News review: with Anthony Negus. Merchant Venturers Charter Day 2015 next Tuesday 10th November at Bristol Cathedral and Merchants Hall in Clifton, but what will be in Bishop Mikes sermon? Bristol has 8000 homes with permission waiting to be built but thousands of already completed homes are not selling.... Referendum for Mayoral system or not? â democracy? Bristol Post consistently pro Mayor Ferguson whos one of the city business elite, Merchant Venturers; Anthony Chair of Scrutiny â what it involves â leaves not being swept up from roads, park byelaws due to evict homeless in tents; Octobers Housing Inquiry Day which Anthony co-chaired â delivery of affordable housing â social housing not happening, austerity agenda, ;clever debt; for building social housing; Britain heading for another 2008 style crisis but this time no bailout, itll all crash â article by Graeber â bank bail outs good or not?, growth GDP, economics, housing; 100,000 children homeless this Christmas says Shelter â emergency accommodation, social housing; PMQs Corbyn â veterans not enough money because of tax credit cuts â cuts to 3 million lowest paid in country, living wage not enough, universal credit, universal income; PMQs Ron Marsden â police cuts; Nick Gargan ex Avon and Somerset Police Chief Constable â stitch up â remains unchallenged; PMQs John Nicholson â plans to privatise Channel 4 â Murdoch.