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What’s Wrong with Democracy?

Episode 4: The trust deficit

39 min • 12 juni 2024

Over the past 20 years the British public’s trust in politicians has been tested. Ben Ansell explores how trust is playing out in the UK’s upcoming general election. How can you restore trust in democracy? And is the UK an outlier or part of a wider global movement?   


Guests:  


Sacha Hilhorst, Senior Research Fellow with Commonwealth

Polly Curtis, Chief Executive of Demos 

Richard Wike, Director of Global Attitudes Research at the Pew Research Centre 


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Host: Professor Ben Ansell

Producers: Katie Gunning and Ada Barume

Editor: Jasper Corbett

Original artwork: Jon Hill | Emma O’Neil 



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