Keir Starmer visits Portsmouth on Leap Day to explain why he should be the next Labour leader. Local writer and editor Abbie Headon shares her experience of the event. I don’t think I’ll ever forget [… read more ]
By an anonymous contributor. Jul 2016: Britain holds a referendum, the result of which is to tell the EU to sod off. Dec 2020: Britain leaves the EU without a deal. Downing Street accuses the [… read more ]
Almost a month on from the election, the left is still hurting. In a familiar ritual, various political cliques are angrily claiming that everything that happened vindicates their particular perspective. Local writer and activist Simon [… read more ]
Local writer Richard Williams explains how he decided who to vote for in this election, and how lying politicians are undermining our democracy. It’s easy to forget amongst the noise of an election campaign that [… read more ]
Portsmouth University Visiting Lecturer and stand-up comic Matthew Alford takes a lighthearted glance at the 2019 General Election campaign, which he follows swiftly with a heavy-hearted gawp. I am the perfect person to write a [… read more ]
As Johnson and Corbyn clash over Brexit, students who tuned in to the ITV leaders’ debate are left wondering who to trust and believe, but they still can’t vote, writes Zoë Ingram, a student at [… read more ]
Pompey’s favourite party political podcast returns with hosts Ian ‘Tiny’ Morris and Simon Sansbury throwing themselves back into the <insert expletive here> mess in parliament and confusion that besets the country. Our intrepid hosts make some further analysis [… read more ]
Pompey’s favourite party political podcast has released two episodes since we last featured them on S&C, so there’s twice as much local politics to catch up on. Hosts Ian ‘Tiny’ Morris and Simon Sansbury are joined by local [… read more ]
The Prime Minister Theresa May recently announced a festival of British culture, sport and innovation to take place in 2022, inspired by the Great Exhibition of 1851. S&C can now exclusively reveal an anonymously leaked [… read more ]
The Labour leader’s comments on British foreign policy last Thursday have been slammed by blowhards and hypocrites. Mark Wright makes the case for a more mature response. ‘No rationale based on the actions of any [… read more ]
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