That Saturday Night Thing

The final show, after a run of just 16 episodes as Love Sport Radio focuses on sport and, in particular, on cutting costs. I talk less sport, more Brexit, climate change, internet echo chambers, the Trump child migrant scandal and crocodiles heading south.

The final show, after a run of just 16 episodes as Love Sport Radio focuses on sport and, in particular, on cutting costs. I talk less sport, more Brexit, climate change, internet echo chambers, the Trump child migrant scandal and crocodiles heading south.

People are, it seems, getting very angry about everything. Oxfam, for example, is now struggling to find the money to help Rohingya refugees because of outrage over workers enlisting prostitutes in Haiti. Tommy Robinson is winning widespread support in his anti-Muslim crusade. His supporters were out on the streets last week giving Nazi salutes. Two years since Jo Cox was murdered and the alt-right seems to be going from strength to strength.

Sports fan David Campbell admits Australia isn’t doing too well in sport at the moment. They must be cheating less. He also discusses the #fakemeat outrage, the destructive crazy yellow ant and mandatory English tests – what for the locals?

That Saturday Night Thing’s regular US correspondent Richard Kazimer talks through another week in the Trump dynasty. This week, pissing everyone off at the G7, a flimsy deal with Kim Jong Un, the treatment of child refugees, a family cashing in on the President and how Trump won the 2026 World Cup bid.

Oops! Fox News describing the summit in Singapore between Trump and Kin Jong Un as a meeting of the two dictators. Hang on, we haven’t got that page in the script yet! Have a listen …

This week Theresa May has to win over the rebel Tory MPs if she is to get her EU Withdrawal Bill over the line. So why is it so contentious? On Saturday night I attempted to explain the complex situation the Prime Minister has created for herself and, with the help of Bronwen Maddox from the Institute for Government, figure out what will happen next.

A look back at the 16th June in year gone by, from the world’s first Roller Coaster through to the foundation of the Women’s Institute. At 8 minutes long, no radio station ever spends this long on a ‘today in history’ segment – perhaps they have better things to talk about.

You want sovereignty, but you’ll be passing laws passed by elected MEPs to be amended by unseen civil servant sin Whitehall. You want control of our borders but are happy for our only land border with the EU to be as open as possible. You want fdemocracy but you don’t want the elected Tory rebels top act against what is declared ‘the will of the people’. It is, indeed, a confusing time to be a Brexiteer.

There are questions about what happens now to the Grenfell tower. Phil Dobbie asks Jonathan Werran, interim Chief Executive of Localis, about Grenfell’s fate and the shortfall in the government’s policies towards social housing. Jonathan points to Singapore, a country with an economy that is booming, with the vast majority of people living in government owned properties.

Lots on Grenfell one year on - how do we make social housing better and why do we have so little of it? Plus Brexit, the gridlock and how Theresa May's NHS announcement shows she is ready to side with the hardliners.

Lots on Grenfell one year on - how do we make social housing better and why do we have so little of it? Plus Brexit, the gridlock and how Theresa May's NHS announcement shows she is ready to side with the hardliners.

Brexit reaches the point of maximum confusion, why the Heathrow expansion makes little sense, the future for the High Street, another right royal weekend, Trump’s personal pardon and Australia’s #poojogger.

Brexit reaches the point of maximum confusion, why the Heathrow expansion makes little sense, the future for the High Street, another right royal weekend, Trump’s personal pardon and Australia’s #poojogger.

The Australian Prime Minister is the highest paid leader in the OECD. Surprised? So was David Campbell, who provides an update on the last week in the land down under, including the former deputy Prime Minister who has lowered himself to the point of accepted money from a TV station to tell-all about his affair with one of his staffers. And, is China buying New Zealand?

Who is winning from Trump’s tax cuts? Who will lose from his introduction of steel and aluminium tariffs last week? Richard Kazimer says one big winner is Trump himself, with his own business cashing in from having the boss in the White House.

