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sirjohn curtis there. keir starmer i familiar politicians. sirjohn i curtis there.i was what he said. we have our manifesto tomorrow and it will be a i manifesto tomorrow and it will be a positive case of how we renew and build. i'm not complacent. i know every vote has to be earned. nobody has cast a vote in this election yet. but it is important i think for the country that we have change. and i think for change we need a mandate so that we can go forward, turn our back now on the chaos, the division and the failure of the last 14 years, and start to rebuild our country with the first steps that we will start on, on day one. so i'm seeking to earn those votes. i say to every voter, if you want change, you have to vote for change, you need a mandate to change the country and take our country forward. that was sir keir _ and take our country forward. that was sir keir starmer there. now, let's talk to you about the economy, because the uk economy failed to grow in april after wet weather affected the way people spend. the office of national statistics recorded no gr

now, a short while ago i spoke to sirjohn curtis, company. the legendary political analyst who did that report damaged politics. the figures are simply eye—watering. 45% said they almost never trust a government to put the needs of the country first, leave voters being the most disillusioned. 48% of leave voters almost never trust politicians at all, and that's doubled since 2020. i want to hear from you today. did you vote for brexit and now have you lost all faith in politics and politicians to deliver on their promises? if so, why? i want to hear your stories. why have you completely lost faith in politics? get in touch gbnews.com/yoursay. but before all of that is your headlines with polly middlehurst . with polly middlehurst. >> martin, thanks very much indeed, and good afternoon to you. well, the top story from the gb newsroom is that rishi sunak insists he hasn't given up hope of winning the election, but he has warned voters not to give labour a blank check. the prime minister was campaigning in east lincolnshire today as new figures

the report's author, the doyen of election analysis, professor sirjohn curtis, told me he's detectedovernment than we have been at any point during the last a0 or 50 years. the report suggests voters think the way we're governed is broken. eight in ten say the system needs improving quite a lot or a great deal, with more than half wanting the voting system changed to one which is fairer to smaller parties. it's not boiling hot. it's not freezing cold. so what is the answer? many of the parties promised to give more power to the people. this part of yorkshire is due to have its own regional authority and most manifestos propose to devolve more control to such bodies. but hull is at the forefront of a grassroots movement to counter political apathy by creating people's assemblies. people need to have the power to make decisions for themselves. they've lost faith in politics from the top, and they need to really feel ownership over a movement that's coming from the bottom — something that meets their needs where they are. all sorts of people from a local community, who wouldn't normally

the report's author, the doyen of election analysis, professor sirjohn curtis, told me he's detectedtem changed to one which is fairer to smaller parties. it's not boiling hot. it's not freezing cold. so what is the answer? many of the parties promised to give more power to the people. this part of yorkshire is due to have its own regional authority and most manifestos propose to devolve more control to such bodies. but hull is at the forefront of a grassroots movement to counter political apathy by creating people's assemblies. people need to have the power to make decisions for themselves. they've lost faith in politics from the top, and they need to really feel ownership over a movement that's coming from the bottom — something that meets their needs where they are. all sorts of people from a local community, who wouldn't - normally necessarily meet, - come together and discuss what's important and what they might do about things. i disillusionment over brexit, political scandal and economic crisis — all are blamed for the lack of trust. whoever wins the election will have an urge

let's talk to sirjohn curtis, good to - talk to sirjohn curtis, good to have you with us, it's been aat. you talk about the potential there to split the - the potential there to split the conservative vote — where in the country is that a problem for the prime minister? to country is that a problem for the prime minister?— country is that a problem for the prime minister? to be honest, it's a roblem prime minister? to be honest, it's a problem in — prime minister? to be honest, it's a problem in virtually _ prime minister? to be honest, it's a problem in virtually all _ prime minister? to be honest, it's a problem in virtually all the - problem in virtually all the seats the conservatives are trying to defend because even if support for reform falls despite miztourage being at the helm, you have to remember that reform did not fight 319 constituencies at the conservatives held before 2019. they will now fight for those constituencies, and reform are the party to which 2019 voters are going. if reform are on the ballot paper, they will particularly do damage to the conservatives in sea

the report's author, the doyen of election analysis, professor sirjohn curtis, told me he's detected been at any point during the last 40 or 50 years. the report suggests voters think the way we're governed is broken. eight in ten say the system needs improving quite a lot or a great deal, with more than half wanting the voting system changed to one which is fairer to smaller parties. it's not boiling hot. it's not freezing cold. so what is the answer? many of the parties promised to give more power to the people. this part of yorkshire is due to have its own regional authority and most manifestos propose to devolve more control to such bodies. but hull is at the forefront of a grassroots movement to counter political apathy by creating people's assemblies. people need to have the power to make decisions for themselves. they've lost faith in politics from the top, and they need to really feel ownership over a movement that's coming from the bottom — something that meets their needs where they are. all sorts of people from a local community, who wouldn't - normally necessarily meet, -

was just going to say because john curtis, sir john was just going to say because john curtis, sirjohn curtisre all telling a load of porkies whoever's going to get in, despite all the talk of taxes, not going up, taxes are going up in the next parliament. >> well, i think as a proportion of gdp, the tax burden might increase. but in terms of tax cuts for people . so, you know, cuts for people. so, you know, the conservative party has pledged to cut taxes in terms of income tax. and that's scrapping national insurance and you know obviously delivering for working people. labour are not committing to that, and i don't see why you find this so amusing. this is the i'm detailing the conservative party manifesto versus the labour manifesto versus the labour manifesto for you. >> never seen you work so hard. >> never seen you work so hard. >> i know, i know, this is my third hour. >> i mean, either if the polls are wrong, then it's going to be are wrong, then it's going to be a disaster for all the polling companies. >> oh yeah. totally. >> oh yeah. totally. >> yeah. because they, they all seem to