Richard Ford on the US Elections
Andrew Marr talks to Richard Ford, Lionel Shriver, Edward Luce and Thomas Grant.
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4
October 15, 201241m 59s
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Show Notes
On Start the Week Andrew Marr talks to two American authors, Richard Ford and Lionel Shriver about the state of the US. In the run-up to the Presidential elections, the journalist Edward Luce argues that the country's politics are broken, and America is facing the spectre of decline. But the chair of Republicans Abroad UK, Thomas Grant, disputes such a negative assessment. Producer - Katy Hickman.