When we're talking about elit it is no elit, it's elits. The elits can be of liberal values and conservative views. And as we are seeing right now, the elites can have also populis views. We need to make that distinction. But if we lump together everything under the label of liberal, we won't get too far. I would say iam generally a liberal, but when i ask this question to many of my liberal friends, which is, ok, after twentyx em what are you willing to concede?
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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