview by Victoria Derbyshire on BBC1; ITV News piece about two companies – Rydon and Harley Facades responsible for refurb. of block – Harley Facades used flammable cladding that was only £5000 cheaper than non-flammable;  Kensington and Chelsea TMO – failed to make adequate fire risk assessment – Council signed work off;  The luxurious lifestyle of the cladding firm couple – Boss who sold materials which covered deadly tower block lives with his secretary wife in a £1 million mansion; Public Inquiry into disaster – building standards, corporate manslaughter; Grenfell Action Group blog last November saying unless there is a big disaster no one will listen to them: KCTMO – Playing with fire! Clip from Ludicrous Diversion film about new June 2015 Public Inquiries Act, which questions how independent Public Inquiries can now be; criticism of Theresa May for not talking to victims of disaster. The Queen’s Speech put off two days until next Wednesday – Theresa May’s deal with DUP – Sinn Fein says deal could break Good Friday Agreement – who are DUP? What is happening to Brexit? Outside the single market. Weston Super Mare A&E is closing overnight – end of austerity? How to fix the economy?
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Second hour: Investigative reports: Interview with Christine Townsend – she discusses her 10^th investigation into Bristol schools and how they are going outside guidelines: latest on the Merchant Venturers;  renaming of Colston Hall; cuts to schools; National Association of Head Teachers is opposing government policy. US Army and Mad Dog Mattis have used white phosphorous in Syria – illegal where civilians are. Turkey: buying in Russian anti-aircraft missile Systems and sent troops to Qatar – Qatar is base for CentCom – Saudi Arabia’s problem with Qatar.  US sanctions against Iran and Russia. Interview with former Church of England Vicar and author, Stephen Sizer – his book ‘Christian Zionism: road map to Armageddon’ : Six Day War based on a lie that Israel was being attacked A 50-Year Occupation: Israel’s Six-Day War Started With a Lie – Mehdi Hassan in The Intercept; what is Christian Zionism? Consequences of 6 Day War? US role and Trump – international law and UN – US embassy not moved to Jerusalem; what is the road map to Armageddon? Can Temple area be shared? His scrapes with The Church of England: Church bans 9/11 Israel conspiracy priest from using social media. The Rev Stephen Sizer banned by Church from using social media or any campaigning on Middle East after sharing ‘clearly anti-Semitic’ material – he had link to ‘9/11 – Israel Did It, All The Proof In The World‘ articles on his website www.stephensizer.com   www.peacemakers.ngo – Grenfell Tower didn’t collapse after 24 hours of burning – 9/11 buildings ‘collapsed’ after 1¾ hours of fire. New French President Emmanuel Macron – looks like he’s going to get massive majority in the National Assembly.  Jeff Sessions grilled over links to Russia – like a McCarthy witch hunt?  Shooter in Virginia was a supporter of Bernie Sanders – strategy of tension?
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Friday 9th June 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: News review: with Bristol city councillors: Election: hung parliament;  electoral system; problems with DUP and Tory alliance – Inside the DUP: Domination by Free Presbyterian Church and Orange Order laid bare  – article by Liam Clark – DUP, coalition partners for a floundering Conservative party sit on the hard right fringe of British politics – history of William of Orange, the 1688 Glorious Revolution invading Dutch army overthrowing James II killing off the Restoration … and N.Irish politics – Labour gain in Bristol North West – Brexit;  list of political casualties that have lost their seats – 5 Tory Ministers lost their seats;  SNP collapse – lost 21 MPs – SNP failure of a leader Nicola Sturgeon is part of European Council on Foreign Relations; Theresa’s May speech about forming a new government; Lib Dems didn’t do well – election results from Bristol and rest of UK – different electoral systems. James who is squatting discusses Grahame Rose Consultants (GRC) Bailiffs’ illegal eviction at 5am at his home in Fishponds on Thursday 18th May 2107.  London Bridge Terror Attack – Muslim community had contacted authorities about terrorists. Corbyn supporters in Bristol put poster up of Theresa May wearing earrings with Star of David on – Jewish Chronicle angry and police told them to take down. Hopes for a new harbour patrol in Bristol – spate of people dying in water. Ex-BBC presenters Julie and Tony Wadsworth GUILTY of indecently assaulting underage boys and sex in woodland. The husband and wife encouraged a string of boys to take part in sexual activity in Warwickshire between 1992 and 1996 – fame and child abuse.
