Will Boris Johnson 'level up' places like Stoke-on-Trent?

Video report by ITV News Political Correspondent Romilly Weeks

The Prime Minister insisted he had not feeling the ill effects of Covid and had not lost his famous bounce.

But there is no denying there have been easier times to be in Number 10.

So have the events of the last few months fundamentally altered the way people view him and his policies, particularly in those traditionally Labour held areas that helped deliver him his thumping majority.

One such place is Stoke - in particular Stoke on Trent North which until the General Election had never chosen a conservative MP before.

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