Knowledge is Power

We need to agree on a common pool of information, in order to have a sensible discussion about the future.
Without a common pool of information, there can be no meaningful Democracy.

There are many problems with our political system, and with our politicians.

A quick example might be that we are trying to achieve too many things with just one vote every 5 years -

  1. select a good local representative,
    and
  2. select a party which seems as though it could govern competently,
    and
  3. select a manifesto of what we want to happen.

Taking the Party out of Politics is a new podcast from Talk Together, exploring WHY the problems are problematic, and HOW things could be different.

Rather than concentrating on the problems, we need to focus on creating solutions.
We need to work together to use our electoral and political systems better.

Listen to Taking the Party out of Politics, and be ready to contribute your ideas about how things could be different.

No one is as clever as everyone, working and thinking together.


 
TRANSCRIPTS for the Podcasts for Series 1: Why do we have a government?
1 Introduction 2 Why do we have a government? 3 From Democracy to Representative Democracy 4 From Representative Democracy to Party Politics 5 The role of Government vs the role of Parliament 6 Smoke & Mirrors & Manifestos    
PODCASTS for Series 1: Why do we have a government?
1 Introduction 2 Why do we have a government? 3 From Democracy to Representative Democracy 4 From Representative Democracy to Party Politics 5 The role of Government vs the role of Parliament 6 Smoke & Mirrors & Manifestos    

 
TRANSCRIPTS for the Podcasts for the Mini Bonus Series: The Impossible Puzzles of Political Participation
1 The Impossible Puzzle for Voters 2 The Impossible Puzzle for Voting 3 The Impossible Puzzle for Representatives 4 The Impossible Puzzle for Representative Government 5 The Impossible Puzzle for Parliament and Government  
PODCASTS for the Mini Bonus Series: The Impossible Puzzles of Political Participation
1 The Impossible Puzzle for Voters 2 The Impossible Puzzle for Voting 3 The Impossible Puzzle for Representatives 4 The Impossible Puzzle for Representative Government 5 The Impossible Puzzle for Parliament and Government  

 
TRANSCRIPTS for the Podcasts for Series 2: Why isn't our government working the way it's supposed to?
1 Becoming an MP 2 Being an MP 3 Parliament 4 Ministers and Safe Seats 5 Media Expectations 6 The Wicked Issues 7 Separation of Powers 8 Blunders of our Governments
PODCASTS for Series 2: Why isn't our government working the way it's supposed to?

1 Becoming an MP
(ep 13
)
[1st Oct 2021]

2 Being an MP
(ep 14)

[8th Oct 2021]
3 Parliament
(ep 15)

[15th Oct 2021]
4 Ministers and Safe Seats
(ep 16)

[29th Oct 2021]
5 Media Expectations
(ep 17)

[12th Nov 2021]
6 The Wicked Issues
(ep 18)

[26th Nov 2021]
7 Separation of Powers
(ep 19)

[10th Dec 2021]
8 Blunders of our Governments
(ep 20)

[24th Dec 2021]

 
TRANSCRIPTS for the Podcasts for the Mini Bonus Series: Looking at our systems differently
1 Protest - XR - the Moderates of climate change 2 Citizens' Assemblies - XR and why Citizens' Assemblies are part of the future for Democracy 3 Public Health and Timescales 4 Referendums 5 The UK and the EU 6 The Northern Ireland Protocol    
PODCASTS for the Mini Bonus Series: Looking at our systems differently

1 Protest - XR - the Moderates of climate change
(ep 21)
[8th Apr 2022

2 Citizens' Assemblies - XR and why Citizens' Assemblies are part of the future for Democracy
(ep 22)
[29th Apr 2022]
3 Public Health and Timescales 4 Referendums 5 The UK and the EU 6 The Northern Ireland Protocol    

 
TRANSCRIPTS for the Podcasts for Series 3: Taking the Party out of Politics
1 A Summary of Challenges 2 Citizens' Assemblies 3 Citizen Scrutiny 4 Citizen Government 5 Citizen Information 6 Citizen Thinking 7 Changing the Way We Use the System  
PODCASTS for Series 3: Taking the Party out of Politics
1 A Summary of Challenges
(ep 27)
27th Jan 2023

2 Citizens' Assemblies (ep 28)
10th Feb 2023

3 Citizen Scrutiny
(ep 29)
24th Feb 2023

4 Citzen Government
(ep 30)
10th Mar 2023

5 Citizen Information
(ep 31)
24th Mar 2023

6 Citizen Thinking
(ep 32)
7th Apr 2023
7 Changing the Way We Use the System
(ep 33)
21st Apr 2023
 
 

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