Eastney & Craneswater 2023 hustings - who gets your vote?

Pompey Politics Podcast

Simon Sansbury and Ian 'Tiny' Morris

News, Politics, News Commentary

5.0 • 4 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2023

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

We invited the candidates standing in Eastney & Craneswater this year to our hustings. Four of the six candidates took part:` 🟧Peter Candlish (Liberal Democrats) 🟥Jane Shepherd (Labour) Mark Zimmer (Reform UK) 🟦Stephen Gorys (Conservative) The other candidates standing in your election on May 4th are: ⬜️Jenny Dobson (Portsmouth Independents Party) 🟩Tamara Groen (Green) You'll need photo ID to vote in person on May 4th. 5pm April 25th is your last chance to apply for free photo ID. Links to details on our website www.pppodcast.uk The questions we asked: 1. What are the key issues facing this ward? 2. What would you see the council do to help local shopping areas survive and thrive? 3. With many leisure and entertainment attractions bringing large numbers of visitors to the ward. How to fix the challenges and make the best of the opportunities this presents? 4. Name the one service or facility residents don't have access to that you would see provided? 5. 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? 6. Parking is a problem here as in most parts of the city. How can we solve parking & end rat-run culture without pitting car users against those choosing active travel? 7. Anti social behaviour, burglary & theft is blighting the lives of residents. What’s your solution? 8. If successful, what would be the one thing you’d want to see implemented to improve life for residents of the ward?

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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 Sandsbury.
0:13.0	Good evening and apologies to everyone for the technical issue that's caused us to be very, very late there.
0:18.9	And thank you to our guests' candidates
0:22.4	for bearing with us. We had a issue that prevented us going live there. And hopefully
0:28.7	Ian is still on the phone and we can hear him. I am still poised absolutely in a state of
0:36.4	cat-like readiness to jump into the Eastley and Craneswater Hustings.
0:41.1	One of our favourite wards in the city is we always get good engagement.
0:44.6	And first time in this season of podcasts, we've managed to get four candidates to turn in.
0:50.0	So would you like to make the introduction, Simon?
0:52.3	I shall.
0:52.8	We're joined by Jane Shepard from Labour, Mark Zimmer from Reform UK, Peter Candlish from the Liberal Democrats and Stephen Gourys from the Conservatives.
1:00.9	And welcome all.
1:02.5	Easton Crane's Water.
1:05.8	It's a ward that's changed hands several times over the last few years.
1:09.6	We're very, very lucky to have all four candidates with us this evening
1:12.3	and to be doubly patient,
1:13.6	considering the IT issues that we've just having happening.
1:17.1	And so rather than kind of talk more about that,
1:21.6	just let's kind of try and go straight into our opening speeches.
1:26.3	Now, before we tried to go live, we had, we conducted a coin toss,
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