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Last broadcast on Sat, 7 Jan 2012, 13:10 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Jonathan Dimbleby presents a panel discussion of news and politics from Preston, Hertfordshire, with Stephen Twigg, Shadow Secretary of State for Education; Lionel Barber, Editor of the Financial Times; Jesse Norman, Conservative MP and author of The Big Society; and Constance Briscoe, barrister and author of memoirs Ugly and Beyond Ugly.
Producer: Kirsten Lass.
Chapters
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Chapter 1
Question One: To what extent has the conviction of two of the murderers of Stephen Lawrence provided justice for Stephen?
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Chapter 2
Question Two: Does the panel agree that the furore over Diane Abbott's tweets is an indication that it's still not possible to have an open and explicit debate about racism in the UK?
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Chapter 3
Question Three: Does the panel believe that the terminally ill should have the right to assisted suicide?
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Chapter 4
Question Four: Is the creation of Academies by the Labour Government and now Free schools by the Conservatives, an admission by both that many Comprehensive schools have failed?
Broadcasts
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Fri 6 Jan 201220:00
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Sat 7 Jan 201213:10
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