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It’s only positive vibes today so …
We had a great time putting the world to rights on #PoliticsSouth if you missed it…
NO PROBLEM!! Watch again on iPlayer here: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod… really worth 30mins of your time.. but then I’m biased ! (Jokes)
October 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM
They’re calling it a ONCE IN A CENTURY election as #Reform sent shock waves through Local Councils in England. 💥 We’re drilling down to see what difference it could make in the south of England on #PoliticsSouth now available on iPlayer

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
May 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
They’re calling it a ONCE IN A CENTURY election as #Reform sent shock waves through Local Councils in England. 💥 We’re drilling down to see what difference it could make in the south of England on #PoliticsSouth on #BBC1 from 10 📺
May 4, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Are people having fewer children because of expensive housing in the south of England? 👶
In 10 years will we still be WFH? 🧑‍💻
And should the most polluting cars pay more to park? 🚘
Digging under the skin of modern life in the south ..
on #politicssouth from 10 ⏰ on BBC1 📺
April 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
That moved quickly.. from a hint that Waterside Rail might not be cancelled after all to details of bookable seats from the New Forest through to London and pictures of the inside of carriages …

granduniontrains.co.uk/waterside-line/
March 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“The British Military are Great” says President Trump… before asking .. Could you take on Russia by yourselves?!!
February 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Power to the South! How could council services and staff be affected by the wave of mergers and mayors expected with devolution. Politics South from 10, with extra #waspi & #AI
January 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
It’s the last #PoliticsSouth before Christmas looking back on a tumultuous year with added #Payrises #Vestas #HousingCrisis and #Ice-skating ! From 10am 🕙 on BBC1 South 📺
December 15, 2024 at 8:31 AM
Strong Message Here
December 5, 2024 at 10:59 AM
Ooo it’s the Christmas fair in Parliament
December 4, 2024 at 11:34 AM
New immigration figures show the number of asylum seekers in govt accommodation was going down until June but is back up under Labour
November 28, 2024 at 11:23 AM
If angry farmers restrict food supplies shops will run out within three days, Hampshire Police Commissioner @DonnaJonesPCC tells me
November 24, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Should we be turning off street lights to save money? Do we need to a new law for e-bikes and scooters? And of course.. what should the farmers do next ? from 10:00 on BBC1
November 24, 2024 at 8:45 AM
Not everyone is so worried about China. Salisbury’s Conservative MP and former Treasury Minister @JohnGlenUK says we have to keep business going, and Prime Minister @Keir_Starmer doesn’t disagree
November 21, 2024 at 11:38 AM
Britain is to retire a range of defence assets including HMS Albion HMS Bulwark HMS Northumberland, RFA Tankers Wave Knight & Wave Ruler & the 14  oldest CH-47 Chinook helicopters. Conservative MP Sir Desmond Swayne questioned the message that sends
November 20, 2024 at 3:09 PM
All good natured at the #FarmingRally in Westminster but there are some interesting negotiations over parking outside Downing Street!
November 19, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Will higher taxes on unhealthy food save the NHS? Or just add to the cost of living crisis? #PoliticsSouth on BBC1 from 10 with @livbailey @JoePJRobertson and @trishab116 Oh! And shouldn’t every new house have a solar panel? Or does that make them too pricey, too?
November 17, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Labour is saying southern Councils must merge to populations of 1.5 million under a Manchester-style Mayor to get extra powers and cash, according to local leaders
November 16, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Freebies and leadership, knife crime and youth work, and do we need carbon capture? #PoliticsSouth from 10 on BBC1 📺 with @BeccyCooper4Lab @pauljholmes and @GumsaTF from Grassrootz in Reading
October 6, 2024 at 9:34 AM
The cost of living in the expensive south is up for discussion on #PoliticsSouth from 10 on BBC 1. With the Labour candidate for Bournemouth West Jessica Toale, Winchester Conservative Caroline Horrill and Pat Coomber-Wood from North Oxfordshire Citizens Advice
February 11, 2024 at 9:39 AM
Joint statement on overnight strikes against Houthis threatening shipping in Yemen to “disrupt and degrade” their ability to “threaten global trade and lives of mariners”
We will not hesitate to defend lives and ensure the free flow of commerce in one of the world’s most critical waterways”
January 12, 2024 at 6:29 AM
Dropping off kids at school is a traffic nightmare.. should we shut school
streets? Why are the trains struggling with bad weather Again? And Everyone in local government is talking about their money problems so we thought we’d join in.. Section 114 made simple on #politicssouth BBC1 from 10 am 📺
December 10, 2023 at 8:55 AM
What happened to 40 new hospitals? with Oxfordshire’s @duncanenright & Dorset BCP’s @PhilBroadhead, also Lady @EdwinaGrosvenor on her Hope Street project & prison overcrowding. 15 minute neighbourhoods & new towns & a bit of fun with @Nigel_Farage in the jungle! 10am, BBC1 📺 in the south
December 3, 2023 at 9:51 AM
Elton John welcomed to Parliament. Invitation from Speaker Lindsay Hoyle spoke to MPs on new ways to tackle HIV
November 29, 2023 at 9:27 PM
Will the budget make us better off with Anneliese Dodds and Royston Smith plus Judith Bennett on OFSTED and a report on how they’re reducing rough sleeping in Bournemouth. #politicssouth from 10 on BBC1 South 📺
November 27, 2023 at 5:50 PM