Beyond Westminster

First broadcast from 20080726 to 20080906.

Andrew Rawnsley presents the series looking at politics beyond and outside the Westminster parliament.

 
 
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010120080726He looks at the impact of new media on politics.
Political blogs have been around for a while but Barack Obama is blazing a new online trail, seeking finance as well as voters via the internet. Research suggests,however, that our MPs may be a little slower in their uptake of new media.
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010320080809Elinor Goodman presents the series looking at politics beyond and outside the Westminster parliament.
She looks at the effect of current economic conditions on green politics. Will potential voters welcome eye-watering petrol prices as just another another reason to drive less or will they resent being told to change their behaviour while the Treasury devises new and ever more demanding green taxes?
010420080816Sheena Macdonald presents the series looking at politics beyond and outside the Westminster parliament.
010520080823Series looking at politics beyond and outside the Westminster parliament. Elinor Goodman discovers how well bottom-up politics works and what lessons communities and politicians should draw from the results
010620080830Sheena McDonald presents the series looking at politics beyond and outside the Westminster parliament.
  20080906Andrew Rawnsley presents the series looking at politics beyond and outside the Westminster parliament.