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30/05/2009

"Power to the people". Reform is in the air. Who wants to be a politician now?

Power to the people promise the political classes, in response to public anger over their expenses. But do they mean it? And who wants to be a politician now? Are celebrities really the answer to Westminster's troubles? Reform is in the air and perhaps the route back to respectability in politics could lie as far back as ancient Greece. Why are the arts left-wing? A new front line in British culture is challenging political orthodoxy among the intelligentsia. Politics UK is presented by Norman Smith.

26 minutes

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Sun 31 May 2009 09:32GMT

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  • Sun 31 May 2009 09:32GMT

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