Baffins hustings 2023 - who gets your vote?

Pompey Politics Podcast

Simon Sansbury and Ian 'Tiny' Morris

News, News Commentary, Politics

5.0 • 4 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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On our 4th birthday, and 153rd episode, we bring you the Baffins ward hustings 2023: The candidates taking part are: 🟦Joe Standen (Conservative) ⬜️Paul Oakley-Cleife (Portsmouth Independents Party) 🟥Mark Farwell (Labour) The other candidates standing in your election on May 4th are: 🟧Leonie Oliver (Liberal Democrats* 🟩Bob Simmonds (Green) *Opening and closing statements were provided by the Liberal Democrat candidate, which were read out on her behalf. 🪪You'll need photo ID to vote 🗳️ in person in May's election. 🚨Last date to register to vote; 17th April 🚨Last date to apply for postal vote (& not need ID): 18th April 🚨Last date to apply for Voter Authority Certificate (free photo ID): April 25th The questions we asked:- 1. What are the key issues facing this ward? 2. Baffins has had a range of independent shops, what needs to be done to protect these? 3. How can the need for affordable housing be met while restricting the proliferation of HMOs? 4. Inflation in food, energy bills & even council tax typify the cost of living crisis. With many families struggling, what would you see the council do to help? 5. Parking is a problem in most parts of the city. As we move to more electric vehicles, and a large number streets only having on street parking, how can this challenge be met? 6. With our households using ever more electricity, what are your thoughts on the Aquind interconnector and what it would mean for the city if it goes ahead? 7. Baffins Pond is a well loved community space, but is regularly blighted by ASB and littering, what more needs to be done to protect it? 8. The almost certain outcome of the election is NOC, how would you ensure you get the best deal for Baffins residents? If successful, what would be the one thing you’d want to see implemented to improve life for residents of the ward? www.pppodcast.uk Please remember to like / subscribe / follow us wherever you get your episodes of the Pompey Politics Podcast. Facebook / YouTube / Twitter / Apple podcast / Google Podcasts / Spotify / Amazon Podcasts / Soundcloud ...

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0:00.0	Good evening and welcome to the Pompey Politics Podcast.
0:03.0	I'm Ian Tini Morris.
0:04.7	And I'm Simon Sandsbring.
0:13.3	Good evening and welcome to our Baffin's Hustings.
0:15.7	Yes, good evening, everybody.
0:17.2	Oh, what a birthday party we're having today.
0:20.0	So thank you, everybody, for joining us.
0:22.1	Today is our fourth birthday, episode 152 and still going strong. And as you might imagine,
0:30.0	with every party that there comes with strife as well. So we have been bedeviled by technical issues
0:36.5	this evening, which Simon has masterfully dragged us through as always. And thank you to all of our guests for
0:43.7	their patience. So we are down in Baffins. And we have marvellously three guests joining us
0:51.1	tonight, Simon. Do you want to make the introductions um indeed so this evening we are
0:55.8	joined um by um joe uh standen from the conservatives and uh by paul oakley clef from the
1:03.5	portsmouth independence party um and i just noticed i've got their icons in the wrong place
1:08.7	and my apologies i'm just going to fix that um and later at the last minute, we were joined by Mark Farwell from the Labour Party.
1:15.8	So thank you, Mark, for joining us.
1:19.2	I am just going to sort out where everybody is on the screen so that their actual names work match up.
1:26.0	Oh, worry.
1:26.8	So whilst you're doing that, Simon, I will give you the overview of Baffin.
1:32.3	So Baffin's right in the heart of Portsmouth.
1:36.3	Sits kind of on the north-south divide.
1:38.3	It is the wharf that is in, technically in the north, but I always think of it as the south. Those of you that
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