Failed State: Inside Britain's Governance Crisis | Sam Freedman - Hidden Forces

In <a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/failed-state-britains-governance-crisis-sam-freedman"> Episode 433</a> of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Sam Freedman, a former senior policy advisor in the UK's Department for Education, political analyst, and the author of "Failed State," a timely exploration of the deep-rooted dysfunction within British governance and how to fix it. In their conversation, Sam Freedman examines the origins and nature of the current crisis, focusing on issues such as extreme centralization, the dominance of executive power, and the corrosive impact of modern media dynamics on politics and policymaking. He also takes listeners through several critical turning points in recent British political history, explaining how the solutions to past crises have, paradoxically, laid the groundwork for today's dysfunction. The episode ends with an exploration of Sam's proposed radical institutional reforms, why ...