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Post-Election Dissection
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Length:
61 minutes
Released:
May 14, 2015
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Podcast episode
Description
On May 12th, before the dust had settled on the General Election, Intelligence Squared hosted a post-election dissection with pundits and politicians of all persuasions. They battled it out over what the outcome means for the future of British politics. Is it fair, for example, that a bunch of Scots who want to leave the Union should have so much sway over the rest of the country? Will a break-up of the Union be inevitable? How long will any minority government, reliant on querulous smaller parties, be able to survive? Are we hearing the death knell of the two-party political system? And if so, do we need fundamental reform of our electoral system?
We were joined by constitutional expert Vernon Bogdanor, Labour MP Margaret Hodge, Conservative MP Jesse Norman and columnist and interviewer for The Times Alice Thomson.
The event was chaired by columinst and author Simon Jenkins. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
We were joined by constitutional expert Vernon Bogdanor, Labour MP Margaret Hodge, Conservative MP Jesse Norman and columnist and interviewer for The Times Alice Thomson.
The event was chaired by columinst and author Simon Jenkins. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
May 14, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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