Pompey Politics Podcast

For the last show of our summer season, we invite the Leader of Portsmouth City Council, Steve Pitt back onto the show and ask him about the challenges for the city and his vision for the future.

Ahead of PCC’s Full Council meeting July 18th, we take a look at the agenda. Details of items on the discussion thread on the event. 🚑Should the council agree to forgo QA Hospital’s liability for infrastructure charges of £1/2m so they can spend it on a new CT scanner? 🚨Policing matters - what's the Police & Crime Commissioner doing to recruit & retain officers & PCSOs as well as pro...

We welcome Elliott Lee back to the show to share their experience of being arrested on the day of the coronation of King Charles IIIrd and held for seventeen hours.

We take three current topics and have a look at them in our own way - -The Court of Appeal in the UK struck down as unlawful the UK Government's policy of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda to have their claim processed. -Bank of England raised interest rates for the 13th time, to 5%. Will this tackle inflation, who will suffer the most? Is this the only way to deal with disparity between supply and...

We ask former Councillors Lynne Stagg & Robert New, who stood down in May to share their experiences being on the Council. What would they change? How can parties find candidates that better reflect the communities they aim to serve?

We welcome members of the LGBTQ+ community onto the show to share their experiences as well as their hopes and fears for the future. We're joined by Tally from Portsmouth Pride, Elliot & George with recorded elements from Edward - from the University of Portsmouth Students Union LGBTQ+ Society. Our website www.pppodcast.uk Follow us on Facebook, or subscribe to our channel on YouTube to make s...

We ask newly elected Councillors, Paul Gray (Lib Dem) - Hayling West, Mark Coates (Lab) - Hayling East to tell us what the first month has been like, what the issues are on Hayling Island and how they will improve residents' lives on a council dominated by the Conservative party with a majority of 22.

Ian & Simon return, recovered from the election chaos to reveal who's now in charge and ask if when the music stopped everyone had a chair to sit on.

Elections Eve 2023 in the Portsmouth local elections - we take our look at previous results and give our predictions of the results. Who do you think will win, and where? Catch previous episodes, including our 2023 ward hustings wherever you get your podcasts, on Facebook, Youtube or on our website. www.pppodcast.uk Live from the count: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD_gpYWt8JQ Listen to our 202...

We're joined by two of the candidates on the Hilsea ballot: 🟦 Scott Payter-Harris (Con) 🟥 Mariam Daniel (Lab) The other candidates on your ballot in Hilsea are: 🟧 Peter Williams (LibDem) 🟩 Emma Murphy (Grn) ⬜️ Emily Strudwick (PIP) You'll need photo ID 🪪 to vote🗳️ in person on May 4th. Set a reminder 🗓️to take yours. Follow / subscribe on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, or wherever you get your...

We invited the candidates standing in Eastney & Craneswater this year to our hustings. Four of the six candidates took part:` 🟧Peter Candlish (Liberal Democrats) 🟥Jane Shepherd (Labour) Mark Zimmer (Reform UK) 🟦Stephen Gorys (Conservative) The other candidates standing in your election on May 4th are: ⬜️Jenny Dobson (Portsmouth Independents Party) 🟩Tamara Groen (Green) You'll need photo I...

In our 5th ward hustings of the 2023 elections in Portsmouth we welcome Central Southsea candidates; Suzy Horton (Liberal Democrats) & Joshua Allen (Labour). We also read statements from Alicia Denny (Conservative). Other candidates in Central Southsea: Lee Tindal (Portsmouth Independents Party) Menno Groen (Green Party) You'll need photo ID to vote in person on May 4th: Apply for Voter Author...

On our 4th birthday, and 153rd episode, we bring you the Baffins ward hustings 2023: The candidates taking part are: 🟦Joe Standen (Conservative) ⬜️Paul Oakley-Cleife (Portsmouth Independents Party) 🟥Mark Farwell (Labour) The other candidates standing in your election on May 4th are: 🟧Leonie Oliver (Liberal Democrats* 🟩Bob Simmonds (Green) *Opening and closing statements were provided by the L...

