The political establishment constantly talked about being part of europe, or somehow it was as if the direction was clear. But now this is the only rhetoric that you hear across the middle east. In other words, they're telling us democracy, it comes from western europe. It's not in our history. We come from a different background and we don't need them. And my fear is, around the world, people are losing their faith, their trust in the very concept of democracy. That is very dangerous.
In this archive debate, we revisit a discussion from 2018 when an assembled panel of smart thinkers gathered to reflect on the concept of nationhood, nationality and the impact of former UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s infamous 2016 speech that proclaimed, “If you believe you are a citizen of the world, you are a citizen of nowhere.” The discussion featured guests including the commentator and author David Goodhart, award-winning novelist Elif Shafak, former diplomat David Landsman and historian Simon Schama. Hosting the the episode was journalist and broadcaster Kamal Ahmed.
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