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The Political Party

Election 24 Special, Ep 22

The Political Party

The Political Party

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4.82.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

The Battlebus picks up speed as we hurtle towards polling day with more trips to the seaside! Woohoo!

 

Today's candidates are:

 

Mark Maguire, Labour, Castle Point 

X: @MarkMaguireX

W: https://www.castlepointlabour.org.uk/

 

Tim Bearder, Lib Dem, Gosport

X: @timbearder

W: https://www.facebook.com/TimBearderUK/?_rdr

 

Alison Taylor, Labour, Paisley and Renfrewshire North 

X: @Alison_S_Taylor

W: https://alisontaylor.org.uk/

 

Colin McGrath, SDLP, South Down

X: @ColinSDLP

W: https://www.sdlp.ie/colin_mcgrath

 

Just 559 to go...

If you are a candidate or know one who'd like to come on the show, email [email protected]

 

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0:00.0

BP is working to bring more lower carbon energy to the UK, like developing offshore wind,

0:06.1

and we're keeping oil and gas flowing from the North Sea. It's and not all. That's how BP is backing Britain. Well today we're mostly in oil and gas.

0:16.0

We increased the proportion of our global annual investment that went into our lower carbon and other transition businesses from around 23% in 2023.

0:27.2

BP.com slash and not all. Hello and welcome to episode 22 of this special election 24 series trying to

0:47.3

interview a candidate in every single one of and fifty constituencies in this general election at the start of today's show 563

0:58.8

remain by the end of today's show 5 559. I've done almost a hundred, but of course that leaves

1:06.2

quite a few. Can I do it? I don't know, but maybe you can help. Get in touch.

1:11.8

Political Party Podcast at gmail.com if you're standing in this election in a seat that I haven't already

1:17.7

featured yet or if you work for a candidate or know a candidate and can put me directly in touch I'd be very very grateful.

1:25.1

We have some fantastic candidates for you today and thank you for all the messages and the wonderful

1:29.1

messages on the reviews.

1:31.7

Please do leave a five-star written review. It helps other people find the

1:34.2

podcast and a lot of people have got in touch on social media, on the email and

1:40.9

via the reviews to just say what a positive experience this has been and how much

1:46.2

they're enjoying consuming the general election in this way and how I mean it's I've found it doing it.

1:53.2

It's joyous and this is how elections feel when you work in them is this is your

1:59.3

experience of them and I feel like if the only thing you consume is the national news or

2:03.8

occasional bits of national coverage it can feel quite stressful and annoying and

2:07.4

you feel that actually it's not reflecting the conversations that you're

2:11.7

having in your house or with your friends or with your community.

2:16.2

This show I think really showcases what people are really talking about and the impact that

2:21.7

good local candidates can have.

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