Would You Like A Referendum On That?
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
4.1 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Are referendums the sign of a healthy democracy, or as Thatcher said a "device of dictators and demagogues"? Matt finds out about their increasing use around the world to decide everything from pension reform to using nuclear power.
Plus: Columnists Daniel Finkelstein and Miranda Green discuss how political narratives are built from uncertain data, and whether it's a problem that Keir Starmer is less popular than the Labour Party.
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| 1:46.0 | Right, coming up on today's episode, then, haven't they learned our lesson? Referendums are |
| 1:51.6 | spreading around the world. Everyone seems to be having them having an Australia to talk about |
| 1:55.6 | with them in France, do we even have one in Blackpool? Are they a good idea? Or walls, |
| 2:00.7 | markets that you like to say they were basically the work of dictators? That's coming up in our |
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