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Second hour: Investigative reports: London Bridge terror attacks: ISIS claims on attacks – Rita Katz’s SITE and Amaq News Agency – NATO backed terrorism;  Charles Shoebridge – can MI5 be trusted as they keep getting it wrong – no accountability for security services;  SIS recruiter who radicalised London Bridge attackers was protected by MI5  article by Nafeez Ahmed – MI5 leaning on police not to investigate people – past  MI5 Islamist informers e.g. Abu Hamza – 7/7 bombings – London Bridge attackers members of Al Majaharoon; London attacker Khuram Butt ‘cautioned by police over extremist behaviour’ six months before rampage ;  Westminster Bridge attack;  PETER OBORNE: Why MI6 must share the blame for the jihadis in our midst . Talk in Frome ‘Media on Trial’ on Sunday – including talks by Venessa Beeley and Peter Ford.  Interview with Peter Ford, former Ambassador to Syria:  how did Syria get to where it is now? – UN resolution 242 from 6 Day War to Iraq War to now – Syria turned to Russia for support;  Assad family connections with Britain; 1983 Beirut barracks bombing killed 250 US marines – how balanced is media coverage of Syria? What was Damascus like and how is it now? Attack on Tehran by ISIS;  permanent US bases in Syria now – Mad Dog Mattis & general McMaster – British in Syria too now with no mandate – training and equipping Jihadis to topple Assad. Trump’s mad generals just bombed pro-Assad forces on the ground in Syria. New strikes from US on pro-Syrian forces.  Terrorist attack on Tehran, Iran.
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Friday 2nd June 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: News review: with Bristol city councillors Asher Craig (Labour), Geoff Gollop (Conservative) & Jude English (Green): What got you interested in politics? Trump leaving the Paris climate change agreement; school cuts – Bristol has £32m of cuts, some parents asked if can pay direct debit to school, protests in Bristol City Centre against school cuts; why do people not vote? Tories support Naylor Review – NHS buildings and land to be sold off half price – PFI deals;  is the general election about policies,  personalities, or propaganda? Unpopular Tory policies: dementia tax, cutting winter fuel allowance and breaking the pensions ‘triple lock’;  Tories Craig McInlay, Nathan Gray, and Marion Little are charged with election fraud –  money and manipulation; do some Tories want Labour to win election so they don’t have to deal with Brexit? Barry Lewis from Hartcliffe City Farm discusses how they need £15,000 a year to carry on – cuts from central government.
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Second hour: Investigative reports: Bilderberg 2017 coverage with journalists Charlie Skelton and Luke Rudkowski – Bilderberg Conference is taking place in Chantilly, Virginia – interview with Charlie Skelton and Luke Rudkowski who are in Chantilly covering the conference:  less press outside conference than inside this year – spoon fed media; who stands out on attendee list this year? Bilderberg as King Makers – list of attendees in past who have then got important roles afterwards e.g. Macron recently; Henri de Castries, President of Institute Montaine, who backed Macron, is also President of Bilderberg;  Luke has been cornering attendees at airport – you can see his films online; Trumps’ closest advisers attend but no Trump? topics on their agenda are Trump, War on Information, and Russia – head of Ofcom is attending and many from intelligence community – Putin’s speech about wire services that make anti-Russian stories up;  could Bilderberg back Corbyn as they would prefer anything to a hard Brexit? Bilderberg as a consensus former – what is their vision for the future? looking at some individuals that regularly attend even when they have different jobs;  Charlies articles and Luke online. Interview with Charles Shoebridge, former police Special Branch and Army Officer, about failings of MI5 around the Manchester terror attack.  Shooting of PC Yvonne Fletcher in 1984 at Libyan Embassy in London – to set up a case against Gaddafi – ‘Murder in St. James’ Dispatches film about this. Charles Shoebridge discusses lack of MI5 and MI6 accountability – has their conduct been seen as a failure or an achievement? 50 year anniversary of 1967 Israel/Palestine 6 Day War that was the start of Israeli occupation The Six Day War has endured for 50 years. This conflict has caused untold misery for those living its consequences – the Israeli sinking of the USS Liberty was ignored by the US Navy, Golan Heights – oil concessions and support area for ISIS fighters.
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journalist Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor of The Economist, rushes off to #Bilderberg in order not to report on it. (photo: @Lukewearechange) pic.twitter.com/VzCcWFrcER

