Councillor Jim Murray (Eastbourne‪)‬ Nobis Media

I think that a lot of it is rumour and problems actually around the fabled straight banana that we had to have which has been forecast for us from Europe. That was never a reality, it was just one of these things that propped from the papers, and I think one of the reasons why the country decided to leave Europe was because of the fantastic campaign that the Tories ran to sort of, try and get us to leave, saying about the £360m that we could reinvest back into the NHS, and all the other monies that we are spending that we don’t need to, and we can reinvest back into our own country.

Eastbourne Councillor Jim Murray is currently the Head of the Planning Committee. In this episode of his Podcast (recorded in 2018) he discusses with Chris Dabbs exactly what happens during a local council planning meeting.

The local Councillor is the person on the ground living in your community so normally living in Hampden Park like I do or Sovereign Harbour. They will be in there and knowing all your problems in that particular area.
CD:And I think that’s the point though isn’t it. So really understanding say you come from Hampden Park so you know that whatever people actually complained about the most there. I mean, what is the most complained about thing in Hampden Park? I think I can guess but go on, what is the thing that people are most upset with.

Councillor Jim Murray's first podcast recorded in 2018.
He talks about his ward of Hampden Park with Chris Dabbs of the Podcast Studio.