As the Tory cabinet struggles to come up with a workable solution for the Northern Ireland Border, Phil Dobbie looks at who is doing the best out of the EU gravy train. Nigel Farage is making a mint out of pushing the anti-EU story, whilst taking a chunk of money from the organisation he dislikes so much. And as his tenure there is about to entitle him to the maximum possible EU pension, his timing to leave is impeccable.

Last week Italy looked set for re-elections and there were fears that, strengthened by the polls, the populist parties would push for an exit from the Eurozone, if not from the EU. It wasn’t helped when President Sergio Matterella decided Carlo Cottarelli was going to head the new government – an unelected prime minister who is nicknamed Mr. Scissors, because he likes to make budget cuts. This week things seem to have calmed down, but Prof Steve Keen says we shouldn’t forget the underlying cause of the disquiet – the Euro. And the problems of a unified currency in Europe haven’t gone away.

It’s shocking how (predominantly Asian) grooming gangs are raping young girls as young as 11 or 12. But Tommy Robinson wasn’t arrested as a conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. He was arrested for potentially causing a mistrial. More importantly, if he is so concerned about child rape, why wouldn’t he be campaigned for the considerably larger number of children raped by friends and relatives – could it be because most of those perpetrators are not Muslim?

Mike Brown, the commissioner of Transport for London, said last week he felt the Cycle Superhighways in London had been an ill-judged rush and the result has been too much congestion and problems for other vehicles. Not so, says Fran Graham, campaigns coordinators for the London Cycling Campaign.Sorry about the dodgy phone line!

What will be the impact of President Trump’s tariffs on iron and steel imports from Canada, Mexico and the EU – as well as the existing impost on goods from China. Phil Dobbie talks to Douglas Irwin, Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, author of Clashing over Commerce: A History of U.S. Trade Policy, and numerous other books on international trade and protectionism.

Who will win Trump's trade war and who will win Britain's Got Talent? Where London's cycle routes built too quickly? Was Parmageddon the start of the end of the Euro? Which world leader is paid th emost? And what's Trump up to now?

Who will win Trump's trade war and who will win Britain's Got Talent? Where London's cycle routes built too quickly? Was Parmageddon the start of the end of the Euro? Which world leader is paid th emost? And what's Trump up to now?

We need to raise taxes to pay for the NHS. Or can we just make it more efficient. Here are some ideas from Phil Dobbie, Clayton Christensen and John Seddon (from Vanguard Consulting).

Bill Rammell, former foreign office minister, is the only British MP who has been to North Korea whilst in office. So does he think the regimes talk of peace and disarmament is genuine?

We did it to the trains - why not the Royal family. A privatisation model that sees regional franchises for the Royals, renewable every so often - and open to foreign Royal families to bid for control if they so choose. If we think it works for the railways, why not?

Visit a Victoria operating theatre at a time when there was no anaesthetic! Or take a trip under London on a postal train. Two ideas for days out in the capital.

There is little doubt that there was foreign involvement in the campaigning for the Irish referendum on abortion. That’s why James Lawless, a Fianna Fáil politician and spokesperson on science and technology, is pushing for new transparency legislation. If it works there, we should try it here.

That on again off again peace summit with North Korea, the biggest spying scandal in US history (not) and stand up a free world (it's compulsory). @RSKazimer with the week in the US.

Tamara Ecclestone's dummy spit, Hugh Grant getting married and take-outs from the royal wedding. Stuff you could possibly make it through life without knowing.

Do we know where are food comes from? That cheap t-shirt you bought – how do you know it doesn’t come from a sweatshop in India? Phil Dobbie talks to David Birch, an author, advisor and commentator on digital financial services, on whether block chain technology can be used to help us find out more about where the products we use come from.

Can we find where products come from, how a PI uses your data plus the latest on Trump.

Filling in on Friday morning. North Korea peace talks, Irish referendum, GDPR, last minute getaways,= and is the NHS just an empty pit to throw money in?

