Adrian Goldberg's Talk Show

Did Austerity cause the Manchester Arena Attack in 2017, in which 22 people died? No, of course not. That responsibility rests with the bomber Salman Abedi, who also lost his life in the atrocity. But did Auserity weaken the ability of the police in Greater Manchester (and other major urban areas) to respond to terrorism? The Chair of the Inquiry into the bombing, Sir John Saunders says in his Rep...

In the spotlight this week - the Cop 27 Climate Conference, the “migrant crisis", Matt Hancock’s appearance on I’m A Celebrity and the ongoing impasse in the Northern Ireland Executive. Adrian Goldberg hears from Stephen Farry, previously a Minister in the Northern Ireland Executive and now MP for North Down, plus the Byline Times political editor Adam Bienkov… Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Gol...

The Secretary-General of the UN Antionio Guterres has said the COP 27 Conference must deliver a “down-payment” on climate solutions that match the scale of the problem of global warming. Ahead of the Conference, UNESCO has warned that around a third of the glaciers at its World Heritage Sites are expected to disappear in the next three decades including the ice cap at Mt Kilimanjaro. Adrian G...

We have a Home Secretary in Suella Braverman who describes people who are mostly fleeing war, persecution, hunger and torture as an “invasion”; dangerous overcrowding at the Manston Processing Centre in Kent: and a backlog of 100,000 asylum cases. So what's wrong with the UK's asylum system? Adrian Goldberg hears from Sile Reynolds, Head of Asylum Advocacy at Freedom From Torture, and Amreen ...

Elon Musk’s $44bn Twitter takeover has pleased Donald Trump – delighted he said that the social media company is in now what he describes as “safe hands” but it hasn’t pleased every Twitter user. The hashtag “delete” has been trending reflecting the fact that many people are now threatening to leave the site.   Referencing Twitter’s logo, Musk has said “the bird is freed” but does that mean t...

In the week that Rishi Sunak became PM, we assess what his new Cabinet tells us about the direction of his government; plus his decision to shun the Cop 27 climate summit in Egypt; and the ongoing stalemate in Northern Ireland’s Assembly at Stormont.   Host Adrian Goldberg is by Byline Times political editor Adam Bienkov and investigations editor Sam Bright. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian G...

UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverley has said that football supporters heading to Qatar for the men’s football World Cup should be respectful to the host nation and be willing to make compromises.   But how can you respect a nation which has built a tournament off the back of exploited migrant workers; and where people who are LGBT have to compromise their core identity?   Adrian Goldber...

Adrian Goldberg hears a dismayed reaction to the final report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse - or IICSA. The Inquiry was commissioned by Theresa May in 2014 after the Jimmy Saville scandal and was designed to investigate the systemic failures that allow abuse to happen and then be covered up - especially in institutions such as schools, the NHS and the BBC. One if its key recom...

We all remember what a breakthrough it represented when an African American became US president – so why isn't Richie Sunaks's elevation to Prime Minister being greeted with similar enthusiasm?   He is, after all, a Hindu whose parents came from East Africa, and he's of Punjabi Indian descent. For members of his own community, this IS a comparable milestone. Sanjay Chandarana, President of t...

What a week it’s been with the resignation of Liz Truss, the mooted return of Boris Johnson to frontline politics and the Third Reading of the Public Order Bill. Adrian Goldberg gets reaction from Labour MP Jess Phillips, the Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding, along with Byline Times political editor Adam Bienkov. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscripti...

What next for the Conservative Party party and more importantly the country after Liz Truss's resignation as PM?   There are strong indications tonight that Boris Johnson wants to make a comeback just 6 weeks after leaving office in shame – though under new rules drawn up by the Conservative 1922 Committee, he’ll need to win the support of at least 100 Tory MPs to enter the race. What is...

That Liz Truss resignation - as it happened on Byline Radio. Adrian Goldberg takes the news from Downing Street, then reaction from Byline Times Executive Editor Peter Jukes, Political Editor Adam Bienkov and Chief European and Social Affairs Reporter Sian Norris. Plus callers to @bylineradio Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. First...

