The Rest Is Politics gets bigger live audiences than party conferences. Haven't made up my mind whether this is really a bad thing or a good thing, but I'd like it if more people, in general, felt that politics was a thing worth showing up for.

I’m afraid I feel the opposite. Participatory democracy is a good thing (as long as it is democracy, and doesn’t select exclusively for people overburdened with certainty, biases & partisanship). More people active in *politics*, however, diminishes democracy.