General election discussion on legal aid cuts, secret societies, freemasonry, Bristols £200m Metrobus experiment and the Westminster/Whitehall child sexual abuse scandals: Cuts to legal aid and legal advice since 2010: employment tribunal fees far too expensive; number of cases plummet, lawyers finding it harder to make a living; everyone should be equal under the law; domestic violence. Should candidates declare their Freemason membership like any other business interest? Is freemasonry a religious cult? UKIPs Bristol chairman Steve Wood is a Freemason and takes us through the extensive charity work of the group. Freemasons lodges being used by organised crime to penetrate the government and criminal justice system. What about Masonic oaths and rituals of initiation? Do you get a hangmans noose round your neck and a dagger point pressed to your bare chest when you join? Steve cant tell us. Is there too much surveillance and is NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden a hero or a traitor? Secret services out of control; failure of Intelligence and Security Committee chair Sir Malcolm Rifkind to hold secret services to account; GCHQ, MI5, MI6 need to do job in secret; they must obtain a court order before putting someone under surveillance? Breaking the criminal law if they dont. Will the crown prosecute these crown services? Illegal to spy on confidential communications between lawyers and their clients; illegal spying on MPs and journalists; Are CCTV cameras a waste of money? Report after report shows CCTV fails to cut crime; scrutiny; human rights issues. Is Bristols Metrobus guided bus scheme a good idea? Problems other places such as Cambridge and Luton have had with a guided bus system; Tim Phillips from Cast Iron campaign, about delays and engineering problems in Cambridge; Bristol transport generally. Child abuse: high society cover up; Leon Brittan, Greville Janner, Cyril Smith; if you do the crime, do the time; Child sex abuse: Watchdog to investigate Metropolitan police over cover-up claims involving MPs and officers. Child sexual abuse used for political blackmail; Bloody Sunday inquiry dragging on for decades; Theresa May failing to get child sexual abuse inquiry going; very similar to the Dutroux scandal in Belgium and the Franklin scandal in the United States; gang grooming. Are candidates pro more council housing? Evictions have doubled since 2010; bedroom tax; law changed in 2011 so builders have no social housing requirement; rent capping. Investigative reports: Maidan Massacre
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