How to make politics better - with Neal Lawson - Ep 4

My conversation in this episode is with Neal Lawson. Neal is a
political commentator and a director of the centre-left pressure
group Compass. He was an adviser to Gordon Brown when he was
Chancellor of the Exchequer, is the editor of the political
journal Renewal and has regularly appeared on TV and in
newspapers to talk politics.

Neal, like many people, feels that traditional politics is
broken, and that to get a better, fairer and more sustainable
future for everyone, we need to build a new vision of politics
that is rooted in people’s lives, relationships and communities.
A ‘bottom-up’ approach, where politicians listen to people, give
them more power and shape policy based on their needs, rather
than the current ‘top-down’ approach where ‘politicians know
best’ and impose policies on the population. 

In this conversation we explore the work Neal does and why it
matters - as well as how we can all have hope and work towards a
better future, even in difficult times. 

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