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Who Runs Britain?

Who Runs Britain: 2005 Vote

After counting all of your votesÌýthe top 10 list of where the power really lies in Britain is:

1:Ìý José Manuel BarrosoÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 22%Ìý
2:Ìý Rupert MurdochÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 15%Ìý
3:Ìý ParliamentÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý14%Ìý
4:ÌýÌýThe British PeopleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 12%Ìý
5:Ìý Sir Gus O'DonnellÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý10%Ìý
6:ÌýÌýTerry LeahyÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 7%Ìý
7:ÌýÌýTony BlairÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 7%ÌýÌý
8:Ìý GoogleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý6%Ìý
9:Ìý Gordon BrownÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý4%Ìý
10:ÌýShami ChakrabartiÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý3%Ìý


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The job of our panel of expertsÌýis to consider listeners' nominations and to create a shortlist of 10 - where power really lies in Britain. Panel members will take into account the number of nominations for any individual - but will use their own judgement to create a list which reflects the complexity of power in Britain and the breadth of the debates and ideas we've heard on the programme.
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The Who Runs Britain Panel

The panel members are: (1) Kevin Marsh, Today Programme Editor; (2) Dame Stella Rimington, former head of MI5; (3) Sir Bill Morris, former head of the TGWU; (4) Will Hutton from the Work Foundation; and (5) Dr James Sanders who co-researched the book 'Who Runs This Place' with Anthony Sampson.

Listen Again:

19/12:Julia Langdon , John Cole and John Sergeant discuss the Christmas poll question; Who runs Britain?

20/12: The historian Linda Colley and Anthony Seldon , headmaster of Wellington College and biographer of Tony Blair, discuss who runs Britain.

21/12:ÌýÌýBaroness Greenfield, Kathy Sykes and Dr Ian Gibson try to decide about the most influential people in Britain.

22/12:Ìý The novelist Frederick Forsyth and Jenny Watson of the Equal Opportunities Commission give us their thoughts on who runs Britain.

23/12:Ìý George Galloway , Shami Chakrabarti and PJ O'Rourke present their nominations for our vote on Who Runs Britain?

24/12:ÌýÌýOur Christmas poll panel, including: Dame Stella Rimmington , Will Hutton , Sir Bill Morris , Dr James Sanders , and chaired by our editor Kevin Marsh , has been deliberating on Who Runs Britain?

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