In the West Country, we therefore began our Bench Across Britain series by dragging our green bench down the harbor stairs, over the slimy, black rocks, and onto the expansive yellow sands of Towan Beach in Newquay Bay.
Our first speaker, surf instructor Rich Holgate Smith, was located here.
“I haven’t engaged with it enough myself,” he says. “I’m not a devoted disciple of Rishi Sunak. However, I can see what’s going on in my daily life, sort of.
“The price of food has increased or rent has tripled in the previous several years.
And I see that many of the wonderful things that made this nation great are disappearing, including the NHS and other free services.”
News has made the decision to travel the nation with a piece of upholstered parliamentary furniture so you can comment on it.
Conversations on our bench frequently center on the perception that public services are deteriorating as well as the expense of life.
Max Whiteley and Sophia Zielinski-Keall, a young couple, stop to talk while strolling their dog on the beach.
