Pompey Politics Podcast

Ian and Simon welcome Geoff Priestley - General Manager of The Wedgewood Rooms & Richard Stride, founder of Groundlings Theatre Company to talk about how arts & culture organisations & venues are dealing with lockdown and what their future might be post lockdown. We apologise for technical issues with this episode. http://www.wedgewood-rooms.co.uk https://groundlings.co.uk

Ian and Simon chance their luck on their first double interview with guests Cllr Suzy Horton (Lib Dem) & Cllr Terry Norton (Con) to discuss whether children can return to schools safely on June 1st as the Government has asked and if Portsmouth's schools are ready.

Ian & Simon invite local Green Tim Sheerman-Chase onto the show to ask him about Green politics in a lockdown and the future for Portsmouth.

Accompany Ian & Simon as they listen to the Prime Minister's address to the nation on May 10th 2020 and comment on his pronouncements. Did the boys think his message was clear and worthy or fumbled and shoddy?

Ian & Simon are joined by founder of popular local politics Facebook group, Portsmouth Politics, Si Bunting. They discuss the valid or honest use of numbers & if bailing out airlines is a good use of taxpayers' funds.

Ian & Simon invite Cllr Terry Norton onto the show for the first time to talk about life in Drayton & Farlington, how the city is weathering the Coronavirus crisis and coming together, what the role is of a political opposition in times of crisis and the recent announcement from Portsmouth City Council that the road along the seafront will be closed all week from May 1st to allow greater space for...

In an effort to avoid talking about lockdowns and social distancing, Ian and Simon gaze at their podcasting navels as they look back on the last twelve months of podcasting. They're amazed to recall that their little podcast has welcomed no less than nine different city councillors, two of which were the Leader & Deputy Leader of Portsmouth City Council. We've heard from four parliamentary candida...

If you'd like to support the fantastic work done in Portsmouth by the Hive, please go to their website www.hiveportsmouth.org.uk. Deputy Leader of Portsmouth City Council, Steve Pitt joins us today to talk about all the changes needed in Portsmouth to make sure the city's vulnerable are looked after at this critical time.

Ian and Simon invite Cllr Cal Corkery back onto the show to discuss, what's the future for the Labour Party after Keir Starmer's resounding win of the leadership contest? What future do people want for our society when the Covid19 end?

Ian and Simon work their way through most of their list of events to discuss this week. 1) ICO - saying the UK government can use some mobile phone data in the fight against the Corona Virus. 2)Why isn't the UK in the EU procurement scheme? Cock-up or, ideologically driven conspiracy or just logic? 3) With Prince Charles, the PM, Health Secretary, Secretary of State for Scotland and the CMO either...

Ian and Simon invite Cllr Suzy Horton and Cabinet Member for Education, on the show. Suzy talks to us about the challenges of the last week, how teachers and students are responding to the unprecedented closure of schools, cancellation of GCSE and A level examinations and potentially ending the school year early.

With so many things changing this week, a budget that barely anyone can remember, our guest pulling out, and well.. the country gripped by 24/7 coverage of the Coronavirus pandemic Ian & Simon put their slant on things.

Ian and Simon welcome Portsmouth political stalwart John Ferrett onto the show to discuss life as an independent councillor in a partisan Portsmouth. What's next for him? What future does he feel the Labour party has in store?

Ian & Simon are joined by local activist Ivy Burrows, Video search engine CTO & programmer - Craig Stadler www.peteyvid.com and co-founder of local independent news organisation Star & Crescent www.starandcrescent.org.uk - Tom Sykes We ask, what is Fake News? Is it new? How can you avoid it? Who does it help?

Ian and Simon discuss the value of listening to whistleblowers, the value of truth when everyone is calling everyone else a liar and somehow end up talking about trade deals and Huawei and what is an 'Australia style' trade deal anyway?

Cabinet Member for Health, Wellbeing & Social Care Matthew Winnington is our very first guest by telephone. Matt talks about the issues retaining GP provision in Portsmouth. Apologies for any issues with the sound. Simon forgot to press all the right buttons on our new mixer and had to recover Matt's call from the Facebook Live Video feed.

Ian and Simon mark the UK ceasing to be a member of the European Union by holding their first live podcast and inviting listeners to call in. The audience may have been too drunk, tired, shy (or all of the above) to call in, but the boys opine about Brexit and the future for the UK in their usual style. *note* some swearing in this episode.

Ian & Simon talk without authority on President Trump's latest attempt to throw the world away in nuclear war before moving on to discuss the first casualty of Labour's leadership race as they decide who should replace Jeremy 10 out of 10 Corbyn before finally discussing one of the motions to be raised at the full Portsmouth City Council meeting January 14th - the first since October.

In what will probably be our last podcast of 2019, Ian and Simon discuss how things went locally and nationally in Thursday's General Election. With Stephen Morgan bucking the disastrous national trend for Labour to retain the seat in Portsmouth South.

With calendar commitments keeping the two incumbents away from our microphones Ian and Simon decide to subject themselves to the Pompey Politics Podcast Pot of Pondering questions they'd subjected their guests to. Ahead of Thursday's election the insightful nonsense continues.

Fourth of what we hope will be six interviews with the major party candidates in Portsmouth's two constituencies. This episode, Antonia Harrison, Liberal Democrat candidate for Portsmouth North. All guests will be presented with two introductory questions plus three they choose at random from the Pompey Politics Pot Of Pondering. • Each guest is invited to introduce themselves and give an insight...

The third of what we hope will be six interviews with the major party candidates in Portsmouth's two constituencies. This episode, Gerald Vernon-Jackson, Liberal Democrat candidate for Portsmouth South. All guests will be presented with two introductory questions plus three they choose at random from the Pompey Politics Pot Of Pondering. • Each guest is invited to introduce themselves and give an...

**please note - audio file updated** The second of what we hope will be six interviews with the major party candidates in Portsmouth's two constituencies. This episode, Amanda Martin, Labour Party candidate in Portsmouth North. All guests will be presented with two introductory questions plus three they choose at random from the Pompey Politics Pot Of Pondering. • Each guest is invited to introduc...

The first of what we hope will be six interviews with the major party candidates in Portsmouth's two constituencies. This episode, Donna Jones, Conservative party candidate in Portsmouth South. All guests will be presented with two simple questions plus three they choose at random from the Pompey Politics Pot Of Pondering. • Each guest is invited to introduce themselves and give an insight into wh...

Ian & Simon discuss the start of the general election campaigns. Also under review are the two constituencies in Portsmouth, with one needing a close eye as a three-way marginal that's changed hands between the major three parties in the last three elections. The parliamentary candidates for the major parties are all the leaders for their respective parties in Portsmouth council.