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Green Party Voters Urged to Support NHA Candidate in Cosham

26th April 2019

Portsmouth Green Party are urging their voters to support the National Health Action Party candidate Dr Veronika Wagner in the local elections in Cosham on 2nd May. Sarah Cheverton reports. The Portsmouth Green Party announced [… read more ]

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Blue and Yellow Till We Die: Launch of New Pompey Politics Podcast

25th April 2019

A new podcast launched this week with the first episode focused on the upcoming council elections on 2nd May. There’s no shortage of politics podcasts out there, but this is a podcast with a difference [… read more ]

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Portsmouth After Brexit: What Do We Know?

3rd December 2018

The subject of Brexit comes up in the media every day, but there’s very little information on how it will affect the city. Community reporter Rosy Bremer decided to find out. Additional reporting by Sarah [… read more ]

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Portsmouth Writers’ Season: Vin Adams

21st September 2018

Local poet, actor and spoken word performer Vin Adams will be appearing at A Word In Your Ear, a Labour Party fundraising event at 7.15pm on Thursday 27th September at the Hunter Gatherer café, Albert [… read more ]

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Owen Jones Comes to Portsmouth to ‘Unseat The Tories’

27th March 2018

On Thursday 29th March, Owen Jones, author, columnist and Labour Party campaigner, is coming to Portsmouth for a mass-canvassing session open to all, followed by a Q and A session. Cal Corkery, Chair of Portsmouth [… read more ]

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If Portsmouth Housing Associations Can’t Provide ‘Affordable’ Housing, Who Can?

1st March 2018

Chair of Portsmouth Labour Party’s Housing Policy Forum Cal Corkery asks why a housing association operating locally is ignoring the council’s Tenancy Strategy. Additional reporting by Sarah Cheverton. On 14th February, Southern Housing Group, a [… read more ]

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Hampshire Fire Brigade Union Calls for Removal of Public Sector Pay Cap

24th July 2017

Rob Dellow of the Hampshire Fire Brigade Union (FBU) speaks about the impact of austerity on public sector workers and services at Saturday’s rally and march in Portsmouth calling for the removal of the public [… read more ]

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116,000 Women Across the Solent Region Need State Pension Equality

17th July 2017

With the General Election and more recently the offer of apprenticeships from a government minister, the Solent WASPI campaign against women’s state pension inequality has had a lot to deal with. Shelagh Simmons and Carolyne [… read more ]

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8 Reasons Why I Voted Labour for Portsmouth South

21st June 2017

Local writer and commentator Matt Wingett captured many S&C readers’ attention when he changed his mind about tactically voting for the Liberal Democrats in Portsmouth South and voted Labour. Here he outlines just some of [… read more ]

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It Ain’t Half Hotwalls: Could Portsmouth Politics Be Less Divisive?

15th June 2017

Portsmouth Green Party member, Mike Wines, gives a personal account of Tory Minister Phillip Hammond’s recent visit to the Hotwalls Studios and the somewhat surreal fracas between Labour and Conservative activists, members and campaigners that [… read more ]

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Planetbuilding Blues: A Letter to My Dead Parents

24th September 2026

Writer and planetary modeller David Angus recalls recent global and personal events in a letter to his dead parents, from anti-vaxxers to flying a Spitfire. By now Jill Mole should be with you and Arthur [… read more ]

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Portsmouth Union Branch Calls on University to Address Pension Inequality

10th September 2026

The Portsmouth branch of the UCU (University and College Union) has passed a motion calling on the management of the University of Portsmouth (UoP) to address pension inequality. The Branch contends that UoP has been [… read more ]

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Portsmouth Constituents Urge Stephen Morgan to Protest Oil Drilling and Support Fair Energy Transition

21st August 2026

Portsmouth constituents have sent a clear message to their MP Stephen Morgan demanding urgent action to help bring our energy bills down and increase energy security for our communities. The UK government is set to [… read more ]

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Green Open Homes Week: How Portsmouth Residents are Taking on the Energy Crisis

26th June 2026

Energy prices are a growing concern – but for some, getting ahead of the crisis has paid off. Local residents have been opening their doors to Nicholas Sebley of Portsmouth Climate Action to reveal how they [… read more ]

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Portsmouth UCU Branch Condemns Iran War and Calls for University Ethics Review

27th May 2026

The Portsmouth branch of the UCU (University and College Union) has passed a motion condemning the US and Israel’s illegal wars against Iran and Lebanon, and calling for an ethical review of the University of [… read more ]

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