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EPISODE · Nov 10, 2023 · 31 MIN

Ian Hislop: Britain's political accountability crisis

from Armando Iannucci: Westminster Reimagined | a New Statesman podcast

The British government has no shame. How can we hold politicians to account?Ian Hislop (Private Eye, Have I Got News For You) and Jill Rutter (former senior civil servant) join Armando Iannucci and Anoosh Chakelian to discuss political scandal, resignations, and accountability in politics. This episode was originally published in the New Statesman Podcast on 26 July, 2021. Listen to the New Statesman podcast here: https://podfollow.com/new-statesmanGuestsIan Hislop is the editor of Private Eye and regular on the long-running satirical panel show Have I Got News For You. Jill Rutter is a former British civil servant. She is a senior research fellow of UK in a Changing Europe, and was previously the programme director at the Institute for Government directing the organisation's work on better policy making and Brexit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The British government has no shame. How can we hold politicians to account?Ian Hislop (Private Eye, Have I Got News For You) and Jill Rutter (former senior civil servant) join Armando Iannucci and Anoosh Chakelian to discuss political scandal, resignations, and accountability in politics. This episode was originally published in the New Statesman Podcast on 26 July, 2021. Listen to the New Statesman podcast here: https://podfollow.com/new-statesmanGuestsIan Hislop is the editor of Private Eye and regular on the long-running satirical panel show Have I Got News For You. Jill Rutter is a former British civil servant. She is a senior research fellow of UK in a Changing Europe, and was previously the programme director at the Institute for Government directing the organisation's work on better policy making and Brexit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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