The latest episode, hosted by Sarina Sharma-Welsh in conversation with @miguelpereira.bsky.social, is about how politicians learn what voters want, why elite blind spots persist, and how representation can get distorted.

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The third episode features @sarahobolt.bsky.social in a discussion of political entrepreneurs such as Farage and Trump and how they are disrupting traditional party system.

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The second episode is with Dr Elisa Wirsching, discussing power struggles between politicians and public servants and explore how everyday decisions — and even elections — can be shaped by the clash between them.

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The first episode is a discussion on the effect of campaigns with @florianfoos.bsky.social. They discuss how the relationship between political elites and citizens is evolving, whether persuasion still happens, and how it might happen.

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They kind of look and sound alike don't they ...

If I were Ed Davey and struggling a bit with my own MPs and their expectations, I’d be absolutely delighted.

This sets the party up for abysmal failure. “We are Reform with fever opportunistic careerists” isn’t quite the pitch when many of those opportunistic careerists were in the Conservative Party before.