Athenian Democracy on the BBC World Service

The MPs expenses crisis is probably not the most pressing reason for the introduction of sortition into the political process, nevertheless a proposal for Athenian-style democracy was a major feature on the BBC World Service weekly Politics UK programme:

Power to the people promise the political classes, in response to public anger over their expenses. But do they mean it? And who wants to be a politician now? Are celebrities really the answer to Westminster's troubles? Reform is in the air and perhaps the route back to respectability in politics could lie as far back as ancient Greece. Politics UK is presented by Norman Smith.

Listen on the BBC I player at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p003545b