7 episodes
The One in Ten Political Podcast Martin Curtis
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The 1 in 10 podcast is a podcast that analyses One Nation Conservatism, Politics and Political reform in 10 minute bites. Political discourse in chunks that stimulate the mind before it gets tired.It is primarily focussed on UK politics, but not exclusively. One Nationsim and political reform are potentially important word wide.The host of the One in Ten Podcast is Martin Curtis. Martin is a longstanding member of the Conservative Party and has held many different political posts. He spent twenty years as a Councillor, including a period as a Council Leader and has previously stood for Parliament for the Conservative Party. More recently he has worked in the public affairs/public relations industry where he has had the opportunity to examine politics from the outside.
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Episode 7 - Reflections on the US Insurrection
Reflecting on why events in Washington could happen in the UK and giving a few things we could do to stop the drift in that direction.
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Episode 6 - Skills and Adult Learning
Gives an example of why centre-ground politics needs to be driving the agenda then discusses and evidences the demise in Adult Learning in the UK and provides justification for a reversal.
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Episode 5 - Education
Discusses Education in the context of One Nationism, underachievement in education from disadvantaged children and how personalisation and ensuring the development of aspiration needs to be at the heart of education. We need to be looking forward to how we should deliver education for the next 100 years rather than relying on the system we have used for the past one hundred.
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Episode 4 - Political Priorities - Protecting the Vulnerable
Discusses political priorites, cites protecting the vulnerable as a major priority, then gives examples of how those priorities are not being delivered. The centre-ground of British politics needs to start to stand up and be counted so that these priorities can be dealt with.
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Episode 3 - Regional Government and Local Government Reform
Discusses how Regional Government could be created, taxes, responsibilities, need for Unitiaries at local level. Quote from Gordon Brown. House of Lords Reform.
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Episode 2 - Parliamentary Electoral Reform - Every Vote Should Count
Exploring parliamentary electoral reform, why we need to move to a form of PR and what we should be trying to get out of a PR system.