Who gets your vote in the Portsmouth Nelson ward of Nelson in May's local elections? We're joined by two of the candidates vying for your votes: Duncan Robinson (Green) & Lee Hunt (Liberal Democrats). Unfortunately we were not able to secure Robin Head (Labour), Kerryanne Swann (Conservative), Henry Thorpe (Portsmouth Independents Party)

Graham Heaney (Labour) Richard Peckham (Portsmouth Independents Party) Martin Northern (Liberal Democrats) Join us to answer questions about the ward in our St Jude hustings 2023. 1. What do you hear on the doorstep as the biggest issue in St Jude? 2. St Jude hosts a lot of Southsea’s night-time economy, what needs to be done to keep this sector thriving while balancing the needs of residents? 3....

In our first virtual ward hustings for the 2023 local elections, we are joined by Cal Corkery & Yahiya Chowdhury who are standing as Independent and Liberal Democrats respectively. Details on our website www.pppodcast.uk Don't forget, you'll need photo ID to vote in person this election. Not yet registered to vote? You have until 17th April to do so. Want to register for a postal vote (don't n...

Charles Dickens ward councillor, Cal Corkery is up for re-election this year, only this time, the former Labour group leader of Portsmouth city council is standing as an independant, having been deselected and then expelled by the party that was his political home for many years. It really is a tale of two cities as Cal takes us through the best and worst of times, and what this means for the vote...

**Our apologies to any early listeners of this episode, a Tired Simon Error with an incomplete edit being uploaded has now been resolved*** On Tuesday, Portsmouth City Council held its last meeting of the full council before May's local elections where 14 of the 42 councillors face re-election. Was it a point-scoring exchange of leaflet writing soundbites or did harmony break out ahead of the elec...

Ian & Simon share what's changing about voting in person for local elections this May, what the arguments are behind the need to introduce photo ID and how you can secure photo ID for free or still vote without it. www.pppodcast.uk Accepted forms of ID: https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter/voter-id/accepted-forms-photo-id? Register to vote by 11:59pm April 17th (you'll need your...

It's all fair in love and politics, or is it? We take a look at the surprising unanimous support for PCC's 2023/24 budget on Tuesday and ask if the agreement inside the chamber extended as far as social media.

Hampshire & Isle of Wight, Deputy Police & Crime Commissioner - Terry Norton - returns to the show to answer questions about how residents' concerns about safety and response are being addressed.

As well as welcoming Paul Flenley from Portsmouth University back onto the show we're joined by Maricar Jagger who helps connected Ukraine refugees with hosts in the UK, Maryna Kuzmenko who supports Ukrainians here in the UK and back home, and Olha Mosondz who with her daughter is staying in Portsmouth until Putin's war ends. Links / Events discussed in the show: Ukrainian Memorial Service - Every...

Long time local campaigner, previous parliamentary candidate & businessman Rumal Khan joins us on the show to share his view of Portsmouth politics and the future for the city.

After the shock overturning of Kwarsi Karteng's blocking of the £1.2bn inter-connector project by the High Court, we invite Let's Stop Aquind back on the show. We ask if this ruling is a green light for Aquind's diggers to run a trench from Eastney to Lovedean? With the two Portsmouth MPs, and all local political parties against it, Is there still hope of stopping this project? Follow and help Let...

After Wednesday's residents' meeting with local Police, hosted by Cllr Lee Mason & Hampshire & Isle of Wight Police & Crime Commissioner Donna Jones we ask Cllr Mason what's being done to make Cosham residents feel safer. Sign up for the alerts Cllr Mason mentions at www.hampshirealert.co.uk Upcoming shows live on Facebook, YouTube or Twitter: 29/01/23 We invite ex Labour PPC for Ports...