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Pompey Politics Podcast
Simon Sansbury and Ian 'Tiny' Morris
5.0 • 4 Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2021
⏱️ 56 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Pompey Politics Podcast. |
| 0:02.7 | I'm Ian Tiny Morris. |
| 0:04.5 | And I'm Simon Sandsbury. |
| 0:14.3 | For only the second time in our nearly 100 episodes, we actually have an international line of guests this evening. |
| 0:21.9 | So this week, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industry, |
| 0:25.8 | quasi-quarting, having once before delayed making his decision on whether to allow the Aquind Interconnector project, |
| 0:32.0 | decided to delay it yet again until the end of January. |
| 0:35.9 | In his last minute announcement the, of, um, |
| 0:38.1 | in his last minute announcement, |
| 0:39.2 | he cited that he required clarification on several issues, |
| 0:43.2 | but that the new deadline was, |
| 0:44.8 | quote, |
| 0:45.3 | without prejudice to the decision. |
| 0:48.1 | Um, |
| 0:48.3 | now our local politicians, |
| 0:50.2 | um, |
| 0:51.1 | made some quite clear statements with, |
| 0:52.9 | with regard to this. |
| 0:55.9 | Um, the, the, we've got a direct comment from the Liberal Democrat leader of Portsmouth City Council, |
| 1:01.9 | Council of Gerald Vernon Jackson. |
| 1:04.0 | He said the minister removed this decision from local councils to himself, |
| 1:07.9 | so a decision could be reached quickly. |
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