First hour: News review: Labour online abuse making the news, but is it just astroturfing by paid Internet trolls? Is Labour taking Green votes now Corbyn is in charge; suspension of three Labour councillors and 200 members in Bristol â Labour no longer leaders of Council; Green Party united â celebrating difference of opinions; Brexit - quality of pre-referendum debate â economic impacts; major disruption as seven months of M32 MetroBus works to start in city centre â West of England Partnership, Local Enterprise Partnership; speed cameras are coming to M32; two Bristol academy schools at ârisk of closureâ after potential £1million shortfall revealed; Astroturfing â people online being paid to pretend to be someone theyâre not, for political effect â Sharyl Attkisson from CBS discusses astroturfing and the manipulating of Wikipedia â is online bullying of Corbyn supporters genuine? piece on Radio 4 Money Box (download mp3 here) about the mass processing of possibly illegal County Court Judgements (CCJs) against possibly half a million people in Northhampton - get help here and here; how a simple complaint about litter exposed failings in Bristol City Councilâs complaints procedure; PMQs last week â reduction of MPs in Commons â gerrymandering, 29 Tory MPs may face by-elections because of 2015 election fraud - Guardian article Tories in power for rest of our lives; Bristol neighbours blockade home to prevent ârevenge evictionâ after mum complains about damp.
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