A week in America | 14 July 2023
14/07/2023
This week, Martin settles back to enjoy America’s latest sporting competition – Major League Cricket … Howzat?
This week, Martin settles back to enjoy America’s latest sporting competition – Major League Cricket … Howzat?
The stakes are high for Labour and the Conservatives in next week’s “mini General Election. Jim looks at the prospects.
Is the reporting of the sexually deviant behaviour of a BBC employee really ‘in the public interest’?
As America celebrates independence day, Martin discusses how recent celebrations have been hijacked by fundamentalists.
What are the NEW Conservatives – and why have they come up with a 12-point plan that would make Britain poorer?
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace is not only snubbed by President Biden for a top NATO job, he’s losing his Lancashire seat. Jim takes the chance to examine our relations with America as well as looking at the regional shake up in parliamentary boundaries.
Jim gives a full report on an important Downtown event where the new leaders of Manchester and Liverpool Councils came together to outline their attitude to business and their hopes for a Labour government.
This year, there have been 23 school shootings in America already. As a Florida jury considers the role of police and security guards in preventing them, Martin wonders what else can be done…
How could a new government start to turn the UKs fortunes around? Frank McKenna offers some ideas.
This week Martin anticipates the state visit of Indian Premier Modi to America and wonders what will be said, and just as importantly, what won’t!
Building thousands of council houses without the right to buy is the only way to solve the mounting housing crisis. Jim suggests it might actually be popular with Tory voters.
Since entering Number 10, Rishi Sunak has almost permanently has his head in his hands. Can the PM get a break between now and the next General Election?