The rise of a more authoritarian typeof politics was the the financial crash, or rather the mistaken response to it. I think we will look back at the bail outsis as a calamitous mistake. But matthew, you're saying, this is about family and flag and faith. It's got nothing to do with with perhaps two thousand and eight that suvied. Those ideas have their roots much further back. For the first time in my life, there appeared an element of truth in that argument.
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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