You’ll never guess who I had in the front of my cab last night… a driver called Scottie K… and now here he is with a run down of the weeks events – of course, with that name and a connection to transportation the introduction must be 'Beam Us Up Scottie!'
John Redwood sets out the bizarre situation where tiny little UK is shutting down its few coal fired power stations while other countries are building hundreds…
After the largest Terrorist attack on U.S. soil since 9/11, President Barack Obama addressed concerns about Islamic Terrorism from the Oval Office on Sunday, December 6th, 2015...
The anonymous man who said, to the attacker at Leytonstone tube station, “you ain’t no Muslim, bruv” has been hailed as speaking for moderate people of all faiths and none. Quite right too. Yet the statement is, alas, not quite true...
Thousands of people have been flooded out of their homes or left without power after Storm Desmond wreaked havoc in parts of the UK. George Monbiot, environmental campaigner and Guardian columnist, and Meurig Raymond, president of the NFU, discuss the role of farming techniques in flood-prevention
Most disappointing of all is the way that science – especially the leaders of the world’s science academies – have joined the climate campaign, not just demonizing those who say they are not convinced we face catastrophe, but turning a blind eye to the distortion and corruption of the scientific process itself...
Ruth Alexander investigates claims climate change has contributed to the war in Syria, and with the climate change summit COP21 underway in Paris, we answer listener’s climate change number questions...
Turkey is a beautiful land, rich in resources, with many highly intelligent and warm people. It also happens to have a President who seems intent on destroying his once-proud nation...
When Turkey entered the NATO defense alliance in 1952, it was a major coup for Europe and for America. Turkey had control of the strategically important Bosphorus Strait and the Dardanelles. The NATO alliance could therefore exercise a preemptively tight grip on the Soviet Union’s only direct access to Western warm-water ports. Furthermore...
“Training at this camp began with the knowledge of the Iraqi Defence Ministry and police. Those who make different interpretations of the Turkish military presence in Mosul are involved in deliberate provocation.”
Vanessa interviews Helen Wright who, like Vanessa, has raised a disabled child. They discuss some good times and how they cope with the not so good times. Vanessa and Helen also discuss how they met and how skills learned in the past are always an asset – and how this ties in with a new...
‘Public health’, 2013:There was a significant shift from cigarettes being displayed to the cigarette box only. It is argued that the cigarette box has absorbed the meanings associated with smoking and has become an effective vehicle for advertising. It is also argued that this can only be minimised with plain packaging...
In this Free Life Podcast: Donald Trump and Muslim immigration Syria and Terrorism E-Cigs The passing of Nicholas Smith Call Me Dave, page 289 Subscribe via iTunes to the podcast here
Well, it’s been an interesting old week, what with an American billionaire presidential candidate suddenly being declared more dangerous than ISIS or Jeremy Corbyn...