Politics at the Edge - from the University of East Anglia

Legendary Politics Professor John Street retires at the end of the month. How has politics changed in the 42 years he's been studying and teaching it at UEA? With Clare Precey, Alan Finlayson and Pierre Bocquillion. 

Is the world safer, or a more dangerous place since the Russian invasion of Ukraine? Clare Precey and Prof Alan Finlayson ask Dr Suzanne Doyle, Dr Ra Mason and Alex Burov. 

Are we living in a post-truth world? Are we entering, as Barack Obama claims, a crisis of epistemology? Separating truth from the misinformation and disinformation that permeates the internet is no simple task. So what does the spread of falsehoods online mean for democracy and society? Clare Precey and Prof Alan Finlayson discuss all this and more with Dr Sally Broughton Micova and Dr Maria Serban from the University of East Anglia.  

Incidents of violence against women increased during the pandemic, with the high profile case of Sarah Everard leading many to protest on the streets. But most violence against women is carried out by someone known to them, so what can we do about it? Clare Precey and Prof Alan Finlayson discuss with Dr Helen Warner, senior lecturer in Gender at UEA, Aaron Grant, Head of Security at the University and Eylem Atakav Professor of Film, Gender & Public Engagement. 

The pandemic is an opportunity to completely rethink the way we think about work. Listen to the latest UEA Politics podcast with Clare Precey, Prof Alan Finlayson, Dr Alex Williams and Dr Andrea Calef from UEA Economics

Why did the #BLM movement capture the imagination in 2020? What was it about the death of George Floyd that led to protests in more than 4,000 towns and cities worldwide? And what can we learn from our own reactions to footballers taking a knee, and dancers who perform routines depicting George Floyd's killing on TV entertainment shows? Guests Prof Tessa McWatt and Prof Anshu Mondal discuss. Thanks to Sky, BBC, NBC, ITV and the Guardian for our news clips. There's more political debate and analysis at our website ueapolitics.org. 

What has the musical Hamilton got to do with the US Presidential election 2020? Clare Precey and Alan Finlayson are joined by Emma Long and Michael Frazer who sings a tune from his own self-written historical musical.

There's more political analysis (some of it about music) on our website ueapolitics.org.

Thanks to the BBC, Sky, ITV, Channel 4 and CNN for our news clips. 

The UK's death rate from Covid-19 is currently the second highest in the world, and the largest in Europe*, so what went wrong? Ian Harvey - Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at UEA says if the government had locked down 10 days earlier tens of thousands of lives could have been saved. Politics at the Edge is hosted by Clare Precey and Alan Finlayson. It is produced by the University of East Anglia and is supported by the UEA's Engagement and Innovation Fund. For more visit out website ueapolitics.org.

*(Source: Statistica https://www.statista.com/statistics/1105235/coronavirus-2019ncov-cases-recoveries-deaths-most-affected-countries-worldwide/ Accessed 2/6/20)

A special episode hosted by LBC presenter and UEA alumnus Iain Dale interviewing two former Norfolk MP's Norman Lamb and Keith Simpson on the interplay between politics and the media now, and in the past.

The UK was supposed to leave the EU on 31 October 2019 but instead we’ve got a General Election on 12th December. So where are we with Brexit now and how could it be affected by the General Election? Politics Professor Hussein Kassim and EU Law expert Dr Nikos Skoutaris try to make the complicated, understandable. To sign up for UEA’s free Brexit expert panels in Norwich on 23rd Nov and 3rd Dec 2019 click here. Thanks to BBC, Sky, Reuters and ITN for our news clips. Politics at the Edge is supported by the University of East Anglia's Arts & Humanities Faculty through the Engagement & Innovation Fund. Politics at the Edge is produced by Clare Precey. The presenters are Clare Precey and Alan Finlayson.