The trouble with referendums - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

Val McDermid argues that referendums have had a devastating effect on our political system.

"I am by nature an optimist", she writes. "But I'm really struggling here. We've broken our democracy. I don't know how to fix it and I'm afraid nobody else does either".She says the bottom line is that our political system isn't designed for the polarization that referendums inevitably bring.Producer: Adele Armstrong

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