the labour mp for stoke—on—trent central, tri5tram hunt, is standing down. loyal to the party as they once were. would everyone on this estate have voted labour in the past? in my opinion, yes. why was that? they were just the working man, weren't they? the working man. it's what your mum and dad did, so you did it. you know, it was tradition, really. they used to be saying, if you put a monkey up for labour, people would vote for it. six and eight, 68. legs 11. whistles. oh, thank you! certainty comes in other forms, wherever you travel in stoke. these days you're more likely to meet an out voter than a labour one. and many of them will tell you how much more vibrant the place used to be. it changed because all the shops have gone, left empty, falling down. there used to be 20 pubs along this high street, 20 pubs. know how many there are now? none. chris humphries runs the pensioner events at her local community centre, and voted out. i thought that was probably going to be the best thing because we probably could make the elitist government start thinking