Podcast appearances and mentions of brigid jones

The UK is one of the most centralised advanced economies, and there is widespread agreement that further devolution is necessary if the economic performance of regions outside of London and the south east is to be improved. The Levelling Up the United Kingdom white paper contained ambitious devolution proposals, including the commitment that by 2030 “every part of England that wants one will have a devolution deal with powers at or approaching the highest level of devolution and a simplified long-term funding settlement”. It also contains a devolution framework which clarifies the powers available to local areas depending on the governance model adopted. However, devolution invariably brings trade-offs; it takes a certain capacity to deliver interventions correctly, these might increase costs by adding another layer of administration, and undermine efforts to produce a nationally consistent approach. This event will discuss what powers should be devolved for local areas to play their part in boosting regional growth to deliver on the government's levelling up agenda. The event considered the following key questions: What should be the priority policy areas and powers to devolve? In which areas will the benefits be greater? What is the right level of geography to devolve powers to within England? Are combined authorities the right level? Should the powers devolved vary across the country or be ‘one size fits all'? How can the government ensure it is empowering rather than hindering subnational governments in its approach to boosting regional growth? Following opening remarks delivered by Robert Breedon, partner at Gowling WLG, our panel will included: Cllr. Brigid Jones, Deputy Leader of Birmingham City Council Prof. Neil Lee, Professor of Economic Geography at the London School of Economics John Wrathmell, Director of Strategy, Research & Economy at Greater Manchester Combined Authority The event was chaired by Thomas Pope, Deputy Chief Economist at the Institute for Government. #IfGlevellingup We would like to thank Gowling WLG for kindly supporting this event.

Brigid Jones and Steve Haynes square off against John Cotton and Luke John Davies in the titanic end of year quiz. Features T-Rex, extensive knowledge of House of Commons hats and predictions. Support us: Patreon.com/NotEnoughChampagne James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune.

Steve and Cory are joined by Luke John Davies, John Cotton and Brigid Jones to look back on British Politics in 2021 and cast a glance forward to 2022. Support us: Patreon.com/NotEnoughChampagne James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune.

Join me this week on Season of the Witch with Rowan Oaken, as we talk about our girl Brigid. The Celtic Goddess will be inspiring us to set new intentions, rid ourselves of that which no longer serves us and help develop a sense of renewal and rebirth as the earth re-awakens. Imbolc is just around the corner; in this episode we will have a chat about what we can do at this time to observe this sabbat and invite its themes into our daily life. Stick about at the end of the episode where I will be reading from Llwellyn's Sabbat Essentials Fire Seed Ritual, a ritual for igniting the fire and passion inside of you to complete new ventures. When you've finished listening, head on over to social media @sotwithrowan on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter to share what you will be doing for Imbolc. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sotwwithrowan/message

John Cotton and Luke John Davies take on Steve Haynes and Brigid Jones in this year's Not Enough Champagne Quiz. Cory Hazlehurst sets questions, keeps scores and tries to even things up a little bit. Thank you for listening to the podcast during 2020. Have a relaxing new year and we will be back in 2021. This quiz was recorded on December 16th, before a Brexit Deal had been negotiated. Support us at Patreon.com/NotEnoughChampagne. James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune.

Steve and Cory compare their post-election podcast on the Lib Dems with the party's own analysis of their December 2019 campaign, and argue about the value of leaflets. Features cameos from Luke John Davies, Brigid Jones and John Cotton. Read the Lib Dem's post-mortem here: https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/libdems/pages/58994/attachments/original/1589548753/embedpdf_The_2019_Liberal_Democrat_Election_Review.pdf?1589548753 Read Chris Butler's article here: https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1057/s41293-020-00139-3?sharing_token=QosstmmJ96OtIn1G08E-olxOt48VBPO10Uv7D6sAgHszgz307szN-iCSA5_qn2qFUAWaxQh6l32rePQ3nCwI8LeQSXTpbYDj5SiN1No9IJj1MrBjdA5MdLFe4s_LKH413cGEhJNmc6l1eiT4FpaMeplRCz-Zo7pY-RK1HNECgr8%3D The Lib Dem organisational chart Steve is referring to can be found here: https://images.app.goo.gl/bVHSc3vCncXR5UH2A Dave Depper composed our theme tune and James Cram designed our logo.

Come for the clickbaity title, stay for the more nuanced answers to the question from John Cotton, Brigid Jones and Luke John Davies. Happy Christmas to all our listeners! James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune.

Steve and Cory are joined by regular favourites John Cotton, Brigid Jones and Luke John Davies to talk about the election, without hesitation, deviation, repetition, drinking or crying. James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper is responsible for/composed our theme tune.

Brigid Jones, Luke John Davies and John Cotton once again join Cory and Steve in the Not Enough Champagne Bunker, for the first ever Conservative Party Leadership Draft. We talk about 20 (!) names who might succeed Theresa May, and their chances of becoming Prime Minister. James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper is responsible for our theme tune, Plucky Good Times.

We are joined once again by Brigid Jones, John Cotton and Luke John Davies to talk about the EU election campaign. We discuss the worrying Trumpian turn that Nigel Farage has taken, how Labour should respond to the rise of the Lib Dems, and the worst result for a governing party since 1066. Our theme tune is Plucky Good Times by Dave Depper and James Cram designed our logo.

This episode features a couple of outtakes from shows we recorded over Christmas. In the first clip, we talk about the fraying social fabric of Britain with Luke John Davies, John Cotton and a cameo from Brigid Jones. In the second, we talk about the prospects for the Lib Dems in 2019.  

Birmingham City Council leader Ian Ward and deputy Brigid Jones faced questions from BirminghamLive readers. We get the ones we expected, plus a couple of surprises - Birmingham's nightlife anyone? Apologies to those who already saw this. Normal service will be resumed next week. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy