Listener engagement is “gold dust” here, she says – the number of tweets, texts, calls and WhatsApp messages popping up on the screen are a key measure of success for Ahmed and her producers, Andy Evans, Julie Langford and Pete Allison. “If they were my family members, I’d find it devastating.” They often get in touch anonymously or under a pseudonym that they use for the radio. “The really sad thing is that sometimes I can tell they have no one else to talk to. But for some reason they feel comfortable sharing it with us. “It’s embarrassing to say you can’t afford to heat your house, even though everyone’s in the same boat. Speaking the morning after the interview, Ahmed said: “When you’re moments from speaking to the prime minister, you can’t get emotional. It is one of the many comments Ahmed was affected by. I’m a British army veteran and I’m no longer proud to be British.” It read: “I would ask the prime minister, when will I ever feel hope again? I feel I will never own a home, I will never feel comfortable, I feel I can’t get a secure job.
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