Beyond Today - Would celebrities make better politicians?
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Donald Trump, Imran Khan, George Weah… all over the world voters have shown their dissatisfaction with politicians by voting in anti-establishment candidates, sometimes former celebrities. The next in line might be Volodymyr Zelensky, a comedian who plays a president on Ukrainian TV and won the first round of the country’s presidential elections in real life. Could electing popular celebrities overcome our distrust of unpopular politicians? Olga Robinson from BBC Monitoring and Senior Elections and Political Analyst Peter Barnes weigh in.
Producers: Harriet Noble and Seren Jones
Mixed by Nicolas Raufast
Editor: John Shields
Published on Tuesday, 2nd April 2019.
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