Hello and welcome to the Political Party podcast. This episode features found a partner

of Britain thinks Debra Matinson and this is one of the most fascinating discussions

I have ever had. Debra is basically an oracle for everything that is going on with

probably a penny at the moment and building on the fascinating mood of the nation research

which is available for free to read on the Britain thinks website as well as a rich resource

of so much other previous research they've done. Which if you're interested in this sort

of thing and if you listen to this podcast I'm guessing you are, go on there and just enjoy

it. It's incredible the insights that are available on there are the knowledge you will

glean about public opinion and attitudes towards all sorts of things and of course this

is all in the context of Brexit and the leadership of the two major parties and everything else.

It's just it's so rare you can talk to somebody gives you such clear answers about what

people think and about the things that are happening in our lives that the undercurrents

of British society and we barely scratch the surface where there's so many other things

you're basically talking to someone who can tell you exactly what the country thinks

and I mean that is rare and thrilling. So I can't thank Debra enough for coming in and

sharing with us her expertise and the great story of her life of working for the Labour

Parliament and I won't tread on that because she tells us about her career prior to setting

up Britain thinks and of course we talk about what to Britain thinks maybe next resource

is very exciting. Debra is all through a fantastic book called Talking to a Brick Wall and we

touch on it slightly and but it's still available to buy and there is a link in the show notes

to this on the device that you'll listen to this on where you can buy that book should

you wish. So oh yes and of course I'm in the Edinburgh festival in a few weeks and with

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