Giles Whittell goes to Stoke-on-Trent to hear what people there think should lead the news.
They discuss the news that Nigel Farage will lead Reform and stand at the election, Rishi Sunak’s crackdown on ‘rip-off’ degrees, Labour’s apprenticeships pledge and the fire that gutted a local pub.
Plus reaction to the news that Nigel Farage is standing to be an MP and will lead Reform UK.
Email: newsmeeting@tortoisemedia.com
Guests:
- Cris Cohen, a chef who founded the fine dining restaurant Feasted in Stoke
- Anna Francis, Associate Professor of Fine Art and Social Practice at Staffordshire University, and director of The Portland Inn Project
- Jenna Goodwin is a local historian known as The Red Haired Stokie
Host: Giles Whittell, Tortoise’s deputy editor
Producers: Rebecca Moore and Casey Magloire
Executive producer: Lewis Vickers
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