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A weekly look inside British politics from the BBC

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Issues affecting British social and political life.

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Politics UK is the weekly programme that covers British political and policy issues, economic and cultural change and Britain’s standing in Europe and the rest of the world in a way that is relevant to an international audience.  
It's the flagship programme for UK political analysis and debate on the BBC World Service.  
Leading politicians, commentators and intellectuals take part each week to discuss and reflect on the main events shaping British politics.

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Politics UK Archive: 23/05/2009

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23/05/2009

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The Speaker of the House of Commons is forced out, can Parliament retrieve its reputation?

What price reputation? The Speaker of the House of Commons is forced out, but can  Parliament retrieve its reputation? After the most turbulent political week in living memory, Politics UK looks at how to restore the standing of Westminster's politicians.  Revelation may be painful, but do democracies need the attentions of an unlovable press?  And the wit and wisdom of the furious voters, as seen in the letters pages of the paper that revealed all.  Politics UK is presented by Sean Curran.

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