We are joined by Mark Johnson, Conservative Councillor for Shirley North in Croydon and Brexiteer. We reminisce about the 2016 Referendum campaign and discuss his experiences as a Croydon councillor.
Category: Podcast
Podcast Episode 97 – Heather McKee: Academics For Academic Freedom
We recently held a public meeting in Purley and we were joined by Heather McKee, the Convenor of Students at Academics For Academic Freedom (AFAF).
You can follow Heather on X/Twitter at https://x.com/HeatherFFS and follow Student Academics For Academic Freedom at https://x.com/StudentAFAF.
Podcast Episode 96 – Scott Holman: Reform UK Croydon & Sutton
We recently held a public meeting in Purley and we were joined by Scott Holman, the Chairman of the newly formed Croydon & Sutton branch of Reform UK.
For more info you can email Scott at croydoneast@reformuk.com.
Podcast Episode 95 – Joanna Marchong: War on Waste
We recently held a public meeting in Purley and we were joined by Joanna Marchong, the Investigations Campaign Manager at The Taxpayers’ Alliance.
Joanna can also be found on X/Twitter at https://x.com/marchong_joanna.
Podcast Episode 94 – Sam Bidwell: Selling Economic Liberty
We are joined by Sam Bidwell, the Director of the Next Generation Centre at the Adam Smith Institute, as we discuss the challenges of selling economic liberty and free markets to younger people.
You can find out more on Sam at X/Twitter, and at his Substack. You can find the articles we discussed with Sam here https://croydonconstitutionalists.uk/category/sam-bidwell/.
Contents:
00:00 – Intro
01:40 – Next Generation Centre at the Adam Smith Institute
06:30 – Young people & free markets
15:00 – Selling economic liberty
19:40 – Policy ideas
24:10 – Thoughts on the new government
28:50 – Plans for the Next Generation Centre
31:16 – Website
33:30 – Events
35:08 – Outro
Podcast Episode 93 – General Election 2024: How was it for you?
We recently held a public meeting in Purley and were joined by 2 local candidates from the recent General Election; Vinayak Malhotra, who stood for Reform UK in Croydon West and Damon Young, who stood for the SDP in Epsom & Ewell. We talked about their experiences of the campaign and their future plans.
You can find out more on Vinayak at https://croydonconstitutionalists.uk/vinayak-malhotra-reform/ and more on Damon at https://croydonconstitutionalists.uk/damon-young-sdp/.
Podcast Episode 92 – Tim Scott: The Outlook for Freedom
We are joined by Tim Scott, The Executive Director of The Freedom Association, who gives us his thoughts on the General Election result and the outlook for freedom in this country and further afield.
For more on The Freedom Association, to https://www.tfa.net/ and follow Tim at https://twitter.com/TimScottUK.
Contents:
00:00 – Intro
02:05 – General Election Result
08:25 – Labour Government
18:00 – Key Issues for freedom
22:00 – Freedom Internationally
24:10 – TFA’s Plans
30:46 – Website & Events
32:24 – Outro
Podcast Episode 91 – Matthew Lesh: Institute of Economic Affairs
We recently held a public meeting in Purley and we were joined by Matthew Lesh, the Director of Public Policy & Communications at the Institute of Economic Affairs.
For more on the IEA, sign-up for the IEA Blog at https://insider.iea.org.uk/
Podcast Episode 90 – Liz Cooper – Reform UK
We recently held a public meeting in Purley and we were joined by Liz Cooper, the Reform UK Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for nearby Carshalton & Wallington.
You can read more from Elizabeth at https://croydonconstitutionalists.uk/elizabeth-cooper-reform/ and find her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ReformUKCarshaltonandWallington/ or contact her by email at carshaltonandwallington@reform.com.
Podcast Episode 89 – Dr Jan Macvarish- Why Free Speech Matters
We recently held a public meeting in Purley and we were joined by Dr Jan Macvarish, the Education & Events Director of the Free Speech Union.
Dr Macvarish is a researcher, writer and lecturer, and sociologist with a strong interest in family life. She has conducted research into contemporary single living, teenage pregnancy, and parenthood. She also stands for freedom of speech, freedom of thought, the reinvigoration of public life and protection of private life and is the Education and Events Director of the Free Speech Union.
You can follow her on Twitter and find out more at https://janmacvarish.wordpress.com/.
The Free Speech Union is a non-partisan, mass membership public interest body that stands up for the speech rights of its members and campaigns for free speech more widely. Find out more at https://freespeechunion.org/.