Something completely different to the usual fare this time: a little while back I picked my five favourite spy novels for the Spybrary podcast. For a variation from the usual Never Mind The Podcasts fare, take a listen to what I picked, and why those in politics so often like spy stories:
Anthony Price features, of course. As does (ssssh! former spy) Paddy Ashdown and US President Lyndon B Johnson, subject of perhaps the best non-fiction book and one with a brilliant narrator too.
In coincidental related news, I discovered recently that the author of the standard book on the history of the early years of campaigning for proportional representation was a Communist, and possibly a Russian spy. The author is Jennifer Hart and the book is Proportional Representation: Critics of the British Electoral System 1820-1945.
Show notesWhy good pollsters are filled with doubt: interview with YouGov's Chris Curtis
What must the Liberal Democrats learn from Donald Trump?
The one in which I get compared to Terry Pratchett
Protecting our privacy is key to fighting coronavirus: interview with Jim Killock
What do the experts say about coronavirus? With Dr Ben Johnson
The Project: how the Conservatives were beaten last time
Our bias toward pessimism - Sunder Katwala on reactions to coronavirus
What does coronavirus mean for public policy? Interview with Polly Mackenzie
Special joint episode with Lib Dem Podcast: Leadership election postponed / should we cancel Brighton conference?
Coronavirus: the Hong Kong experience and what next for British politics? With Phil Cowley
How you can figure out which news stories to trust: the story behind Bad News
What does the polling data say about the future for the Lib Dems? Interview with Paula Surridge
What's it like being a councillor and how do you get to be one? With Anton Georgiou
What does a Liberal Democrat council leader do? With Cllr Stephen Robinson
How do you make someone join a political party? Tim Bale has the evidence
What does the future hold for British politics? With Lynne Featherstone
Season 1 Finale: an interim elections post-mortem
How to change the result of the election with the help of targeting
How is the Liberal Democrat general election campaign going?
Prince Andrew, I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, and the Liberal Democrats
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