Sarah Lester
speaker
201 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 28 Jul
Sarah Lester’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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They're sort of launched, we expect mid-afternoon on Friday.
I'd be surprised if Bev gets, you need 50%, that 50% to win.
So I think the second vote will count.
If I was betting on it, I'd probably say, you know, Bev Craig would do it then, would just about do it.
But it's by no means, nothing's certain ever in an election.
I think there will be an issue over,
You know, turnout, turnout's always been around 30 odd percent.
And one of the things we found whilst out talking to people is a lack of an awareness of this election around Greater Manchester.
And actually, it could be one of the most influential, you know, in terms of impacting directly on people's lives.
It's hugely significant.
But turnout could potentially be significant.
quite low.
Some people didn't even quite understand what they were voting for, even though they were trying to vote.
So we're spending a lot of time trying to explain to people the voting system and what they are voting for and making sure we're interviewing every
Well, you don't want to get deep into this, but I do think we've got a problem with education around democracy for kids.
And actually, I don't think we talk enough about how our country runs and a lot of people just switch off from news.
So some people think that, oh, well, it's Labour's because it's Manchester, so I won't vote, which is probably not by no means a dead cert.
So maybe there's an element of that.
And some people don't.
battling their lives and cost of living and are kind of apathetic to the fact that politicians can make a difference.
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