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Trendy Tortoise
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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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How is the election campaign going?
The first week of the election campaign is over. What do the polls say and how have they changed? What policies have the parties announced? John Curtice and Rachel Wolf are joined by two former campaign insiders to discuss.
Hosts: Professor John Curtice and Rachel Wolf
Guest: Dr Denise Baron, former head of insights for the Liberal Democrat Campaign and Dr Tom Hamilton formerly head of research for the Labour Party.
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What does Gen Z think?
Gen Z - people born between 1997 and 2012 - are the post Brexit, post financial crisis, post austerity generation. They are better educated than their predecessors, but face higher levels of debt and higher housing costs. For many this will be the first time they get a chance to vote in a general election. So what do they think and what could that mean for policy makers?
Hosts: Professor John Curtice and Rachel Wolf
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Was school better in your day?
John and Rachel discuss how schooling has changed from the 1960s until now. Who goes to school? Who runs them? And are school-leavers better at maths now than their predecessors?
Hosts: Professor John Curtice and Rachel Wolf
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Was school better in your day?
John and Rachel discuss how schooling has changed from the 1960s until now. Who goes to school? Who runs them? And are school-leavers better at maths now than their predecessors?
Hosts: Professor John Curtice and Rachel Wolf
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Trendy Live: The fallout from the local elections
John Curtice and Rachel Wolf discuss the fallout from the local elections results and work out what this could mean for the major parties in a the general election.
Hosts: Professor John Curtice and Rachel Wolf
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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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