The Conservative Party now has barely 70,000 members, most of them aged over 60. Meanwhile Labour has over half a million, many of them young. What does this mean for the future of British politics? Can a party survive without members? Can Labour negotiate the divisions within its ranks? And what room is there for a new party of the centre? With Helen Thompson and Chris Bickerton.
S02-EP02 - Anne-Marie Slaughter talks about what is making Americans so fearful and the difference it would make to have a grandmother in the White House.
S02-EP01 - Jackie Ashley discusses the state of the Labour party and whether we are seeing a new kind of politics.
S01-EP17 The Election Podcast returns for a special edition, recorded in front of a live audience as part of the Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2015
S01-EP16 - FINALE: Remembering a remarkable election PLUS Lord Grabiner on the Human Rights Act, the future of Labour & the lessons of Tony Blair
S01-EP15 - Richard Danbury on television debates, old vs new media & the BBC
S01-EP14 - ELECTION RESULT SPECIAL: Former guests discuss the outcome PLUS Chris Huhne on the Lib Dem collapse, electoral reform & the future of progressive politics
S01-EP13 - David Howarth on winning an election, Polling Day & the future of democracy
S01-EP12 - Richard N. Haass on foreign policy, the US perspective & Northern Ireland
S01-EP11 - Sherry Coutu on education, stimulating business & coalitions
S01-EP10 - Barbara Sahakian on psychology, politics & well-being
S01-EP09 - Simon Szreter on conspiracy theories, trust in politics & solutions
S01-EP08 - Robert Tombs on Britishness, Britain's place in Europe & the NHS
S01-EP07 - SPECIAL: Michael Howard & Stephan Shakespeare on Margaret Thatcher, the true power of polls, and the impact of UKIP in 2015
S01-EP06 - Rae Langton on Charlie Hebdo, free speech vs hate speech & blasphemy
S01-EP05 - Clare Jackson on the United Kingdom, Scotland & the politics of memory
S01-EP04 - John Naughton on Facebook in Politics, Edward Snowden, & Surveillance
S01-EP03 - Martin Jacques on the global perspective, Britain’s decline, & China’s rise
S01-EP02 - Martin Rees on surviving this century, scientists in politics, and 2015
S01-EP01 - Maurice Glasman on democracy, creative destruction and Wolf Hall
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