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Episode 2

Episode 2 of 3

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鈥檛 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
A Novel production for 成人快手 Radio 4

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28 minutes

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Mon 27 Jul 2020 21:00

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  • Tue 21 Jul 2020 11:00
  • Mon 27 Jul 2020 21:00