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The King's Speech | Liberal End Game | Speaker's Woes |

A weekly look inside British politics from the 成人快手 with Edward Stourton.

Is the strange death of Liberal England, once written of in the 1930s, about to happen all over again? The Liberal Democrat part of Britain's coalition is feeling the strains of high office. Could the party split apart under the strain of coalition with the Tories - perhaps disappear altogether? Julian Astle of the Liberal think tank Centre Forum and the political commentator Nick Cohen discuss.

John Bercow: the Speaker of the House of Commons, defender of Parliament's rights and the referee who is supposed to see fair play in the chamber; is under fire for the way he's performed those roles. Will MPs call time on his tenure? We speak to Quentin Letts who is the parliamentary sketch writer for the Daily Mail, a UK based Newspaper.

And the director of one of the most talked about films, Tom Hooper, on why The King's Speech has given new life to the debate about monarchy.

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28 minutes

Broadcasts

  • Fri 21 Jan 2011 12:32GMT
  • Fri 21 Jan 2011 16:32GMT
  • Sat 22 Jan 2011 00:32GMT
  • Sat 22 Jan 2011 04:32GMT

成人快手 World Service Archive

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