BBC transcripts
17:48 Thursday 5th September 2013
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
[C]HRIS MANN: Modern architecture – would you stick up for it? The authors of a new book told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire this morning they thought many new buildings in Cambridge are hideous. But are they just old fogeys? Our very own Andie Harper spoke with David Jones earlier today, and this is what he had to say.
Continue reading “Hideous Cambridge”
17:55 Wednesday 4th September 2013
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
[C]HRIS MANN: The Cambridge Junction launches its new season this very evening, with a star studded showcase event of comedy, music, dance and theatre. It all begins at seven thirty. Tickets still available. And the Director Daniel Brine joined me earlier to tell me more. (TAPE)
DANIEL BRINE: We’re doing really well. We rebranded and relaunched, a soft relaunch in January. We’ve got a new line in which we say, “Cambridge Junction, the place where art meets life.” And we’re trying to open up people’s understanding of the world through the things we’re doing. And that’s proving really exciting for people.
CHRIS MANN: Of course there’s lots of spaces at the Junction. There’s not just one theatre there, there’s several.
DANIEL BRINE: Yes. One of the things that we’re lucky about is we’ve got the three spaces that we present work in. Big spaces. There’s lots of people know to come to the gigs and the clubs, but also the Little Theatre, which has about two hundred seats which is actually fantastic. Theatre and dance, but also lots of the comedy and smaller music gigs is in there. We also have the Small Space which is about 100, which is really intimate, and great for things like doing shows for young people.
CHRIS MANN: Is there any shortage of talent coming to appear in your spaces?
Continue reading “Daniel Brine – New Season At The The Cambridge Junction”
17:24 Tuesday 3rd September 2013
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
[C]HRIS MANN: The Foreign Secretary William Hague has been facing questions in the Commons on Syria, in the wake of Parliament’s decision not to take military action. President Obama is to seek authority from the US Congress next week on whether to launch missile strikes. The Foreign Secretary told MPs that any action by the Americans would be to prevent the future use of chemical weapons. Continue reading “UK Focus On Aid For Syrian Refugees”
17:23 Monday 2nd September 2013
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
[C]HRIS MANN: Should MPs be asked to vote again on the idea of military action against Syria? A number of high-profile politicians certainly think so. But a BBC poll suggests the majority of us are against military intervention. Joining us from Westminster with the latest political reporter Matthew Presland.
MATTHEW PRESLAND: Well Chris I mean the Government’s posistion on thie seems fairly clear to me. Downing Street has firmly ruled out a second vote by MPs on British involvement in Syria, but I mean even if more evidence you know against President Assad’s forces comes to light in the coming days and weeks they say. Now a Number 10 spokesman says the Government has absolutely no plans to go back to Parliament for another vote. And just about an hour ago in the Commons the Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said MPs had spoken, and that people should respect it. Continue reading “The Syria War Lobby”
08:25 Friday 30th August 2013
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
[D]OTTY MCLEOD: Britain won’t be taking military action in Syria, after the Government was defeated in a late night Commons vote. In a close result, MPs have voted against any intervention after a rebellion by thirty Conservatives and nine Liberal Democrats, those nine including Cambridge’s Julian Huppert. Action could still be taken by the United States and possibly France, but the Prime Minister told Parliament that the UK would not now be involved. (TAPE)
DAVID CAMERON: It is very clear tonight that while the House has not passed a Motion, it is clear to me that the British Parliament reflecting the views of the British people does not want to see British military action. I get that, and the Government will act accordingly. (CHEERS) (LIVE)
DOTTY MCLEOD: Well South Cambridgeshire’s Conservative MP Andrew Lansley was sitting on the front bench for the debate, had a good view. Andrew, this sounds like an electric debate. What was the atmosphere like in the Chamber? Continue reading “Andrew Lansley On The Syria Vote”
17:07 Tuesday 27th August 2013
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
CHRIS MANN: MPs will return to Parliament this Thursday, as Britain draws up plans for possible military action in Syria. David Cameron cut short his family holiday to get back to Downing Street and co-ordinate Britain’s response to a chemical weapons attack he believes was carried out by the Syrian regime. We can get the latest now from Westminster and our political reporter Ellie Zaniewska. Continue reading “Stewart Jackson On Syria”
17:40 Thursday 22nd August 2013
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
[C]HRIS MANN: Almost 400,000 homes in England have been given planning permission, but have yet to be built. The Local Government Association study found that little progress had been made in reducing the backlog over the past year. It comes after plans for another 1,600 homes were given the go-ahead in the Cambridge area just yesterday. Joining me in the studio now is Cllr Nick Wright, who’s the Cabinet Member for Planning and Economic Development on South Cambs Council. Hello Nick.
NICK WRIGHT: Good evening Chris.
CHRIS MANN: And on the phone, joining us from London, is Cllr Clyde Loakes ..
CLYDE LOAKES: Good evening.
CHRIS MANN: .. who’s Vice Chair of the Local Government Association’s Environment and Housing Board, and who is a councillor in Waltham Forest, down there in the smoke. So Clyde, tell us about this study. Just how bad are things? Continue reading “LGA Calls For Developers To Stop Hoarding Land And Get Building Houses”
17:18 Wednesday 21st August 2013
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
CHRIS MANN: A Cambridge University academic is casting doubts on the effects Winston Churchill’s wartime speeches had on the British public. Using the archives of Churchill College, Professor Richard Toye has questioned the accepted view that Churchill’s oratory was received enthusiastically by Britons, and was a decisive influence on the nation’s willingness to fight on against Hitler and the Nazis. His new book argues that Churchill’s speeches generated considerably more controversy and criticism than historians previously thought. Well Professor Toye joined me earlier.
RICHARD TOYE: The widespread popular belief is, and indeed amongst many historians is, that the speeches were received with near universal enthusiasm, and maybe there was a very tiny residue of people who were irreconcilable, but that basically the vast mass of the population felt completely inspired by these speeches.
CHRIS MANN: But your research for the University of Exeter which you’re carrying out this week at the Churchill Archives in Cambridge shows differently apparently. Continue reading “Churchill Speeches – A Mixed Reaction To Wartime Propaganda”