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Chiminea News Review -Cooper, Grimston and Stevens

Andy Bungay@Chiminea Productions

An offshoot of presenter Andy Bungay"s long-running weekend evenings on South-West London"s Riverside Radio, this is an insider irreverent, yet erudite ramble through the weeks" stories in London, nationally and internationally. The "insider" bit is provided by Leonie, mal and Graham covering a vast Polymath area of expertise from Climate Change Science, Law, Policy-Making, the engine of local government, Nuclear technology and much more. A sideays but spot-on guide to the political weather

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58:37

23: April 27th - Frank Field, London Mayor 24,...

Chiminea News Review -Cooper, Grimston and Stevens ·

2024/04/27

Mal Grimston & Graham Stevens on underdog champion Frank Field (RIP), the London Mayoral debates and prospect, DJ Fat Tony in the Evening Standard on Nimbyism in Soho & elsewhere, Thames Water, AI and of course Gaza.

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56:43

22: Saturday 20th April ft Graham Stevens

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2024/04/20

While Leonie and Mal are away, Graham and I dug into some of the nat phil and ethics in this weeks' stories- George Monbiot on the possible deportation of Climate Change protestor Marcus Decker , https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/19/victimise-people-protest-britain-destroy-families-not-in-my-name ,Brian Feeney in the Irish News casting a weather eye on Britian's socio-political sense of itself

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26:12

21: Gaza/UK Law Lords, Facial Recognition, Paul...

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2024/04/06

A briefer conversation this time with Mal Grimston on the Lords /Law Lords/ Defence Contractors and International Law (vide Lord Nicholas Soames pictured here) , a report on our patch from SW Londoner on a first public deployment of Facial Recognition in Wandsworth & Prospect Magazine's investigation into Paul Marshall's sizeable reach and ambition beyond GB News.

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68:40

20: March 23rd - The Garrick Club, Leo Vradkar, Air...

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2024/03/23

Leonie Cooper is away until until early May- in her absence we attempt to tackle the position of all-male bastions like The Garrick Club where right-on denizens were called onto recuse themselves this week. Leo Varadkar resigned as a united Ireland looks a bit more feasible , Owen Jones resigned from Labour in favour of pressure grouping from the Left , Peoplers' Primaries debuted chaired by Mal's former student George Monbiot, and the SW Londoner reported on the state of air pollution in South

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63:39

19: 16th March - Mal and Graham on Dianne Abbott,...

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2024/03/16

This week we arrived at Wandsworth's crowning as Borough of Culture for 2025 and started with Lee Anderson's shift to Reform UK , La Mordaunt hovering, Frank Hester and Gove on Extremism. All of which feed our deep dive this week via a recent Psychology paper by Graham's friend Bernard Burgoyne.

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56:53

18: George Galloway, Gaza, Biden's State of the...

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2024/03/09

After some tec kerfuffles we're back , and so in another part of the forest is George Galloway. Biden does his State Of The Union Address partly ion the campaign stump amid Ceasefire Now flags in the chamber. Hunt lays out the Spring Budget, and Wandsworth and Merton throw their hats inthe ring to be 2025 Borough of Culture (this was recorded among the current incumbents) The Indie this morning reports a Labour proposal to teach kids to question what they read online, which interestingluy echoes the

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41:54

17: Saturday 20th Jan- Leonie Cooper AM

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2024/01/20

It's 'taters guv in London town - meanwhile over-the-shoulder Sunak and 'small boats' meets a first lamentable-circumstances challenge - Polly Toynbee in The Grauniad speculating that defeat of the new Rwanda Bill in the Lords might be calculated to play to the gallery .Elsewhere in Immigration some EU nationals can stay, some have to go - que pasa? Andy Burnham, reflecting on the cancellation of HS2 (the Express of all outlets, since we recorded, floats the idea of a 'Nature Super Highway in

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62:06

16: 13th January - Gaza at the ICJ, Left-field...

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2024/01/13

Leonie (plus hounds Bertie and Toby) and Mal met up with Andy for breakfast at their old haunt in Wandsworth : up for discussion, of course, the ICJ proceedings in The Hague , some left-field candidates for London Mayor ( similar types in By-Election Corner) , the welcome crowdfunded reprieve for The Sound Lounge in Sutton and Labour's position on the House of Lords reform - will it and should it happen?

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57:34

15: Saturday 6th January - Emotional Intelligence and...

