Wolverhampton Politics

Matthew Revell takes a look at current political issues from a Wolverhampton perspective, with a focus on extended discussion.

Studio guests: Richard Whitehouse (Lib Dem councillor for Spring Vale ward) and Mark Watson (Editor, Minority Perspective).

00:02 - Mark Watson talks about his new website aimed at people from ethnic minorities, called Minority Perspective. Would he support a similar website for white people? What are the political issues affecting his readers? Are there enough non-white people on Wolverhampton City Council?

11:52 - Blogger DK of Devil’s Kitchen gives the case against human-induced climate change - anthropogenic climate change - and discusses his view of the factual accuracy of Al Gore’s The Inconvenient Truth.

30:05 - Blogger Dizzy aka Phil talks about the film Ministry of Truth that was part of the BBC’s Why Democracy? season and discusses the practicalities of implementing a law to prevent politicians from knowingly misleading the public.

41:00 - Dr Seab Gabb of the Libertarian Alliance puts the case for libertarianism.

http://audio.wolverhamptonpolitics.co.uk/2007/12/wolpol-e12-20071012.mp3