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Another week, another podcast! The gang are chatting Eurovision, gammon and votes for 16-17 years olds, but first they have a big feature... ___ FEATURE Raj sits down with Sir John Curtice - polling methodology expert, survey researcher, and something of a Twitter celebrity - to discuss expectations and interpretations of the recent local elections. What can we extrapolate from the results? How far does Labour have to climb? How certain is any 'prediction'? ___ MEANWHILE ON TWITTER Rowan's curious about what 'gammon' means, and our Extremely Online representative Raj enlightens us about the type of mad, red and nude man of the Centre and Right who calls for preemptively nuking Iran. ___ BIG THINKING The Representation of the People (Young People's Enfranchisement and Education Bill) - seeking to grant votes to 16-17 year olds, and mandate civics education - continues to crawl through the House of Commons thanks to filibustering before and during its debate. Why are some Conservatives intent on killing off the bill? Why do the gang believe votes for under-18s is important? And what gives them hope that votes for under-18s could be allowed soon? ___ Like what you hear? Support us by... Following on Soundcloud! Subscribing and Reviewing on ITunes – itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/connected-disaffected/ Following on Twitter – twitter.com/CandDPodcast Following on FB – www.facebook.com/connectedanddisaffected/ Email your comments and ideas - connectedanddisaffected@gmail.com