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2024/01/06

Many Thanks to Leonie for stepping in to chair as I had mic problems- I chip in an afterword. This week Graham's citation of Daniel Goleman in The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/daniel-goleman-why-societys-emotional-intelligence-is-under-threat-v0kw9lvzj frames a discussion about The Post Office as portrayed in 'Mr bates vs' on ITV this past week, OFSTED in the Ruth Perry Case , and the appeal of three parties (including the new iteration of Reform UK) in their New Years' offering , not

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61:57

14: News Review 23rd December- Driving Home for...

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2023/12/23

A busy Political week but we take stock through the prisms of Levelling Up (or Down) via Gove : Khan and Housebuilding, Motorists monitored under the Criminal Justice Act, Zelensky, Trump and more. A Very Happy Christmas and and New Year all.,C

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69:37

13: 16th December- Bibby Stockholm, David Cameron,...

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2023/12/16

The Braverman legacy continues to unfold with the passing of the Rwanda Bill at first reading and a death on the Bibby Stockholm. John Crace in The Grauniad sees a government in '...Narcisistic death spiral' while Cameron steers a path or two, Tufton Street (reports Byline Times) quietly launches toward the Red Wall and By-Elections are counting ...

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69:37

13: 16th December- Bibby Stockholm, David Cameron,...

Chiminea News Review -Cooper, Grimston and Stevens ·

2023/12/16

The Braverman legacy continues to unfold with the passing of the Rwanda Bill at first reading and a death on the Bibby Stockholm. John Crace in The Grauniad sees a government in '...Narcisistic death spiral' while Cameron steers a path or two, Tufton Street (reports Byline Times) quietly launches toward the Red Wall and By-Elections are counting ...

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62:46

12: 9th December ft Ian Tattum- Cost of Living,...

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2023/12/09

This week saw the launch of an important report into London' Costs of Living , Wandsworth Cost of Living Commission - Wandsworth Borough Council Braverman' twilight address to the Commons, Johnson at the Covid Enquiry, and HRH on Reparations, plus a potentially significant by-election.

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64:25

11: Saturday 2nd Dec- Alastair Darling, Henry...

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2023/12/02

This week in the UK saw the passing of Alastair Darling, he of the 2008 crash steerage , whom Leonie got to know- she it transpires is also addressing COP 28 for the London Asembly . We consider the legacy of Henry Kissinger - not the Messiah but a very naughty boy? Plus of course Mal's election corner and various important sidebars. I append some of a little fanfare I wrote recently (Mal i incidentally alo a Composer) with Thanks on my 62nd to this wonderful lot for braving all times and weathers

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62:01

10: 18th November - Reshuffle, Autumn Statement,...

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2023/11/18

The week in politics thought through with nutritous sidebars and irreverence.

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48:22

9: Saturday 11th November - Braverman / Gaza

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2023/11/11

A nudge too far from Braverman? And reflections on the week in Gaza with some important sidebars.

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70:28

8: Saturday 4th November - COVID enquiry , Gaza , By...

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2023/11/04

The Covid Enquiry reaches Module 5 and the usual suspects (Larry is already on 6 of course) , Gaza continues in (?) intractable tragedy, UK By-Elections yield some surprises under the radar, and Eric Cantona and young Roman Kemp diversify in the public eye as the other young turks become the old guard , where might they go ?

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65:53

7: Sir Humphrey AD2023, Planners' Zeitgeist,...

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2023/10/28

The Drake report on the churn in the Civil Service First Division under Johnson, who got another international gong this week , leads us to look at their importance and what happens in their absence- 'Yes Minister' is a crucial point of reference. Planning and Building regulations past and future come up a we ponder the pressures upon a potential Starmer administration. A glance at Turkey, and the acking of cartoonist Steve Bell steers us to the Middle East and Ukraine.

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70:31

6: 21st October- Labour wins, Gaza War continues

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2023/10/21

Leonie braved a nasty cold, Mal stayed up most o the night with Psephology, Graham as ever sage on the optics and the legal underpinnings.

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67:53

5: Gaza, Labour Conference

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2023/10/14

The Al Aqsa Flood was a few hours old just as I had posted last weeks' conversation with Graham . We survey what we know about the Gaza War ( there remains imho the possibility that some of the findings have been gruesomely staged ) , and begin with the Labour Conference at which Leonie was a delegate.

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