30 episodes
Trendy Tortoise
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4.5 • 90 Ratings
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Welcome to Trendy, the new weekly show from Tortoise.
Britain’s top pollster, Sir John Curtice, and former Downing Street advisor, Rachel Wolf, explore the key political, social and economic trends that help shape what voters think and what politicians do.
New episodes drop every Thursday.
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King and Country
Just over half of the British public now think the monarchy is ‘very’ or ‘quite’ important. That’s according to new data published by the British Social Attitudes survey which suggests that support for the monarchy has been in decline over the last decade. John and Rachel discuss why this is happening.
Click here to book your tickets for Trendy Live at 6.30pm on Wednesday 8th May:
https://www.tortoisemedia.com/thinkin/trendy-live-show-local-election-special/
Hosts: Professor John Curtice and Rachel Wolf
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Dating, love and marriage
Nearly two-thirds of under 35s have used a dating app or online service to meet a partner. That’s according to an exclusive poll for Trendy. However, opinion is split about whether online dating is a positive or negative experience. How has how we find a partner changed and what does it mean for long term relationships?
Click here to book your tickets for Trendy Live at 6.30pm on Wednesday 8th May: https://www.tortoisemedia.com/thinkin/trendy-live-show-local-election-special/
Hosts: Professor John Curtice and Rachel Wolf
Guest: Rebecca Moore, Producer
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Join us for Trendy Live to make sense of the local election results
Tortoise is hosting a special live edition of Trendy on Wednesday 8th May.
Join hosts John Curtice and Rachel Wolf in the Tortoise newsroom for this special live recording of the podcast to make sense of the local elections being held on May 2nd in England and Wales. Most of the elections are for positions last contested in 2021. At that time Boris Johnson’s government was still enjoying a bounce in the polls thanks to the roll out of the COVID vaccines. Fast forward three years and the country is now seemingly in a very different political place.
But do the results of the local elections confirm or contradict the message of the polls? Where did the parties do better – and where less well? What might it tell us about the general election later this year? What lessons are there for the politicians – and will they take any notice?
John and Rachel will be answering these questions and any more that you may have - so sign up now!
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What London Thinks
Forty years ago London was in decline. Now it’s a global megacity with a growing population and a large economy, but it’s quite socially conservative. How does that shape the politics of the capital and who governs it?
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Hosts: Professor John Curtice and Rachel Wolf
Guest: Professor Tony Travers, director of LSE London
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Local elections 2024: what to expect
Voters in England and Wales will elect councillors, mayors, London Assembly members and police and crime commissioners. What’s at stake? Is local democracy in Britain in good shape? And what can these elections tell us about the general election?
Hosts: Professor John Curtice and Rachel Wolf
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How to fix the NHS
A new survey suggests the public’s satisfaction with the NHS is at a record low. What can the next government do to fix this? John and Rachel are joined by Julian le Grand, former senior policy advisor to Tony Blair specialising in health, who argues it’s time to bring back what he describes as "targets and terror" to the NHS.
Guest: Julian le Grand, former senior policy advisor to Tony Blair specialising in health
Hosts: Professor John Curtice and Rachel Wolf
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Customer Reviews
At last!
I’ve been waiting for a podcast like this for a long time. Excellent.
Great but NHS episode was shaky
First this is a very good pod and has had some great guests.
Loses a star after NHS episode. I have working knowledge of both primary care and economics. The idea that patients can shop around is - frankly - laughable. Also if you buy a dodgy car and it breaks down you don’t go back to the same garage. What do you do if your heart operation doesn’t work???
There is no evidence that ‘choice’ improved performance at all. Was likely just increased funding.
Worrying that a professor didn’t understand need for evidence, peer review and challenge, and his own bias.
Central command combined with operational autonomy is how the army works - probably the best model for the NHS.
Really enjoyed the episode on housing
And your guest was excitedly awesome
Lots of clear concise facts