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Sep 2023
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Introducing... Trendy

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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.


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