GUEST BLOG: Selwyn Manning – New Podcast The Bradbury Group Launches in NZ
Editor’s Note: I’m pleased to say my old friend Martyn ‘Bomber’ Bradbury has launched his new programme and podcast titled The Bradbury Group.
Martyn needs no introduction to New Zealanders. Under his handle ‘Bomber’ he’s been at the forefront of political debate, especially from a left perspective, for decades.
What is particularly refreshing about this latest broadcasting initiative is that Martyn has been unleashed from the constraints of his previous show, The Working Group, and its funders. You can read all about that over on dev.thedailyblog.co.nz/ which is Martyn’s own blog site.
He launched the first episode of The Bradbury Group with a cracking line up. First up was Labour leader Chris Hipkins for 10 minutes, where Martyn put a number of concerns to Hipkins – including issues which concern many among the left of centre on Labour and where it is positioning itself under Hipkins’ leadership.
Then followed a panel discussion which included; Ti Pati Maori president John Tamahere, CTU chief economist Craig Rennie, and centre-right commentator and columnist Matthew Hooton.
Also, The Bradbury Group has already been the subject of New Zealand Parliamentary debate with the National-led coalition Government finance minister Nicola Willis citing it in her attacks on the leader of the opposition, Labour’s Chris Hipkins. Willis probably doesn’t realise it, but by raising The Bradbury Group in Parliament she gave the new programme a huge lift – that’s a promotion that advertising money can’t buy!
You can subscribe and follow The Bradbury Group on Youtube, dev.thedailyblog.co.nz/, Waatea Radio, and you can watch it live on PodTalk.live here.
“The Bradbury Group has already been the subject of New Zealand Parliamentary debate…..” Selwyn Manning
As the mainstream media fails us in addressing the hard issues, Martyn Bradbury steps into fill the political vacumme I expect to see many more mentions of the Bradbury Group in parliamentary debates.
This new Bradbury Group could have legs, Martyn’s rapprochement approach to various right wingers has been galling to some of us–though obviously you try and unite all who can be united on various issues–but such alliances tend not to last and peoples opportunism and class position always surface.
Good luck to The Bradbury Group. Is your podcast with Pablo coming back Selwyn?
Hey TM. Thanks for asking. Pablo and I are hoping to bring A View from Afar podcast back soon. We miss digging into the global issues too.