Is Britain’s political system capable of responding to the economic, technological and cultural challenges reshaping not just the country, but the world?
That’s the question Stella Creasy and Damian Hinds have been exploring together - and the one they join Ed, Anna, Mark and Ben to examine on this week’s episode of the pod - returning for our second season, at a huge time for Britain’s mainstream politics.
Stella argues that government has become too top-down and disconnected from citizens, with politicians treating people as passive recipients rather than participants in change. She calls for a more deliberative and community-led politics, while Damian defends the core principles of representative democracy, arguing that Britain’s institutions remain fundamentally sound but need modernisation to cope with the speed of change we are seeing.
Together with the herd they grapple with a key challenge - is incremental change enough, or does British politics face a deeper existential crisis that requires bolder, bigger solutions - and most critically, what does that mean for the so-called centre?
Listen now and let us know what you think - this couldn’t be a more important time to be talking about the real, proper, deeper issues we all face.
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