I live in Leicestershire and I find increasingly there is broad agreement on much of what you guys report (your normal punters at Weatherspoons, colleagues of all backgrounds I work with across the NHS, family in the midlands etc).
Fortunately the internet allows us access to information at a level unseen previously.

Also I would argue that whilst we have the corporate media and control of mainstream news, people are not stupid, they instinctively know the truth of it all.
People knew the war in Iraq was wrong, they turned out in their droves to protest, but were ignored. Sorry episodes such as the Blair WMD dossier, actually give us clarity and a rationale for change. We need to represented not ignored. Unfortunately democracy exists for one day only, the day we actually vote.

The social contract is broken, society should be engineered for quality of life – not increasing profit and asset ownership for the few in the “winner takes all” lottery playing out.

Institutionalisation is rampant, even “the church” I feel, would rather see a new shiny roof on its premises rather than house the homeless overnight.

Turkeys don’t vote for Christmas, the establishment proved that in the run up to Brexit vote, but were thwarted. Whilst I am pro Europe, sometimes we need to break and challenge things to fix them.

I wish to see, localism, stakeholders (staff) on boards, sensible caps on wages, a fairer society and less speculation and risk imposed by the likes of the Banks. The UK may be an opportunity for this to happen. Such desires have entered discussion more than ever in mainstream media. Speakers such as Paul Mason, Yanis Varoufakis, Corbyn gain traction with myself and many others. There is hope.

Thanks for your article, quite punchy – you’ve covered a broad spectrum and entertained. Not sure if you do seminars – you should consider, I would certainly consider attending. Keep up the good work.

Regards Peter Cartwright