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The singer, songwriter and political activist Billy Bragg thinks there鈥檚 a crisis of accountability in politics (23:51). To fix it, he says we need to reform the House of Lords (27:55) and redefine what liberty means in the age of social media (25:17).

A socialist and anti-racism campaigner who grew up in a community where the main employer was the local Ford car factory (3:35), Billy talks to Amol about class in modern Britain (15:47) and sets out the challenges facing democracy today (20:38).

He also argues that there鈥檚 a link between Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn and Nigel Farage (31:37), warns that Keir Starmer鈥檚 Labour Party is in danger of losing the working class (31:14) and offers his advice to young musicians (39:12).

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Amol Rajan is a presenter of the Today programme on 麻豆社 Radio 4. He is also the host of University Challenge on 麻豆社 One. Before that, Amol was media editor at the 麻豆社 and editor at The Independent.

Radical with Amol Rajan is a Today Podcast. It was made by Lewis Vickers with Izzy Rowley. Digital production was by Gabriel Purcell-Davis. Technical production was by Mike Regaard and Chris Ablakwa. The editor is Sam Bonham. The executive producer is Owenna Griffiths.