145. The Great Manchester Mayoral Election
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In all the excitement over the London mayoral election, and Brexit, and coronavirus, and the end of civilisation as we know it, it might have escaped you that there are mayoral elections due in other English cities in early May. So, on this week\\u2019s podcast, we\'re looking at one of those.
The last time Skylines spoke to Jen Williams, politics and investigations editor of the Manchester Evening News, it was to talk about exactly what had gone wrong with the northern rail network. Since that\'s still going wrong (lol), that\\u2019s our starting point this week, too. But we swiftly move on to talking about our real topic: Greater Manchester\\u2019s upcoming mayoral election and Andy Burnham\\u2019s record as mayor, as well as homelessness, policing and, my personal favourite, bus regulation.
If you\\u2019re on Twitter and you don\'t follow Jen already, by the way, you\\u2019re doing it wrong: she\\u2019s on @JenWilliamsMEN. Next time, all being well, I\\u2019m off for a walk with independent London mayoral candidate Rory Stewart.
Skylines is the podcast from CityMetric, the New Statesman\'s cities site. It\'s presented by Jonn Elledge and produced by Nick Hilton.
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