<p>In this week’s <em>Politics Is Broken</em>:</p><ul><li>The death of “statesmanlike” behaviour</li><li>Trump’s “quiet, quiet, piggy” moment and Ford’s “get a job” clapback</li><li>How recall actually works in Alberta (and why there are so many petitions)</li><li>What other countries do with recall… and why it’s so rare</li><li>Whether recall is a dangerous precedent or a much-needed pressure valve</li><li>And why this all “smells a little like hope” in a grim political year</li></ul>