As always, this is heavily inspired by some of my favourite artists. The vocal sounded so good, I had to make the song work around it.

Ringing The Alarm

In a change to our planned hustings, unfortunately the Green candidate Ian McCulloch was taken ill and not able to attend. We'd not heard from the Labour, Liberal Democrat or Conservative candidate so put our questions to George Madgwick standing in Paulsgrove for the Portsmouth Independents Party.

	1. Tell us about yourself, your history, why you're standing for the party you are?
	2. What are the top three issues for Paulsgrove - and what would you do about them?
	3. Anti-social behaviour and crime in general are issues across the city - what would you do to make Paulsgrove safer for its residents?
	4. What needs to change about how Portsmouth City Council works? 
	5. In a cost-of-living crisis, how is another year of maximum level council tax rises justified - what would you see done to help those struggling?
	6. The ward is poorly served when it comes to public transport - what would you do to change that? 
	7. If you're successful, what's top of your list do get done on day one? 

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Will We Ever

Our third episode sees Ian and Simon welcome three guests, Dave Ashmore (Libdems), Cal Corkery (Labour), and Scott Payter-Harris (Conservative), all elected to Portsmouth City Council on May 2nd. Our guests chose four questions at random from the fourteen questions devilishly folded into our Pompey Politics Podcast Pot of Pondering.

PPP 03 Winners and Grinners Special

Ian & Simon discuss the results of the European Parliament elections, how they shaped up in our region (South East) and nationally, what they mean for Brexit and what they mean for the Conservative Party Leadership contest. 

We apologise for the background sound of some kid playing outside. You’re not imagining it.

05 Everyone’s A Winner

PPP05 Everyone’s A Winner

Mr Kevin Thomas has not had a single visitor for more than ten years. He stays in his room at an old peoples home, cutting a lonely and bad tempered figure.  When a Nurse comes to see him, the residents and staff at the Home are amazed. This is a surprise, but of course Mr Thomas does not want to receive any visitors. Just what is his secret? And what news does the Nurse bring with her?

Written and Produced by Simon Sansbury. Starring Tom Rawlings as Green, with Iain Hamer, Lorinda Laing, Jenny Hamer and Emily Phillips. Beacon Productions (c) 2018.

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Five Agin

Two brothers-in-law, Ian Morris and Simon Sansbury from Portsmouth (UK) talk about local and national politics without the point scoring.

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