"To celebrate her appointment as Health Minister in the shadow cabinet, ambitious politician Janet invites close friends and fellow campaigners to her London townhouse. When her husband Bill blurts out an explosive confession, the party takes a surprising turn. Suddenly, the other guests also reveal long-kept secrets, calling relationships, friendships, political convictions and life plans into question. Within a very short space of time, the cultivated atmosphere tips over into an emotional chaos of mutual accusations. While the appetisers burn in the oven, the shreds fly like whiskey glasses in the living room and the party heads inexorably towards the big bang.

Talk Guest

Dr. Julia Reuschenbach is a political scientist at the Free University of Berlin who researches political parties, elections and political communication. Together with journalist Korbinian Frenzel, she is the author of the book: Defective Debates. Why we need to argue better as a society.

At the start of the Bundestag election campaign, we talk about fair co-operation in a political and social context and what constitutes a good culture of debate and argument."