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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: 01/01/2010

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01/01/2010

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Does religion have a place in politics? Or should legislators be driven by secular ethics?

A weekly look inside British politics from the BBC.

Many of the most bitterly contested issues that Britain's legislators have to deal with today involve a clash of ethical systems that cuts across traditional political boundaries. Arguments about the nature of the family or about assisted suicide, genetic engineering and the manipulation of human embryos all raise questions that challenge the traditional view of human life held in the Judaeo-Christian tradition. By what values should Britain's politicians be guided in what some claim is a post-Christian, or even post-religious world? Should the secular ethics and bioethics, which hold a view of human life drawn from Charles Darwin, be held in equal balance with those put forward by religious groups?
Presented by Dennis Sewell.

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