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With chaos in parliament, a vicious by-election underway and a general election coming up, becoming a politician seems a dangerous choice.
Today Su Moore, CEO of the Jo Cox Foundation, returns to the podcast to discuss the ways we can make politics safer, how threats are driving people out of politics, and the charity's latest report on this subject.
You can read the report here (https://www.jocoxfoundation.org/our-work/respectful-politics/commission/).
22 Oct 2023
Ben Bradshaw MP on Getting Ready for Government
This week Tom's joined by former cabinet minister and Labour MP for Exeter Ben Bradshaw.
We talk about life as an MP and how he's helping Labour's shadow ministers get ready for government, as well as what's changed in his decades in politics, and why it's right for older MPs to stand down and make way for younger ones.
It's a really thoughtful conversation about the current state of British politics and how we got here.
22 Aug 2023
The Sessions: Why Has Politics Become so Nasty?
Why has politics become so nasty?
In the last 7 years 2 MPs have been murdered, and politicians at every level are facing death threats, abuse, and violence 7 days a week.
Today Tom's joined by Su Moore, CEO of the Jo Cox Foundation, a charity seeking to break down barriers in communities and make politics much kinder.
They talk about how we can all help make politics more effective, what we're missing out on by having such fraught system, and the shocking reality of being a politician at any level in 2023.
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