Surrey Heath Cast: notes from the 'Blue Wall'
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Episodes of Surrey Heath Cast
Mark All
In today's episode (recorded in Friday 24th November 2023), Jacqui and Al discuss the full fallout from the Autumn Statement.We also discuss the rise in populism and nationalism signalled by the electoral victories of far right candidates in re
In today's episode (recorded in Friday 27th October 2023), Jacqui and Al discuss the war of words surrounding the Israel-Gaza crisis that is embroiling everyone from the Secretary-General of the United Nations to the BBC and what that reveals a
In this special episode of Surrey Heath Cast (recorded: Friday 13 October, 2023), Jacqui and Al discuss the appalling acts of terrorism in Israel this week, and take the long view by exploring the history of Israel-Palestine relations and how w
Fresh from the Liberal Democrat Autumn Conference in Bournemouth, Jacqui and Al reflect on our experiences as first time attendees - the highlights, the debates, the speeches, the votes, and the most impactful fringe events.This year's Lib Dem
In today's episode, Jacqui and Al focus on two big issues currently affecting Surrey Heath.First, we are delighted to welcome Councillor Shaun Mcdonald, the Leader of Surrey Heath Borough Council, to discuss this week's news that Surrey Heath B
**NEW SERIES**In this first episode in the new series, Jacqui and Al get stuck into the big stories of the past few weeks:What will be the impact of forcing criminals into the dock during sentencing proceedings? Why has Sunak parachuted Grant S
**NEW EPISODE OUT NOW: ATLANTIC ADVENTURES; WEAPONISING ULEZ; AND THE GREAT CAMBERLEY STINK.**In this end-of-season special episode, Jacqui and Al are joined by inspirational Atlantic rowers (and Surrey Heath residents) Andy Hodgson and Rosalin
In today's episode, Jacqui and Al dissect the three big by-election results form this week, including the amazing result for Sarah Dyke, the new Liberal Democrat MP for Somerton and Frome. We also discuss the likely response from the Tory party
In this episode, Jacqui and Al talk to Prof Steve Barnett (University of Westminster) about the Online Harms Bill - a hugely significant piece of the legislation that's currently meandering through parliament.We also talk about the future of Fr
In this episode, Jacqui and Al dissect the events of the past weeks, beginning with the publication of the Privileges Committee report into the conduct of Boris Johnson and the parliamentary debate on Monday (from which our MP abstained from vo
In this episode Jacqui and Al talk about some of the biggest local and national issues they've been engaging with over the last few weeks.We open by talking about the pay injustice being felt by members of the NHS family employed through Commun
In this belated Election Results Special, Jacqui and Al dissect the extraordinary local elections results that swept the Surrey Heath Liberal Democrats into the leadership of Surrey Heath Borough Council on 4th May. We also look ahead to the ne
In this Election Day Special - recorded LIVE at the Surrey Heath Lib Dem Campaign HQ - we dissect the Surrey Heath Lib Dems Borough election campaign 2023, explore what a polling day operation looks like, and look forward to results day….Specia
In this episode (the first after a short intermission for Easter), Al and Jacqui dissect the latest happenings in Sudan - drawing on Al's experiences in Khartoum and northern Sudan last year. We reflect on the UK Local Elections, which are now
In this episode, Al and Jacqui talk about a big week in politics - from Boris Johnson’s appearance in front of the House of Commons’ Privileges Committee and Baroness Casey’s report into the Met Police (and the response from Surrey’s Police and
In this episode (the first after Al's return from the Falkland Islands), Al and Jacqui reflect on Al's visit to the Falklands and dig into the government's new "Stop the Boats" Bill. We also talk about sad disappearance of still more retail pre
In this episode, Al and Jacqui reflect on this week's terrible events in Turkey and Syria, where a series of earthquakes have claimed close to 20,000 lives so far. We talk about 'double disasters', and the impact of disasters on already disast
In this episode, Al dials in from Nicosia - the last divided capital in Europe - and we get a chance to talk about the origins of the cultural, social, political and geographical divisions that continue to segment Cyprus, 49 years after the eve
In this episode, the first of 2023, Jacqui and Al catch up on the big stories in the news from the past few weeks, including the Prince Harry revelations, and what they tell us about the relationship between the UK media and the monarchy; the b
In this episode we talk about the government's plans to enforce mandatory ID for voting in the UK and the injustices that this looks set to bake into our electoral process and ask "what could possibly motivate this government to suppress the vo
In this episode we take a look back at Jeremy Hunt's autumn budget and test whether we predicted it right (spoiler: we did, mostly!).We also talk about the UK housing scandal/crisis and how that's playing out in "Blue Wall" constituencies like
This is Episode 1 of the brand new "Surrey Heath Cast", presented by Dr Al Pinkerton (Geopolitics/Royal Holloway and Liberal Democrat PPC for Surrey Heath) and Jacqui Hames (BBC Crimewatch).Each week we will explore the things that really matte
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