Skegness Mayor Making

Coun Jimmy Brookes talks about what it means to him to be the new Mayor of Skegness.

Transcript

00:00Jimmy, congratulations on becoming the new mayor of Skegness. How does it feel?

00:22Oh, it feels absolutely fantastic. It's a huge honour, really. I've lived in the area for many,

00:28many years since I was, you know, primary school. So it's fantastic to represent the town,

00:35really, and it is a great honour. You're following in the footsteps of your brother

00:38as well, aren't you, who has been mayor? Yes, I am, yes.

00:44What are you looking forward to most? I'm a people person, to be honest. I love people.

00:52I love going out to, you know, all the events, just having a good chat with people, finding out

00:58all about the charities they're doing, the events they're doing. It's absolutely fantastic.

01:03I've loved it being the deputy mayor, going to various events. It's fantastic.

01:08Yeah, I have met you on a few of those, haven't I? And I can see you're having a good time.

01:12I think the last time we were out together was at the Scare Island, Fantasy Island.

01:20Yeah, yeah. No, that was interesting. Yes.

01:24I weren't keen on that, but yeah.

01:27Yeah, but you like taking part in it. Now, obviously, there's a serious side to the role

01:32as well, you know. What challenges do you think you're going to be facing this year?

01:37I think there's quite a few challenges, to be honest. Obviously, it's like the cost of living

01:48crisis. People can't really afford anything at the moment. It is really tough for people.

01:54So yeah, I'm not expecting a few things, but we're going to try and do the best we can

01:58to support people as much as we can, to be honest.

02:02So you're looking forward to this year?

02:04It goes head on. I'll be straight in there, loving it.