Populism benefits from people being divided into groups, us versus them. The more angry we get at each other, the better it is for the demagogues at the top. We need to be very careful about not falling into this trap. I'm nowa tru mastof generalization. You know, i don't so why didn't it have it? It's not true. Im again, we are making huge generalizations. If you asked that question in another country, formulated in a different way, you might have got some different answers.
A delve into the archive and back to 2019 when we debated a motion asking whether the left’s policies of high immigration and multiculturalism caused the disaffection which has given rise to populism? Or was it the right, with its tabloid scare stories about foreigners eroding national identity? We were joined by Matthew Goodwin, Professor of Politics at Kent University; politician Daniel Hannan; Elif Shafak, award-winning novelist; and John Simpson, BBC World Affairs Editor, columnist and author. The discussion was chaired by BBC journalist and broadcaster Ritula Shah.
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