Veterans In Politics Podcast

Jonny Ball

Veterans In Politics Podcast

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Jonny Ball

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Send us a textNote- this was recorded prior to Danny's resignation.Danny Kinahan, is the first Veterans Commissioner for Northern Ireland and was appointed to this role by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in September 2020, as a resu
Send us a textColonel (Retd) James Phillips is the first veterans commissioner for Wales.James, who lives in Pembrokeshire, left the Army after serving 33 years, including in Iraq, Afghanistan, Northern Ireland and the Balkans.He believes Wales
Send us a textDaniel McBirnie is a Saffron Walden councillor and resident.  He has fought developers and won concessions for local people and is a former Army Lieutenant Colonel who’s provided MoD briefings to the government on Covid and Mental
Send us a textHailing from the West of Ireland, Rich’s vibrant childhood was filled with sports and weekend fun with his grandparents. After an ankle injury and subsequent loss of his left leg due to sepsis, Rich found a new path in athletics a
Send us a textWe return this week during Season 10 of the podcast to the Conservative Leadership race with former Secretary of State, Rt Hon James Cleverly MP.  Our host Jonny Ball first met James back in the Noughties when they were both activ
Send us a textWe kick off season 10 of the Veterans In Politics Podcast with Conservative Leadership hopeful, Tom Tugendhat!  This is a fantastic start to the season, and you wont be surprised to learn that our host Jonny and Tom (whom share th
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Send us a textJim was first elected to Ards Borough Council in 1985 and served as Mayor in 1991/92.He was elected as a member of the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue in 1996 until it completed its work in 1998. He was then subseque
Send us a textThis week we are back with our 'Behind the Politics' segment, speaking to those behind the scenes, turning our attention to the world of journalism. Our guest is from The University of Northampton, Kate Ironside.Kate is a former p
Send us a textTom Blenkinsop was born  in Middlesbrough, brought-up in Marton and graduated from Teesside University with a BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, and the University of Warwick with an MA in Continental philosophy.Tom joined
Send us a textAbout this week's guest: Dr. Sebastian Gorka is a Talk Show Host on the Salem Radio Network Platform, and began his show AMERICA FIRST on New Years Day, 2019. With parents who had lived as children under fascism and then escaped C
Send us a textThe Rt Hon Dr Andrew Murrison MP is a Minister at the MOD and we were excited to record this episode in the heart of our nation's Defence HQ at MOD Main Building.  We talk about the Invictus Games, Ukraine, his service in the Roya
Send us a textThis week we speak to veteran Channel 4 and BBC investigative journalist, Michael Crick as part of our 'Behind the Politics' feature where we interview experts in the field of politics, from campaign managers to pollsters to journ
Send us a textVeterans In Politics- Andrew Selous MP- Former Army Reservist on a day in the life of an MPOur host first met Andrew Selous MP when he himself was brand new to politics.  UIt was great to sit down in Parliament all these years lat
Send us a textJames Paul Watson (known as Paul) joined the Irish Guards straight from school and completed 6 operational tours including Northern Ireland, Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan. He sustained a spinal injury in Afghanistan, which ultimat
Send us a textTobias Ellwood has always been in the headlines.  This interview covers the reasons why, and comes with a trigger warning as we talk about tricky subjects, including grief and trauma.  For details of supportive organisations, see
Send us a textRoyston Smith GM MP is an RAF veteran, former council leader and George Medal recipient and our latest guest on Veterans In Politics Podcast.He has been the Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen since 2015 and is the former
Send us a textThis week we sit down with HAC Veteran James Gray MP.James was first elected as MP for North Wiltshire in May 1997.  He was educated at Hillhead Primary School and Glasgow High School and later read History at Glasgow University a
Send us a textVeterans In Politics Podcast this week meets Richard Drax MP, a former Guards Officer who served in Northern Ireland and is on the Defence Select CommitteeRichard was delighted to re-elected the MP for South Dorset in December 201
Send us a textVeterans In Politics this week is with Rt Hon Mark Francois MP, the former TA Officer and past Defence Minister who worked hard to bring the Armed Forces Covenant into being with the then Prime Minister David Cameron.We talk about
Send us a textJonny and Lydia wrap up their look at Party Conference season with analysis of the Labour Party Conference.We take a look at the man who wants to be Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer's speech, which began with protester throwing gl
Send us a textJonny and Lydia are back to take a look at Conservative Party Conference with more insights 'behind the politics' off of the back of the news Hs2 has been shelved for the North. We unpick Conservative Party Conference including th
Send us a textJonny and Lydia are back with more insights 'behind the politics' as they review the Liberal Democrat Party Confidence and a particular focus on Ed Davey's speech.  What was said?  What wasn't said?  What does this all mean?  We u
Send us a textWe return this week with Flick Drummond MP a veteran of the Int Corps' TA and talk to her on political resilience amongst many things.Flick has a background in education and does some extraordinary policy development work in this
Send us a textIn this episode we meet Jason McCartney MP- a former RAF Officer, journalist and now MP We talk about his RAF family links, his career that took him to Iraq as well as his journey into journalism and latterly politics.  Jason kno
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