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Vicky Spratt

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429 total appearances

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The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

And I would have expected Zach Polanski actually to have had a much higher favorability rating than he does, given all of the buzz around him and all the social media.

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

So it's quite interesting that Andy Burnham came above Zach Polanski, I think.

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

So making this series for you guys, one of the things we did was poll the Restors Politics audience.

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

12,000 responses, 6,000 of them were members of this generation that we're talking about.

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

And they're so...

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

hopeful, but disillusioned at the same time.

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

And I think what they've seen growing up, what they told us is we see people promise change and then the change doesn't come.

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

We see people say they're going to overhaul the system and the system stays the same.

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

I still can't afford a house.

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

I did everything right.

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

I did a degree and I'm working in Costa and living with my parents and thinking about the tens of thousands of pounds worth of debt that I've got.

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

And there was one

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

reader who wrote in and said, the only people that really seem to speak to me are Zach Polanski and Gary's economics.

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

Everybody else is just fighting amongst themselves and saying the same thing.

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

And I think they feel really let down by politicians and like they've not been listened to.

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

And now that these problems they face, the fact that jobs aren't paying them enough to move out of their parents' houses or buy houses of their own,

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

Absolutely.

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

And this idea that the baby boomer generation are the luckiest generation in history.

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

When you look at the statistics and you look at what was possible for baby boomers when they were younger versus what's possible now,

The Rest Is Politics
536. Is Trump’s Corruption Machine Reaching New Extremes?

moving out, starting a family of your own, buying a house, getting a job, moving up the career ladder, moving up the housing ladder.