The Political School

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The Political School: Episode 2

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How could we change our political system for the better?

Timandra Harkness looks at how a crisis can help government to experiment.

Have you ever thought that our whole political system needs radical change? That in the face of complex global challenges - a pandemic, for example - the British state is a lumbering beast still using the technology of the 20th century - if not the 19th? That our politicians aren’t as well equipped for their jobs as they could be? 

In this three-part series, author and broadcaster Timandra Harkness examines whether there's truth in these ideas - and how our political system can change for the better. 

In the second episode, we look at what happens in a crisis - how it can force governments to experiment and innovate, and allow them to do things that in normal times they'd never get away with.

Presenter: Timandra Harkness
Producer: Ant Adeane
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Timandra Harkness examines how we could change our political system for the better.

Author and broadcaster Timandra Harkness examines how we could change our political system for the better.

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