Disconnected from reality: Dan Hind on the election

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Disconnected from reality: Dan Hind on the election

As part of our coverage of the UK general election, we speak with a range of thinkers and campaigners about the state of democracy and the underlying dynamics behind the depoliticisation of society.

First up is Dan Hind. Dan is a publisher and researcher who has spent much of the past decade trying to win people to the cause of democratic reform of the UK state and its system of communications.

His books include ‘The Return of the Public: Democracy, Power and the Case for Media Reform’. He has appeared in the London Review of Books, the Guardian, the New Socialist and the New Scientist. He co-presents the Media Democracy podcast and is working on his fourth book.

In this fascinating interview we ask:

• What explains democratic decline in the UK?

• What is the role of the media and mass communications?

• How might the right-wing reconstitute itself?

• What are the barriers for left-wing agitation within the existing system?

• What is the meaning of the Starmer leadership?

These issues, and much else, are discussed in this wide ranging conversation.