Joining host Alain Tolhurst to discuss the ways our democracy is under attack from the continued abuse and intimidation of our politicians are Electoral Commission chief executive Vijay Rangarajan, along with Hannah Phillips, respectful politics policy manager at the Jo Cox Foundation, and the Labour MP John Slinger, vice chair of  new all-party parliamentary group on defending democracy.

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Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton and edited by Ewan Cameron for Podot