— Charlie Skelton (@deYook) June 2, 2017

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Uploaded 19 pictures of the #Bilderberg memebres I confronted yesterday here https://t.co/ZMfgEkZZcJ

Who wants to help me I.D them?

— Luke Rudkowski (@Lukewearechange) June 2, 2017

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Friday 26th 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: Bristol West hustings with Annabel Tall, Conservative party; Molly Scott Cato, Green party; Stephen Williams, Lib Dems. Labour party candidate Thangam Debbonaire has said she will not be attending these hustings due to ‘a preexisting diary commitment’. Statement by Labour candidate Thangham Debonair; vote count from last election – Greens closest to Labour in 2015: the LibDems were almost twice as far (17%) behind Labour as the Greens were (9%) two years ago; Labour Party infighting – Corbyn’s policies;  is the election about Brexit? Do MEPs have any power? How EU works; Laura Welty, Bristol Disability and Equality Forum manager expresses disabled peoples’ concerns over Tories removing social care funding; Theresa May’s policies of people in care keeping only £100,000 of their house, triple lock on pensions being scrapped, and means testing winter fuel allowance; Education cuts protests on College Green, Bristol losing 1000 teachers, cutting education in cities but more for rural areas; Housing – house prices falling – housing crisis; Manchester terror attack – Salman Abedi was reported several times to anti-terror hotline; Corbyn’s speech today about British foreign policy playing part in terror attacks – failures in the ‘Prevent’ program; Theresa May To Create New Internet That Would Be Controlled And Regulated By Government: Prime Minister Theresa May wants government controlled internet; IFS says Tory and Labour policies don’t add up – Steven Williams tweet – EU directive where can’t send money to tax haven without declaring it first. Sunday Politics, Andrew Neil interviews Theresa May
Lynton Crosby’s silence over tax haven scandal is deafening
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The @TheIFS analysis of the three main party tax and benefit policies shows that @LibDems has most credibility and fairest impact. pic.twitter.com/1pTfE0DDVG

