Ian & Simon invite back Jerry 'The Inquisitor' Brown to give the Inquisitor's verdict on the miraculously short Full Council Budget meeting of February 9th. He also talks to us about councils investing money with a history of poor results in a desperate attempt to fund services on the back of a decade of Central Government cuts to local council funding.

Ian and Simon muse on the impending Portsmouth Council Budget meeting February 9th as well the whispers of govermnent preparations for the May 6th Local & Police & Crime Commissioner Elections before touching on Ian's facebook exchange with Billy Bragg and his fans.

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This week we welcome Peter Hopkinson from Island City Living & About My Area to talk about taking over the digital community presence in a time of unprecedented crisis.

Ian & Simon ask if President Biden's 30 executive powers in his first two days in office bode well for US politics and the future of the country, they also revisit the upcoming May local elections, can they be safe, and fair, and free if candidates can't campaign?

Ian and Simon explore whether they think the May 6th local and Police & Crime Commissioner elections should go ahead or be delayed again - to the agonised screams of exhausted political campaigners across the UK. They also ask if delivering political leaflets during a pandemic is sensible.

**LANGUAGE WARNING** There is a swear word in this podcast. In their first show of 2021, Ian and Simon return to discuss if project fear arrived at the border when the UK leaft the transition period at 11pm 31st December 2020; If Gavin Williamson has done his homework or should 'shut up and go away'; If Donald Trump's toddler tantrums about the Presidential Election are inciting riot and putting American Democracy at risk.

Ian and Simon, in their last show of 2020 give a roundup of the over ten-hour full council meeting that took place December 8th. The irony of agreeing and disagreeing while taking a long while to do so reporting on a meeting in which much agreement and disagreement spread over 611 minutes is not lost on us.

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Ian and Simon welcome back Viola Langley & Paula Savage from 'Let's Stop Aquind' to update us on how their campaign is going, ahead of the Planning Inspectorate Open Meetings next week.

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Ian & Simon welcome onto the show, Reverend Amy Webb to tell us about Cosham Larder - a community-based initiative that requires no assessment or referral to help local residents shop for food at reduced prices. Ian & Simon then move on to talk about Portsmouth's first few days in Tier Two.

Ian & Simon squeeze a sequel out of November 10th's Full Council meeting - Nine and a half hours. In part II the boys have a look at the Labour party motion calling on the council to stop fining homeless people and the Conservative party motion calling on the council to sort out the backlog in the planning department.