Stop the Count!

Pompey Politics Podcast

Simon Sansbury and Ian 'Tiny' Morris

Politics, News, News Commentary

5.0 • 4 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Inspired by the bunfight in the US about voting mechanisms, and the unverified shouting - we look at methods of voting this side of the Atlantic; Is proportional representation a great idea for better, reflective, representative democracies, or a recipe for chaos that wedges the door open for extremism? Is Voter ID a solution without a problem that risks disenfranchising voters who can't afford or don't need photo ID, or a way to keep our electoral process secure? With it being the 21st centiury where your phone unlocks with your fingerprints, or face, do we still need to vote in person, or is this just a way to let the hackers run wild with our elections and confound the technically challenged? We invited listeners to join us and make a for or against case for whichevver idea took their fancy.

Transcript

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0:00.0	The time is 6.27 p.m.
0:03.8	And welcome to the Pompey Politics Podcast.
0:09.6	Blue and yellow till we die. I'm Ian Tiny Morris.
0:12.6	And I'm Simon Sandspring.
0:30.9	So, Ian. So, Ian, I'm keeping my fingers crossed and hoping that the technology doesn't fail us, or I press a wrong button somewhere.
0:34.5	Has there been anything interesting happening this week?
0:36.3	Always a risk risk old son.
0:40.2	What a week in politics it's been.
0:45.6	Sest encriabler, they would say, if they were French.
0:46.9	But yes, they're not.
0:47.8	It's Americans.
0:49.6	Oh, good Lord.
0:52.0	Well, haven't we learned... Have we not learned...
0:59.0	I lost you after learned.
1:01.0	There's plenty that we probably should have learned.
1:06.0	A lot about life, yeah, a lot about life, love and electoral colleges.
1:12.7	Oh, that sounds like a very nice book that no one's going to write.
1:17.7	So, so today's show, we thought we'd make it completely crazy for ourselves and discuss a wide
1:25.3	range of topics in 40 minutes. What could possibly go wrong?
1:29.1	So we've invited on a couple of guests, and we've got some willing volunteers
1:32.6	that have decided to come in and speak either for or against some of the issues that we've
1:37.9	got on our card to discuss today.
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