Lord Mayor of Portsmouth - Cllr Tom Coles

Pompey Politics Podcast

Simon Sansbury and Ian 'Tiny' Morris

Politics, News Commentary, News

5.0 • 4 Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Simon & Ian are joined by The Right Worshipful Lord Mayor of Portsmouth - Cllr Tom Coles - we ask him what a Lord Mayor does and what freedoms and powers they have. The Lord Mayor shares some amazing stories of his first six months in office and lets us know some of the history surrounding the robes, chain and mace that signifies the position. Lord Mayor’s Charities 2023/24 Portsmouth Hospitals Charity https://www.porthosp.nhs.uk/charity/ Homestart Portsmouth https://hsportsmouth.org.uk/ The Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity https://www.rnrmc.org.uk/donate Make sure to like, comment, share, subscribe, follow wherever you're hearing our podcasts so you know right away when our next episode is out.

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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.
0:10.8	Marvelous.
0:15.5	You join us live as we are truly now into the autumn season of the Pompey Politics Podcast.
0:22.2	The evening's starting to draw in.
0:24.8	You'll note my cat has come here.
0:26.6	We are both huddled together for warmth as all of the temperature has gone out of Portsmouth.
0:31.6	It appears today.
0:33.0	And we are joined by, to give the full title,
0:36.2	The Right Worshipful Lord Mayor of Portsmouth, Councillor Tom Coles. Welcome, Tom.
0:43.0	Hi, guys. How are you doing tonight? Really good. Thank you. Thank you for joining us.
0:48.0	Thanks for having me on. And Simon, I think the right worshipful mayor of Portsmouth councillor Tom Coles has been very gracious with us.
0:57.4	We don't have to use his full title for every question.
1:01.8	You guys can call me Tom, it's fine.
1:05.0	Thank you.
1:05.6	That's very, that's very kind of you.
1:08.1	It certainly makes it easier.
1:09.9	One of us was bound to trip up
1:11.4	eventually um so um yeah we're just just as a um a bit of an introduction looking at your
1:18.5	biography that's on the on the council's website you've certainly um you certainly had a varied
1:24.1	career that's kind of brought you um that's brought you from this point from a
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