Local politics, properly explained, with Ben Weisz.. Originally broadcast on BBC Local Radio. Produced by BBC Radio Surrey and BBC Radio Sussex.
Latest episodes
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Political Landscapes: Best Of 2021
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 a…
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Political Landscapes: Henry Smith MP
Pack your thermals and your second (and third) jumper for this chilly walk round Tilgate lake with Crawley’s MP Henry Smith. Interrupted by most of England’s native wildfowl along…
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Political Landscapes: Tim Loughton MP
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 ou…
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Political Landscapes: Munira Wilson MP
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. West London’s parks were a haven for her famil…
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Political Landscapes: Sarah Jones MP
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. Labour’s shadow policing a…
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Political Landscapes: Maria Caulfield MP
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. We're not invited, so instead, Lewes…
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Political Landscapes: Mims Davies MP
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…
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Political Landscapes: Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP
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…
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Political Landscapes:Huw Merriman MP
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 ‘p…
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Political Landscapes: Peter Kyle MP
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…
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Political Landscapes: Jeremy Hunt MP
You’re running for the biggest political job in the country - and you realise you’re not seeing enough of your family. In this latest walk, former Health and Foreign Secretary Jere…
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Political Landscapes: Caroline Lucas MP
A quiet park in Brighton hosts our latest ramble with Green MP Caroline Lucas. It’s where she brought her dog to take stock during lockdown. She tells Ben how she’s come to appreci…
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Political Landscapes: Andrew Griffith MP
During lockdown, Arundel and South Downs’ new MP Andrew Griffith walked the West Sussex hills near Pulborough to help process the extraordinary pressures of the job. In this week’s…
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Political Landscapes: Nusrat Ghani MP
Come and discover the hilltops, woodland and seaside paths that help our MPs escape the political bubble, and made them the people they are today. Each week, an MP takes Ben Weisz…
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Ep20: Bikes. Lanes. Snakes.
Ben Weisz is joined by Kathryn Stanczyszyn and Ellis Palmer to look over the recent government announcements around cycling. Also, Paralympian Dame Sarah Storey chats road rage, fo…
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Ep19: Emergency. Leicester. Lockdown.
Ben Weisz looks back over the first week of extended lockdown in Leicester through audio diaries of its residents and in conversation with BBC Radio Leicester's Tim Parker.Got a st…
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Ep18: Everbody In. Klaxon. Monopoles.
In the first Emergency Politix & Chill since the pandemic, Ben Weisz chats to BBC WM Political Reporter Kathryn Stanczyszyn and BBC Radio Oxford's Bethan Nimmo abouit the announcem…
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ep17: COVID-19. Drones. Dating.
This week Ben is joined by BBC Radio London's Susana Mendonça and BBC Radio Shropshire's Joanne Gallacher with only really one topic to talk about; the Coronavirus pandemic. Rachel…
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Ep16. Coronavirus. MPs. Sex.
Ben is joined by BBC Radio Oxford's Bethan Nimmo and BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire's Simon Gilbert to discuss the latest Coronavirus announcements, their new local MPs who are…
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Ep14: Labour. Towns. Cher.
Labour Party members are picking their next leader - we follow the candidates to Brighton, and talk buses, towns and Britney Spears with candidate Lisa Nandy. BBC Radio Tees's Davi…