Andy Preston interview: The independent Middlesbrough mayor taking on the political establishment

In October last year, the people of the North started to rise up in revolt over lockdown policies which local leaders felt left them out of the decision-making. The protest began as a grumbling, first from Newcastle Council chief Nick Forbes, from Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson.

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