Culture
Jack Caramac on Brexit, Trump and Morrissey
S&C’s visual satirist Jack Caramac returns with another flurry of photo funnies.
Conservative
Politics
Portsmouth Gardeners’ Corner: The No-Magic-Money Tree
Portsmouth resident, aspiring gardener and S&C regular, Rosy Bremer, shares her tips on a recently discovered perennial, the No-Magic-Money Tree. July in the garden: it’s the back end of Wimbledon month, kids off-school time and [… read more ]
Politics
Election ’17 Results: Jack Caramac Special 1
After his popular Election ’17 Specials – check out Part I, Part II and Part III – Jack Caramac returns with some post-election responses to the media, and to our political leaders, at home and [… read more ]
Politics
We Care, But We Don’t Want You Here: A Message to Syrian Children
New S&C satirist Ash Jones unleashes his savagely satirical pen on April’s vote to refuse Syrian child refugees asylum in the UK, in which Pompey MP Flick Drummond sent a clear message to Syrian families [… read more ]
Social Issues
Portsmouth is a Divided City, But Not in the Way You Think
Deputy Leader of the Council, Cllr Luke Stubbs, explains why he believes Portsmouth’s social divisions are between the east and west – rather than the north and south – of the city. In politics at [… read more ]
Politics
Why I Support A Second Referendum
A response to the first referendum and hopes for a second from Francis Lovering, a concerned Portsmouth resident and European. The recent referendum has left more people distressed than the aftermath of any general election [… read more ]
Politics
Elections 2015: Safe Seats or Swing Seats?
On Thursday each of the city’s 14 wards have one seat up for election, so there’s something for everyone to play for, more or less. Sarah Cheverton looked at last year’s election results to find [… read more ]
News
Are We Letting The NHS Fail to Justify Privatising It?
As local junior doctors prepare to join their colleagues across the country for next week’s strike action, Dr V. Wagner is raising awareness of the government’s ongoing attack on our health service – collating the [… read more ]
News
Portsmouth Tory Dirty Tricks – A Degrading Episode
Shelagh Simmons reflects on the Tory smear plan revelations and concludes that the public deserves a lot more than the feeble excuses and hypocritical counter-arguments offered so far. Everyone knows that politics can be a nasty business and we have seen over [… read more ]
News
Sisters Uncut: Portsmouth Tories Should ‘Stop and Listen’ to Opponents, Not Smear Them
Following yesterday’s breaking news on S&C of a Tory plan to ‘smear’ opponents to council cuts, local charity Aurora New Dawn and campaign group Sisters Uncut respond. Hampshire charity Aurora New Dawn revealed today that [… read more ]