With new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt talking of deep spending cuts, what impact will that have on on a society where many people are still reeling from the impact of the first wave of Austerity unleashed by David Cameron and George Osborne in 2010? Adrian Goldberg hears from Byline Times Chief European and Social Affairs reporter Norris. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscription...

In conversation with Adrian Goldberg, Nafeez Ahmed explores the ideas circulating amongst some senior Conservatives including Prime Minister Liz Truss. Nafeez identifies how Charles Murray, who promotes what Nafeez describes as "scientific racism", has been allowed a platform within the Tory mainstream. Murray argues that some groups in society fare less well than others because they are genetical...

Are the Conservatives drinking in "last Chancellor saloon" after replacing Kwasi Karteng with Jeremy Hunt? Adrian Goldberg takes soundings on a momentous week in politics from long serving Labour backbencher Steve McCabe and Byline Times political editor Adam Bienkov. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times.

All the latest from Heidi Siegmund Cuda the January 6th Hearings in Washington DC – which has sensationally voted to subpoena former President Donald Trump – this means he will be legally compelled to give evidence. Hosted by Adrian Goldberg. Hear more from Heidi at Radicalized Pod. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. Originally broa...

How did the UK’s financial crisis begin? How can do to solve it? And what does it mean for Liz Truss and her Chancellor Kwasi Karteng? Adrian Goldberg hears from Danisha Kazi, senior economist at Positive Money and Sam Bright, from Byline Times and author of Fortress London – Why We Need To Save The Country From Its Capital. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscribers to the B...

After the bombing of the Kerch Bridge which links Russia to Crimea, President Putin has commissioned missile assaults on major Ukrainian cities including the capital Kiev, as well as Zaphorizhia and Lviv. Putin has explicitly linked his latest round of death and destruction with the attack on the bridge, which is both strategically and symbolically important linking, as it does, Russia to a region...

Is Liz Truss about to go full Trump by relocating the UK Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem? If so, it's a decision which would be loaded with political signifigance. The PM told her Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid at the UN summit in New York last month that a move was under consideration. The proposal has been condemned both nationally and internationally with the Archbishop of Canterbu...

Adrian Goldberg hears reflections on the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham from Byline Times political editor Adam Bienkov, and Sir John Curtice, politics professor at the University of Strathclyde and senior research fellow at both Nat Cen Social Research and The UK in A Changing Europe. Produced by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.  

Adrian Goldberg hears from Hardeep Matharu and Peter Jukes about the hedge fund managers who have donated thousands of pounds to the likes of Boris Johnson, other Conservative MPs and the Tory party generally, and questions whether those who stand to personally benefit from what the government does should be in any position to wield influence inside Number 10 or Number 11 Downing Street.   Pr...

Dozens of people have died in street protests in Iran following the death in police custody of 22 year old Mahsa Amini, who was arrested by the morality police for allegedly violating the law that requires women to cover their hair with a hijab - or headscaf.   Adrian Goldberg hears from Nasrin Parvaz, a women's rights activist forced to flee Iran in 1993 after being imprisoned and tortured s...

Adrian Goldberg talks to Zarina Zabrisky in Odessa about Vladmir Putin’s annexation of four regions of Ukraine - and what that means for the war.   Russia recently held fake 'referendums' in Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson - areas it has seized in the south and east of the country - seeking to justify its invasion. Ukraine has already retaliated on the battlefield winning back the str...

What a week it’s been. The Bank of England was forced into a £65bn intervention to head off a pensions crisis triggered by new Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s Financial Statement which proposed a 5p in the pound cut in the top rate of income tax, funded by massive borrowing.  The markets were spooked, and a round of local radio interviews with Liz Truss to retrieve the situation was generally reg...

The UK is in the grip of a full blown financial crisis, with the Bank of England forced to make an emergency intervention because of “material risk to UK financial stability”. This in the aftermath of Kwasi Kwarteng’s Financial Statement which slashed taxes for high earners, and earned an unprecedented rebuke from the Washington-based International Monetary Fund who said that the government’s econ...