February 14th was valentines day. February 11th while not being valentines day was an expression of emotions other than love - to call it hate would be strong, but we'll let you decide..

The Cabinet Meeting of Portsmouth City Council met to review certain proposals ahead of the Council's Full Budget Meeting February 25th.

Full meeting details available here

Full meeting was streamed by PCC's Democratic Services

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As we mark the fifth anniversary of the UK leaving the EU, we celebrate that day and what’s happened since.

Tell us what you're celebrating from that night or since.

ADVISORY: There is some conversational swearing in this episode.

What if the future of the UK wasn't just decided in Westminster? In this week's episode, we dive into the government's green paper on devolution — a proposal that could decentralise power, reshape how we govern, and even change the UK's political map. What does this mean for you, and where could it lead?

We’re joined by Cllr Graham Heaney, lecturer at University of Portsmouth to talk us through what the proposals are, what they could mean for Portsmouth and the surrounding area.

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We welcome back Dr Lee Sartain, senior lecturer in American History at Portsmouth University to talk us through it and help us & our audience form a Brit’s view of proceedings.

Inauguration 2025 - The Brits' view

How does it all work?

What does it mean for the US & the rest of the world?

What are the opening hours of Trump’s second administration like?

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We take a little peek at the Full Council Agenda for Tuesday December 17th. Key things on the list (and we’re checking it twice):- 📮Post Office Closures - can we stop them? 🥣Breakfast clubs - can we promote them? 🏘️🏠HMOs - are we under counting them? 📈National Insurance increases - who can afford them? Links to PCC Agenda on our website www.pppodcast.uk

We invite back some Havant Borough Councillors to share the news from their rainbow coalition (Green, Lib Dem & Labour) since they took over running the council in May.

We're joined by:-

Cllr Philippa Gray, (Lib Dem. Bedhampton) Deputy Leader of Havant Borough Council & Cabinet Lead for Finance

Cllr Grainne Rason Bradley, (Green. Emsworth) Cabinet Lead for Environment & Water Quality & Climate Change Champion

Cllr Mark Coates (Labour. Hayling East) Chairman of Human Resources Committee

Cllr Paul Gray (Lib Dem. Hayling West) Cabinet Lead for Commercial & Chairman of Licensing Committee

Ahead of world world AIDS day we interview CP from Portsmouth Pride to talk to us about what it signifies and why it’s so important as well as what’s changed in since those Iceberg & monolithic tombstone informercials from the UK government in 1987.

all year Portsmouth https://queerallyear.co.uk/

Terrance Higgins Trust https://www.tht.org.uk

Terrance Higgins Quilt on display at RN Dockyard Portsmouth https://historicdockyard.co.uk/event/navy-threads/

Elton John AIDS foundation https://www.eltonjohnaidsfoundation.org

Portsmouth Pride https://www.portsmouthpride.org.uk/

We welcome two of Portsmouth’s producers of goods & services onto the show to hear about their businesses and the challenges they face.

Gary Fyles of Think Bigger Ltd, publisher & Growth Mindset coach & David Mugridge from Yarty Cordials Ltd, producing cordials inspired by family recipes.

We’re also joined by Cllr Ben Swann to help us understand a ward Councillor’s view of the challenges faced.

Do you run a business in the city? What do you have to say about the challenges facing your business today? What can local & national governments do to help businesses survive & thrive?

Yarty Cordials https://helloyarty.com

Thinking Bigger https://www.thinkingbiggerltd.co.uk