— Stephen Williams (@swilliamsmp) May 26, 2017

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Second hour: Investigative reports: including a look at whether UK secret services, MI5 and MI6, were complicit in Monday’s terrorist attack at Manchester Arena. Manchester terror attack:  was it timed to effect election? History of Western secret services backing Islamic terrorists – Gladio style pattern of destabilisation.  Interview with journalist Amandla Thomas-Johnson from Middle East Eye wrote article yesterday ‘Sorted’ by MI5: How UK government sent British-Libyans to fight Gaddafi – connections between Libya and Manchester; Britain’s foreign policy being main factor in terror;  security services turning a blind eye to terrorists travelling to Syria and Libya.  Manchester terror attack: British secret services interfering in Libya; bomber known by MI5 ‘up to a point’, what does that mean? Links to Syria chemical weapons attacks. Red Lines and Rat Lines by Seymour Hersh; NATO wants to go to war with Syria; bomber’s father Ramadan Abedi has been arrested – to keep him quiet? – he was Libyan Army Intelligence Officer and after moving to Britain was part of Libyan Islamic Fighting Group; Britain a major player in Islamic terrorism over the years.  The Bilderberg Conference is taking place next weekend in Westfields Marriott Hotel, Chantilly, Virginia, USA – Hannah Borno discusses the group and how you find out where they are meeting: Bilderberg is a secretive group of the richest and most powerful in the Western world;  they get funding as a charity; who is on the steering committee? Many hi-tech firms are on it now; Trumps’ links to Bilderberg;  what could be on the agenda? King Makers – Macron was there in 2014; by looking at Bilderberg can predict trends in world events.
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Friday 19th 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: News review: with Labour councillor for Hartcliffe Helen Holland and LibDem Councillor for Cotham Anthony Negus. Sex, Lies and Julian Assange, an ABC Four Corners documentary by Andrew Fowler and Wayne Harley, May 16, 2013. What is a Metro Mayor? Transparency; rape probe against Julian Assange dropped, but he will still face arrest for jumping bail if he leaves Ecuadorian embassy – good documentary from ABC TV ‘Sex, Lies and Julian Assange’ about the affair; Secretive NATO power elite political lobby group Bilderberg 2017 dates & venue CONFIRMED: 1-4 June Westfields Marriott, Chantilly VA 20151 – what are the main issues on the doorstep while canvassing for elections? – winter fuel allowance, Brexit and getting a good deal; Keo Films won a Bafta for ‘Exodus’ documentary about Syrian refugees – Shell Coe from this company is making another film about people on low incomes surviving on nothing – on the end of work as a route out of poverty – phone or text Shell if you want to be in her film 07465 733735 or email shell.coe@keofilms.com – protest against school funding cuts in Bristol area to take place in city centre from 11am tomorrow – Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s Manifesto Speech – with some of Labour’s policies; main points of Lib Dem Manifesto; Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May’s Manifesto Speech – with some of her policies – Brexit,
APOLOGIES – due to an occasional ‘technical malfunction’ of the BCfm server the first hour of tonight’s show took five days to appear on the BCFM ‘listen again’ system.
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Second hour: Investigative reports: Interview with Steve Keen, economist and author – he has just brought a book out ‘Can we avoid another financial crisis?’ Debt deflation; austerity destroying GDP – mainstream economists; QE direct to public; which political party has good policies economically? Can individual financial crashes be contained? Private debt more of a danger than public debt;  clip of Michael Hudson author of ‘Killing the Host’ on banks ruining economies; recent global WannaCrypt RansomWare attack – online banking security, cashless economy;  Michael Hudson on the banking system taking over media and education like a parasite – Politico Financial Complex;  what would Steve do if he were chancellor? – plan for eliminating private debt; is there going to be a catastrophic financial crash?  Eran Efrati, a young Israel Defence Force sergeant in Hebron, says he felt like he was policing a form of apartheid and was terrorising Palestinians – on Abby Martin show on TeleSur English – The Empire Files – Israeli Army Vet’s Exposé – “I Was the Terrorist” – Elections in Iran – Hassan Rouhani vs Ebrahim Raisi. Exploding laptopgate – Story from March: The flight ban for exploding laptops is a classic protectionist scheme, Donald Trump’s leaking of classified intelligence to Russians ‘far worse than reported’ – Israel and false flag terrorism. US attacks pro-Assad forces: US air strikes in Syria: Why America really attacked pro-Assad militia convoy. Exclusive: For the Pentagon to suggest that this was a sideshow to Washington’s battle against Isis was to stretch the truth beyond credibility. Protests in Venezuela. British electoral system vs Iranian electoral system: Iran election: Millions vote in close race for presidency. Result could decide whether Iran’s detente with the West continues
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Milan Kundera

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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