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Radio 4,15 May 2019,43 mins

SeriesSeries 3

Are referendums good for democracy?

Across the Red Line

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Anne McElvoy invites the author and political journalist Isabel Oakeshott and Times columnist Matthew Parris to debate whether referendums are good for democracy. And conflict resolution expert Louisa Weinstein then invites Isabel and Matthew to engage in an exercise to explore each other's perspective - through open questioning, listening and reflecting back what they hear. Producer: Phil Tinline

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