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Has Brexit broken UK politics?
FromThe Real Story
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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Apr 12, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
Has what’s happened since the Brexit referendum revealed serious problems with the way the UK is governed? Was the big mistake to have a referendum on such a complex issue in the first place, challenging the sovereignty of parliament and our representative system? Are UK politicians ignorant of the art of compromise, and if so, would proportional representation change the political culture? Do there need to be reforms, even a written constitution? Or is the problem not the system, but the failures of a few key people to understand the rules?
Paul Henley is joined by a panel to discuss the UK's constitutional crisis.
Picture: Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow during a debate on the second reading of the European Union Withdrawal (No. 5) Bill, April 3, 2019. Credit: Mark Duffy/AFP/Getty Images
Paul Henley is joined by a panel to discuss the UK's constitutional crisis.
Picture: Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow during a debate on the second reading of the European Union Withdrawal (No. 5) Bill, April 3, 2019. Credit: Mark Duffy/AFP/Getty Images
Released:
Apr 12, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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