Jonathan Dimbleby presented a political debate from Westwood College in Leek on Friday evening, with a panel including the former cabinet minister Lord Blunkett, UKIP interim leader Nigel Farage MEP, the author Eimear McBride and the Chairman of the Conservative Party Sir Patrick McLoughlin MP.
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The questions:
Martin Sidley: 10 days into president-elect Trump’s transition, have panel members recognised any positives?
11 min. Richard May: Brexit is a complex pack of cards: should we show our hand?
25 min. Shona Mountford: What can be done to make sure working-class children are given the same opportunities as middle-class and upper-class children, to further their education?
39 min. N Caswell: Do the panellists believe that it is correct that the public is paying for the Buckingham Palace renovations?
44 min. Steven Knight: Which current influential person, or persons, would you like to talk to in a lift, and what would you say to them?