{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6b2fc9ba-b9b7-4b7a-b980-e0024facd926/635be7ef4a707a00127f4615?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How to get better leaders – with Brian Klaas","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f75c1a8cbe0c083cee79/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>With the Conservatives on to their fifth prime minister in just six years, we talk to the political scientist and author Brian Klaas about the leadership problem in politics: why the top jobs attract the worst people; why it was a good thing that Truss was able to fail so quickly; and what we need to do to defend democracy.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you have a question for You Ask Us, go to&nbsp;newstatesman.com/youaskus</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Read more:</p><p><a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/encounter/2022/01/brian-klaas-interview-choose-wrong-leaders\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Klaas</a>&nbsp;on why we choose the wrong leaders</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}