Second hour Investigative reports: including discussion on Middle East wars and the secret 1916 Sykes-Picot agreement between Britain, France, Russia & Italy. Metrobus failures continued, with Afzal Shah. The Bristol diesel ban, congestion charge, Bristol Energy; solar power and the Metro mayor; sustainability;
Afzal Shah on India and Pakistan; populism; Muslims a threat to India; mobs rampaging through Delhi; Modis 2002 Gujurat riots; Muslims are now third class citizens in India; Mogul emperor Akhbar; Taj Mahal; Red Fort and Urdu language; Mountbattens responsibility; fake Indian websites;
Coronavirus economic impact of a pandemic; use of property bubbles to alleviate deficits; Japanese feudal system; Germans and Japanese; todays fallout from Winston Churchills secret 1916 Sykes-Picot agreement; Erdogan Putin Idlib peace agreement; Erdogan and Modi; Justice and Development party in Turkey and Kurdisan; arms deals and foreign policy; international agreements are becoming less reliable, torn up, Donald Trump and Boris Johnson not seen by Putin as Deal Ready; history of the Peloponnesian wars, Syracuse, Sicily;
Tax havens with a union jack on the flag; banking fines are just a cost of doing business; further crash coming? Free market policy would mean letting the banks collapse; nationalising the commanding heights of the economy; in 1980s Savings and Loans scandal 1000s of bankers were jailed;