Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts
Jun 2, 2026 · 1 hr 15 min · 12 segments
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Samantha CooperGuest
Jo AlexanderGuest
Ed GillespieHost
Mark StevensonHost
Jon RichardsonHost
Very briefly talking about coming to terms with things and moving forward, obviously since we met last, we've had the local election results.
Well, I've been joking about it because, you know, the great saying is all political careers end in defeat, and I've decided to buck the trend by starting mine with one.
[laughing] So, uh, yeah, I lost by 122 votes z- to the Reform candidate, so it was like, it was pretty close.
Um, it was very, uh, disappointing, um, initially, but seen in context, you know, I got to work with an incredible bunch of local Green Party activists who are all just kind, wonderful, generous, selfless human beings, um, who worked really hard to try and get me elected.
And actually, across Norfolk, um, and Suffolk, you know, the Greens didn't do too badly.
Or admittedly, it's surrounded now by a sort of sea of turquoise, but, um, yeah, it was a kind of, it was a restoration of my faith in a lot of things.
Very briefly talking about coming to terms with things and moving forward, obviously since we met last, we've had the local election results.
Well, I've been joking about it because, you know, the great saying is all political careers end in defeat, and I've decided to buck the trend by starting mine with one.
[laughing] So, uh, yeah, I lost by 122 votes z- to the Reform candidate, so it was like, it was pretty close.
Um, it was very, uh, disappointing, um, initially, but seen in context, you know, I got to work with an incredible bunch of local Green Party activists who are all just kind, wonderful, generous, selfless human beings, um, who worked really hard to try and get me elected.
And actually, across Norfolk, um, and Suffolk, you know, the Greens didn't do too badly.
Or admittedly, it's surrounded now by a sort of sea of turquoise, but, um, yeah, it was a kind of, it was a restoration of my faith in a lot of things.
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