How the Tories are faring in the North's big cities – and why the party has no councillors in Manchester, Liverpool and Newcastle

In this episode of The Northern Agenda podcast, Dan O'Donohue is joined by a panel of experts to ask how the Conservatives are performing in the North - and why they perform poorly in northern cities such as Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle.Dan is joined by:- James Pearson, chairman of the Manchester Conservatives- Jon Tonge, professor of politics at the University of Liverpool- Liam Thorp, political editor of the Liverpool EchoThe Northern Agenda is a Laudable production for Reach. It is presented by Rob Parsons and Daniel O'Donoghue, and it is produced by Daniel J. McLaughlin.You can subscribe to the daily Northern Agenda newsletter here: http://www.thenorthernagenda.co.uk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices