Election Uncovered: What They Won’t Tell Us

Synopsis

This programme, broadcast just prior to the 2010 general election, asks whether the political parties’ pre-election promises add up? Are they even possible? Can the health service budget truly be ring-fenced? Can the deficit really be paid off without major tax rises? Will our jobs and pensions be protected after the election? Presented by Jon Snow, this programme examines the reality behind the pledges, assembling its own ‘think tank’ of the kind of people who have made these decisions, and who know what we’re not being told. The findings of an exclusive poll are also put to the experts, as well as a hypothetical ‘crisis’ scenario in which the economy tips the country to the brink.

The guests on the programme:- three former cabinet ministers - Michael Portillo, Shirley Williams and Lord Charles Falconer; former senior civil servants Sir John Gieve and Sir Richard Mottram; LSE’s social policy expert Professor Howard Glennerster; expert economists Colin Talbot, Professor of Public Policy and Management, Manchester Business School, and Dr. Linda Yueh, Oxford University ; journalist Andrew Rawnsley, The Observer. (90 minutes)

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of release

2010

Year of production

2010

Notes

Broadcast on Channel 4 on 2 May 2010

Subjects

Politics & government

Keywords

economic issues; elections; political campaigns; political debate

Online availability

URI

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/election-uncovered-what-they-wont-tell-us/4od

Price

free

Delivery

Streamed

Credits

Contributor

Jon Snow

Sponsor

Name

Channel 4

Distributor

Name

4OD

Web

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