Politix and Chill

Ben Weisz has a sit down on the sea front and looks back at the highlights of the last three months of walking with MPs.

Huw Merriman on bees, Lloyd Russell Moyle on being ginger and Jeremy Hunt on switching off.

Editor: Richard Culver

Pack your thermals and your second (and third) jumper for this chilly walk round Tilgate lake with Crawley’s MP Henry Smith.

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Ambling along the Adur river this week with East Worthing and Shoreham MP Tim Loughton.

We discuss his burgeoning acting career, which noises to make in Parliament, and pick out our favourite houseboats.

But in a month where MPs’ second jobs have come under intense scrutiny, Tim defends his work outside Parliament – explaining why he feels it adds value to his constituents, his work and the children his employers help.

And after a stressful few years in Westminster – is Parliament’s mindfulness champion still finding time to cogitate in the bath?

Editor: Richard Culver

In the grounds of a mansion built for George II’s mistress, Lib Dem MP for Twickenham Munira Wilson begins our walk along the Thames.

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Into the woods with Sarah Jones MP this week – as we discover the wild parkland in the heart of her Croydon constituency, not far from where she grew up.

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In the town of Polegate, dragons and witches are mustering under a tree full of baying birds...well, it is the annual children's Halloween do.

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Employment minister Mims Davies takes us on a dander through Haywards Heath’s hidden parkland gems.

She talks about having done every job under the sun - from cooking at Little Chef to doing local radio traffic and travel.

She discusses whether politics is welcoming enough for real people with messy lives.

And through it all, she is upstaged at every turn by her cockapoo, TJ.

Editor: Richard Culver

He’s known as the leftwing firebrand who grabbed the mace from the House of Commons - but where does it come from?

In this walk, Labour’s Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP explains that being ginger has something to do with that. So too the Woodcraft Folk and growing up in Lewes.

And as we meander down from the hills near Woodingdean to the beach at Rottingdean, we discuss whether Sussex needs its own Parliament, what to sing on a political hike, and what to wear for a dip.

Editor: Richard Culver

Huw Merriman may be a Conservative MP now – but as a teenager, he had to come out to his staunchly socialist parents. Maybe that’s why he doesn’t have time for what he calls the ‘pie throwing’ of Parliamentary politics.

Producer/Editor: Richard Culver

The Sussex coast has been with Peter Kyle all his life. Growing up in Bognor, where Anita Roddick gave him the impetus to go back to school and on to university – to life as the MP for Hove, and shadow schools minister.

In this ramble along his constituency’s seafront, Peter reflects on how Alan Rickman bounced him into doing a doctorate, his ability to identify a naval ship on the horizon, and even shares a few gym tips.

Producer/Editor: Richard Culver