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January 28, 2026
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as posted by the channelAcross much of the democratic world, politics feels gridlocked. Governments seem hesitant, voters disengaged or angry, and urgent problems seem impossible to solve.
So what happens when countries stop waiting for perfect conditions and act anyway?
Award-winning journalist and author John Kampfner joins News Desk to explore why some societies confront crisis with imagination rather than fear, what distinguishes reform from rhetoric, and which ideas work wherever you are.
If solutions exist, the real question may not be whether they work, but whether we’re brave enough to learn from them.
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