Reasons to be Cheerful with Ed Miliband & Geoff Lloyd
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Hello! The UK was late to the party on holding TV election debates. What can we learn from other countries about how to do them well? Nick Anstead talks us through why we avoided debates for so long and where we’re still going wrong. US expert Diana Carlin explains the history of presidential debates and why she thinks they’ve been good for democracy. Then Graham Fox discusses Canada’s recent experience of overhauling how their debates are run.
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Comedian Pierre Novellie returns to pick apart the first week of the General Election campaigning
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193. THE CASE FOR BIG CHANGE: and building the coalitions to make it happen
192. TICKET TO RIDE: buses, Burnham and public control
191. PRESTONOMICS: taking back control of local economies
190. THE PREMONITION: a conversation with Michael Lewis
189. IT’S COMING HOME: could fan ownership save football?
188. THE DREAM NOT JUST THE NIGHTMARE: a vision for tackling the environmental crisis
187. RETHINKING INFRASTRUCTURE: the case for social investment
186. LEARNING FROM THE WORLD’S HAPPIEST COUNTRY: Reasons to be Finnish
185. WHAT'S THE GIG IDEA?: fair work in the platform economy
184. REASONS TO BE PLAYFUL: protecting children’s right to play
183 and a half. Michael Rosen on his recovery from Covid
183. MEETING THE JOE-MENT: could the Biden presidency be transformational?
182. OFFICE POLITICS: the future of the workplace
181. PARKS AND REC: green space for all
180. A NEW BEVERIDGE REPORT: remaking the welfare state
179 and a half. OUT OF THE ORDINARY: Marc Stears on the politics of everyday life
179. GENERATION RENTIER: fixing a broken economic model
178. YOU'RE NEVER TOO OLD: a lifelong learning revolution
177. PB OR NOT PB: participatory budgeting to give citizens control
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