Why we hate politicians - fiction and reality

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Why we hate politicians - fiction and reality Professor Steven Fielding Director, Centre for British Politics School of Politics and International Relations The University of Nottingham

The Centre for British Politics, 2008- Growing PhD community. Involvement of leading practitioners. Major conferences Cameron’s Conservatives (2008) Fiction and British Politics (2009) Impact in media Election blog. The University of Nottingham

Politics and Us Endemic tension within representative democracy: to provide stable government OR represent opinion? Mass-Observation (1939): politics seen by many as ‘just another of the forces which exploit them and of which they know little or nothing’. Since 1960s social, economic, cultural change: decline of deference & rise of individualism better educated & more skeptical cynical media that attacks not supports politicians then: ‘anything to say to the nation, sir?‘ now: ‘why is that bastard lying to me?’ The University of Nottingham 3

Fiction and Politics Hazel Blears (2008): negative depictions of politics discourage people from being active in politics. Hazel Blears (2009): hands back £13,332 in capital gains. Fictions do have an impact - frame/prime audiences to think in certain ways. West Wing audiences more positive about real Presidents Clinton and Bush. JFK audiences more likely to believe in conspiracies. Sir Geoffrey Howe: the beguiling power of the screen. The power of narrative - giving meaning to events: stories important to how we construct our vision of the world. Fiction helps us address a lack of understanding of ‘the cognitive processes in and through which we come to attribute motivations’ in politics (Colin Hay, 2007), of ‘what politics means to citizens’ (Gerry Stoker, 2010). The University of Nottingham 4

Post-War Fictional Politicians

Jim Hacker, Minister & Prime Minister - and team Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister, BBC, 1980-88

Alan B’Stard, MP The New Statesman, ITV, 1988-92

Sir Francis Urquart, Prime Minister House of Cards trilogy, BBC, 1990-94

Malcolm Tucker, Spin Doctor The Thick of It, BBC 2005-

Tony Blair & Gordon Brown, Prime Ministers The Deal, Channel 4, 2002

David Blunkett, Cabinet Minister A Very Social Secretary, Channel 4, 2005

John Prescott, Deputy Prime Minister Confessions of a Diary Secretary, ITV, 2007

The alternative? The Amazing Mrs Pritchard, BBC, 2006

Will the real Tony Blair please stand up?

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