Fareham

Then my instructor was like, "All right," 'cause I used to go to uni in Southampton.

He was like, "All right, get me from Southampton to Fareham, Fareham, and then Fareham to Portsmouth, and you have to use the A to Z." I was like, "Oh, shit." But I done it though.

So I think, I think it's a good skill to have, whereas now a lot of people don't know routes.

Yeah.

I'm just gonna support him, and didn't think further about it.

Then I started looking into it, and it was the, it was the local people in Fareham.

And listening to them and literally being out-argued by very straightforward, sincerely held beliefs about the UK's place in the world, sovereignty, and control of our borders was, uh, irresistible.

And a lot of those old paleo skeptics looked at you and thought, "Ah, this is quite interesting and useful," and they took you under their wing and got you involved.

Um, right.

Also all weekend, the Fareham RailX 2026.

Are you there, Sam?

Uh, I'm not there.

Oh.

Well, there you go.

So if you want to avoid that, it's at the Fareham Leisure Centre, Park Lane, North Fareham.

[laughs] Fareham.

The mystery sound is surely someone splooshing the shallows while wearing flippers, probably St. Abbs.

If my mum, Nessie, is listening in Port Seton, say hello from me." He says he's usually in Dalton in East Lothian, but this week he's in near Fareham, near Portsmouth in Hampshire.

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"And Joyce and Ian from a full moon fading Tillycutry," thank you, "think the mystery sound is birds having a wee duke in a birdbath.

Mm.

That's not always possible because the reality is when you're dealing the length and breadth of the country, you're trying to marry that, that between if I get a deal everywhere, and I've got a panto in Fareham and I've got a panto in Inverness, at some point I'm gonna incur the transport costs which make that not cost-effective anymore.

Yeah.

So it's looking at all of those and where the most suitable suppliers are for the generic bulk of our locations, and then looking at the outliers like the Inverness's and the, and the Swansea's and things like that who we may try and go more locally with.

Thanks, Martin.

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They're tired of the same politics from the same parties repeatedly promising things, and I think it's as simple as people just want to be listened to.

The Conservatives have suffered losses as well, but did hold on to authorities in Fareham, Harlow, and Broxbourne.

The Lib Dems have gained Portsmouth and Stockport.

38 of the 136 councils have declared results so far.

... for the day, uh, on new reg day.

Uh, this is a Geely showroom annoyingly named Geely Portsmouth even though it's in Fareham.

Yeah.

That really, that grates.

We went down south with Jeff and Kalila and Perry and Kaylee Ellen and Christian and their son, Tovi.

They took us around to, uh, Fareham, England is where they live.

Portsmouth is very close to them.

Portsmouth just happens to be the birthplace of Charles Dickens.