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Pompey Politics Podcast: Empty VESLs Make the Most Noise

20th October 2020

Pompey’s favourite party political podcast returns with hosts Ian ‘Tiny’ Morris and Simon Sansbury. In this week’s episode, after fighting technical issues and human error, Ian and Simon review the goals from last week’s Full Council Meeting. Should [… read more ]

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Pompey Politics Podcast: Independents Day

10th March 2020

Pompey’s favourite party political podcast returns with hosts Ian ‘Tiny’ Morris and Simon Sansbury. In this week’s episode, the guys welcome Portsmouth political stalwart Cllr John Ferrett onto the show to discuss life as an independent councillor in [… read more ]

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What is Happening to the Healthy Living Centre Paulsgrove?

29th October 2019

Last week, we received concerns on social media from the local community about the closure of Paulsgrove and Wymering Healthy Living Centre, so we set out to discover what was happening. Here’s what we found. [… read more ]

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Election ’17: Portsmouth Socialist Party Backs Jeremy Corbyn

29th May 2017

When the leader of the opposition pledges to bring the railways and energy giants under public control, you know this is no ordinary election. Joe Larkin, a member of the Portsmouth branch of the Socialist [… read more ]

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Portsmouth Momentum: What’s the Problem?

12th October 2016

S&C Contributing Editor and Portsmouth Momentum member Maddie Wallace digs beneath the media smears to find out what Portsmouth Momentum is, why it angers establishment Labourites and its role in local campaigns against austerity, racism [… read more ]

Politics

The Labour Party Split: The View From Portsmouth

8th September 2016

Our contributing editor Maddie Wallace investigates the local consequences of the biggest crisis in the Labour Party since the formation of the SDP in 1981. As even people living in steel bubbles on Mars will [… read more ]

Politics

Dear Jeremy Corbyn

14th April 2016

I am writing to seek your advice about the upcoming council elections. I am a proud socialist and one of the 251,417 people who voted you in as leader of the Labour Party last August. [… read more ]

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Think Tank: The Podcast Part I

30th September 2015

Back in April, stand up comedian Joe Wells wrote about what motivated him to create a new series of live political comedy shows called Think Tank. If you missed it, fear not, because Joe has kindly [… read more ]

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Culture

A ‘Clash of Worlds’: Think Tank Puts the Laughs into Politics

20th April 2015

Stand up comedian Joe Wells writes about his new project bringing together politicians and comics for themed political debate. If I have achieved just one thing in the past 5 years working as a stand [… read more ]

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What’s Missing from Local News in Portsmouth? And How do we Fix it?

11th June 2025

S&C Editor Dr Sarah Cheverton shares insights from her PhD research on the local news crisis in her second article for Indie News Week (9th-16th June 2025). Building on her first article about the local [… read more ]

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What’s Happened to Local News in the UK and What Does it Mean for Portsmouth?

8th June 2025

This week, to mark Indie News Week 2025, S&C Editor Dr Sarah Cheverton is drawing from her recent PhD research on the local news crisis to talk about the dramatic changes to local news over [… read more ]

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Local News Crisis, Portsmouth: Sign the Petition to Help Regenerate Independent News

8th June 2025

This week – 9th-16th June – is Indie News Week, showcasing the importance of funding community-based journalism across the UK. The campaign’s organisers, the Public Interest News Foundation, has launched a petition calling on the government to support independent local news publishers and even up the playing field between independent local publishers and the large news corporations that own most of the UK’s local news titles.  [… read more ]

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Record Breaking £11 Billion is Still Not Enough to End the Special Educational Needs Crisis

17th May 2025

Parents and teachers left ‘overwhelmed’ by the failing SEN system in England’s schools, reports University of Portsmouth journalism student Ivana Domozetska. ‘I will do everything and anything for my daughter to get the support she [… read more ]

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Portsmouth City Council Plans £7.5 Million Boost in SEND for New Special School

17th May 2025

Portsmouth City Council (PCC) is planning to invest £7.5 million in the Omega Arts Centre in Southsea to convert it into a special needs school. University of Portsmouth journalism student Ivana Domozetska reports. This will cover [… read more ]

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