http://www.wolverhamptonpolitics.co.uk Political debate and discusion from a Wolverhampton perspective Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:05:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The final Wolverhampton Politics Show went out on WCR FM on Friday 23rd May. Its replacement - the Wolverhampton Radiophonic Institute - starts at 7pm on WCR FM on the 13th June! It'll feature documentaries, debate and live music. Don't worry, there'll be plenty of political content, too! Thanks for listening. Look ... http://www.wolverhamptonpolitics.co.uk/2008/an-end-a-new-beginning/ Last night, Wolverhampton's Conservatives and Liberal Democrats came to an agreement that will see the Tories run the city council with support from the Lib Dems. Neville Patten - the new leader of the council - gave <a href="http://thestirrer.co.uk/red-route-scrapped-0805081.html/">the details to The Stirrer</a>, where he revealed the following: <ul> <li>The unpopular and ineffective ... http://www.wolverhamptonpolitics.co.uk/2008/wolverhampton-tories-and-lib-dems-do-a-deal/ I'm at the Wolverhampton local election count and am live blogging it this morning, as well as recording interviews for tonight's Wolverhampton Politics Show on 1o1.8 WCR FM. See my site for the live blog. http://www.wolverhamptonpolitics.co.uk/2008/live-blogging-wolves-election-count/ Matthew Revell and guests discuss and debate politics from a Wolverhampton perspective. Studio guests: David Bourne (Conservative) and Darren Husted (Labour). Originally broadcast: 14th March 2008. 03.05: News roundup - school children pledging allegiance to the Queen, Camilla Duchess of Cornwall's constitutional role, the John Lewis list, new seven deadly sins. 33.22: Fair Trade ... http://www.wolverhamptonpolitics.co.uk/2008/episode-28-fair-trade-budget-2008-john-lewis-list/ Rumour has it that today will see a change in leadership in Wolverhampton's Conservative group. More as I get it. Update: so, we now know that Neville Patten has been elected leader of Wolverhampton Conservatives, following Paddy Bradley's resignation. There's a lot in blogs and newspapers suggesting major divisions and rows in ... http://www.wolverhamptonpolitics.co.uk/2008/change-of-leadership-in-wolverhampton-conservatives/ Originally broadcast on 18th January 2008. Studio guests: Colin Ross (Lib Dem), Darren Husted (Labour) and Mark Watson (Editor, Minority Perspective). Matthew Revell and studio guests put a Wolverhampton spin on the latest in politics. 06.00: Who's going to take over from Ken Purchase as Labour candidate for Wolverhampton North East? 16.55: Are doctors ... http://www.wolverhamptonpolitics.co.uk/2008/episode-21-0845-doctors-wolves-ne-future-candidate/ Originally broadcast on WCR FM on 11th January 2008. Matthew Revell is joined by Jono Bacon and Mark Watson (Editor, Minority Perspective) to discuss politics from a Wolverhampton perspective. 02.30: Are the Conservatives right to suggest a welfare to work scheme? 14.23: Jono Bacon talks about software whose creators believe they're promoting freedom ... http://www.wolverhamptonpolitics.co.uk/2008/episode-20-surveillance-society-workfare/ If you're wondering where episode 25 and just about every other episode from 2008 is, I hope to publish them soon. The recording of episode 25 is a bit knackered and I've now found the memory stick with the other episodes :) http://www.wolverhamptonpolitics.co.uk/2008/missing-episodes/ Matthew Revell and studio guests discuss the latest in politics from a Wolverhampton perspective. Studio guests: Peter Roberts (road pricing campaigner) and Mark Watson (Editor, MinorityPerspective.co.uk) 03:30: News roundup. Discussing recent news, including: new supermarket quango, bloke in Stoke arrested when woman on bus mistook his MP3 player for a gun, government ... http://www.wolverhamptonpolitics.co.uk/2008/episode-24-road-pricing-immigrant-behaviour-packs-police-state/ Four participants in Wolverhampton's political scene discuss the political highlights of 2007 and make their predictions for 2008, in the studio with Matthew Revell. Three 2007 highlights and one 2008 prediction each from: 02.25: Manohar Minhas (Labour, Wolverhampton Park). 14.55: Carl Husted (Conservative candidate Wolverhampton Bushbury North). 25.15: Derek Bennett (UKIP). 43.38: Colin ... http://www.wolverhamptonpolitics.co.uk/2008/episode-19-2007-in-review/