07/04/2011

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Duration: 1 hour

David Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Oxford in front of an invited studio audience, with a panel of guests from the world of politics. The panel includes the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Caroline Flint MP and Liberal Democrat MP Jo Swinson, as well as Labour peer and broadcaster Professor Lord Winston and actor Simon Callow.

Chapters

8 items
  • Introduction

    David Dimbleby introduces the panel from Oxford.

  • NHS changes

    In the face of widespread opposition to the proposed NHS reforms, is it time for the Health Secretary to leave government and take his unpopular Bill with him?

  • Arts cuts

    This week we found out that Nick Clegg cries while listening to music. Do any of the panel express similar remorse at the recent cuts to arts funding?

  • Austerity measures

    Now that a third eurozone country needs to be bailed out, does the crisis in Portugal vindicate the UK government’s austerity measures?

  • Alternative Vote

    In 1931 Winston Churchill opposed the Alternative Vote by saying “the Government could be determined by the most worthless votes given for the most worthless candidates.” Do you agree?

  • Social mobility

    Is the Government's recent policy on social mobility not breathtakingly hypocritical, given that work placements were auctioned off to the highest bidder at a Tory party fundraiser?

  • Pakistan

    Was it right that the Prime Minister, on a recent trip to Pakistan, apologised and conceded British responsibility for a number of historic problems across the world?

  • End comments and credits

    David Dimbleby looks ahead to next week's programme.

Credits

Series Editor
Edward Havard
Presenter
David Dimbleby
Executive Producer
Steve Anderson

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