Phil Mercer
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Phil Mercer Life story
Phil Mercer is an English radio presenter born in Reigate, Surrey. He currently presents the Sunday Gardening and Food show Garden Café with Sophie Grigson on BBC Radio Oxford.
Australia election: PM Scott Morrison calls poll for 21 May
... AnalysisBy Phil Mercer in SydneyA complete blank page or a bully with no moral compass ...
Australia landslide: UK family in 'wrong place at wrong time'
... A year dominated by storms and floodsby Phil Mercer, in the Blue MountainsTorrential rain has returned to the Blue Mountains...
Australia fires: 'Spooky-feeling in Kangaroo Valley
... The BBC s Phil Mercer reports from Kangaroo Valley in New South Wales...
'At us like a monster': High winds increase, Australia fire fear
... The BBC s Phil Mercer witness, like a sand storm, as the authorities fear, it is the task of the fire brigade would be much more difficult and dangerous...
Gladys Liu: in The line of a pioneering Chinese-Australian MP
... The BBC s Phil Mercer reports from Sydney...
Australia ABC raids expose lack of whistleblower protection
...Police raids this week on an Australian journalist s home and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation have left some people asking whether the country is doing enough to protect those who try to expose wrongdoing, as the BBC s Phil Mercer reports from Sydney...
Australia election: PM Scott Morrison calls poll for 21 May
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called a federal election for 21 May.
Mr Morrison's ruling coalition holds 76 seats in The House of Representatives - the minimum needed to retain power.
Polls suggest there will be a change of government, with the opposition Labor Party , led by Anthony Albanese , tipped to take office.
However, in The Last election, Scott Morrison defied predictions by remaining as Prime Minister .
Mr Morrison announced the date after talks with The Governor General in the capital, Canberra.
He is The First Prime Minister to serve a Full Term in office since fellow Liberal John Howard , who won four elections before losing to Labor's Kevin Rudd in 2007.
Since then, what observers call The Coup culture of Australian politics has led to a series of short-lived premierships.
Mr Morrison's Liberal-led coalition is defending a one-seat majority. Even though it has won seven of The Past nine federal elections, it may be hard-pressed to do so again, say political analysts.
AnalysisBy Phil Mercer in Sydney
A 'complete blank page' or 'a bully with no moral compass'. On 21 May, Australians will choose between an opposition leader derided as clueless and inexperienced, or an incumbent Prime Minister who's fending off allegations of racism and an intimidatory style of leadership.
Scott Morrison 's centre-right government is Under Pressure , but it's led by a former marketing executive who's become a political survivor and defied the polls to win the so-called " miracle" election in 2019.
Remarkably, Mr Morrison is The First Australian Prime Minister to serve a Full Term since John Howard in 2007. His Labor challenger, Anthony Albanese , presents himself as a measured, gently progressive alternative.
The handling of the pandemic and Natural Disasters , as well as National Security and The Environment , will sway voters, but as the cost of living rises, the 21 May poll will ultimately be decided by one dominant issue - the Economy .
Source of news: bbc.com