Fault Lines
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| First episode date | November 2009 |
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| Production location(s) | Shot on Location |
| Washington D. C. | |
| Executive producers | Laila Al-Arian |
| Nikhil Swaminathan | |
| Sweta Vohra | |
| Reem Akkad | |
| Mathieu Skene | |
| Sam Black | |
| Date of Reg. | |
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| ID | 2403584 |
About Fault Lines
A superpower in crisis, `Fault Lines' digs deeper into what's driving the big stories in the USA.
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... This war is different to the others because it comes at a time when the Fault Lines that divide the Middle East are rumbling...
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... One of the major Fault Lines in the Middle East runs between the US and its allies, and the Iranians and theirs...
Voice referendum: Australia votes in nation-defining poll
... The historic vote has exposed uncomfortable Fault Lines, and raised questions over Australia s ability to reckon with its past...
Itamar Ben-Gvir: Israel minister jeered as thousands attend Jerusalem Pride march
... The climate surrounding the event has thrown a fresh spotlight on the deepening Fault Lines in Israeli society, where secular Jews have long championed the country s open culture of LGBTQ rights, but where political and demographic shifts are giving unprecedented power to the nationalist and ultra-Orthodox right-wing...
Turkey earthquake failures leave Erdogan looking vulnerable
... " Turkey lies on two Fault Lines and has earthquake building codes dating back more than 80 years...
Turkey earthquake: Anger at building standards grows
... Geologist Celal Sengor says that passing such construction amnesties in a country riven by Fault Lines...
'Miya' Museum: The controversy around Assam's 'Muslim' museum
... Critics say the arrests are the latest in a long line of attempts to marginalise the community in Assam, a complex and multi-ethnic state where linguistic identity and citizenship are the biggest political Fault Lines...
Liz Truss: Tories must stop 'squabbling like schoolchildren,' voters say
... " Politics at Westminster may be fractured and fraught, but 200 miles away in Altrincham, the same Fault Lines exist over what should happen next...
Liz Truss: Tories must stop 'squabbling like schoolchildren,' voters say
By Rowan BridgeNorth of England reporter
There may be 200 miles between Altrincham and Westminster, but everyone in this leafy Greater Manchester town I speak to has a view on the political turmoil that's enveloped the Government.
" Oh God, " says Nathan Mayall. I ask him what he makes of events as I stop him outside a restaurant in The Town centre.
" There's been as many Prime Ministers in The Last few years than I've had hot dinners, so it would be good to see some stability in the country, eventually, " he ends with a nervous laugh.
Jane Corns, who I stop on the same street, is even more forthright.
" It's a complete shambles I'd say. Terrible, " she says.
The seat of Altrincham and Sale West is where I've come to test The Waters . It has been represented by Graham Brady , The Chairman of The Conservative backbench 1922 committee, for The Last 25 years.
It was Mr Brady who handed Liz Truss the metaphorical revolver and glass of whisky, and told her The Game was up.
On The High street the majority of his constituents I spoke to felt the same way. " She couldn't Go On , " one person says.
While Most People I spoke to felt Ms Truss had to go (just Two People out of 15 told me they thought she ought to have been given more time), there was No Agreement as to who should replace her.
Only two politicians got spontaneously mentioned when I asked who should come Next : Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson . But perhaps that's not All That surprising given their public profile compared to other politicians.
Some voters were prepared to overlook the Partygate debacle that played a part in bringing down the former prime minster.
" OK, he had a party in lockdown, " Amanda Morley, an NHS nurse, tells me. " I bet loads of people did that.
" He got us through the coronavirus pandemic, he wasn't all bad. Who Else is there? "
Yet Mr Johnson still has a marmite-like effect on the electorate, and another voter I spoke to described the idea of his making a comeback as " horrific".
" You don't bring somebody back in that's already been chucked out, " they said. " If there's talk of that it just shows how far off The Mark they are. "
There was also a feeling from some that the whole Westminster System was out of touch, and that politicians were operating in their own world.
" They seem To Live in a bubble of their own self-serving interests and they don't seem to understand how it affects Ordinary People , " nurse Amanda Morley told me.
" It's wrong. They should be dealing with the important matters at The Time , " said Jane Corns, " Not squabbling like schoolchildren. "
Even when it came to what should happen Next , views were polarised between those who wanted a general election and those who didn't.
In the space of a few minutes I'm told both the " farrago of a small selection of people choosing the Prime Minister has gone on too long" and " we have to Leave It for the full five years".
Whatever Happens , voter Joe Beardwood summed up The Situation any new leader will face.
" It's easy to come up with a plan, the hard part is making everyone point in the same direction. "
Politics at Westminster may be fractured and fraught, but 200 Miles Away in Altrincham, the same Fault Lines exist over what should happen Next .
Source of news: bbc.com