Can we find where products come from, how a PI uses your data plus the latest on Trump.

Filling in on Friday morning. North Korea peace talks, Irish referendum, GDPR, last minute getaways,= and is the NHS just an empty pit to throw money in?

The Aussie record breaking mountaineer, Australia's wedding gift, Pauline Hanson's online survey and the Aussie taking gambling far and wide. The latest news from down under with Paul Wallbank.

Things aren't going well for the President. Some of his big wins seem to be collapsing, Stormy Daniels won't go away, the Senate Intelligence Committee has concluded Russia did help him win and Mike Pence is after his job. Richard Kazimer on the latest from America.

Privatising the railways doesn't cost the taxpayer less, it's pushed fares up well above inflation and creates discontinuity everytime a franchise changes hands. Phil Dobbie suggests, with the East Coast mainline now back in public hands, its time to reverse Margaret Thatcher's bad decision to create privatised regional monopolies. Listen Saturday nights 10pm-1am on LoveSport Radio 558AM, DAB and online at lovesportradio.com

Italy is set to form a new government and its bad news for the EU. Could it mean that they leave the Eurozone. Economist Vicky Pryce thinks not, but the uncertainty will be bad news for those planning deeper integration within Europe.

Leadership expert Steven Howard joins Phil Dobbie to discuss the failings of President Trump's approach to leadership. Steven explains how it's the same approach that led to the Volkswagen diesel-gate saga - driven by ego rather than inclusion. Listen Saturday nights 10pm-1am on LoveSport Radio 558AM, DAB and online at lovesportradio.com

Had the Beckhams had a row? Was Elton having difficulty staying awake? Should someone have dragged the Bishop off after 5 minutes? The stuff you thought about the Royal Wedding but were afraid to say. Listen Saturday nights 10pm-1am on LoveSport Radio 558AM, DAB and online at lovesportradio.com

Well, she's not really a countess but in America you can be who you want to be. If you're Megan Markle you can even be in the British royal family. Erika Lamarre from Maine USA gives her views of the big day

Prince Charles, the Wedding goss, Trump's personality, unrest in Italy, nationalising trains and the latest from Oz and the US.

We were lucky enough to get Prince Charles to talk to us from Frogmore House on the night of the Royal Wedding. He describes to Phil Dobbie how the royal couple are very much in love and how it's a cash bar after 1am. This is the real Prince Charles, but if you are looking for an impersonator you can't go past Guy Ingle from princecharles.co.uk.

Prince Charles, the Wedding goss, Trump's personality, unrest in Italy, nationalising trains and the latest from Oz and the US.

Paul Wallbank reports from Australia where they've just experienced the worst mass shooting in two decades. On a lighter note, the country was probably pleased to see the back of five more politicians caught in a 114 year old law that prevents them from being dual citizens. And summer is over, may the flooding commence.

Richard Kazimer calls in from the US with the latest on Trump and his entourage, including the money trail passing through the hands of Michael Cohen. Also the impact of the Iran deal, John McCain makes a last request and the NRA elects a convicted felon as president. Apart from that, the country seems to be functioning normally.

There is a simplicitiy in Oscar's argument. If the UK takes control of Ireland the border issue will go away. War will ensue, of course, but he suggests that might only be a transitionary phase.

Theresa May has her cabinet working on two possible outcomes for the Irish border post-Brexit - either a customers partnership or a solution that relies on technology. Katy Hayward, from Queens University Belfast, has twenty years research experience on the impact of the EU on the Irish border and the peace process. She doesn't seem impressed by either of the two approaches the government is pursuing.

Peter Bowes is the host of the Llama Podcast – live long and master aging. He talks to a lot of old people from his home in Los Angeles. He shared his insights to the secret of longevity.

Trump and the Iran Deal withdrawal, the secret to long life and the answer for the Irish border post Brexit. Plus Eurovision and the latest from the US and Australia. And a very tricky musical news challenge.