The year before the freedom house, i'm sure you've seen the results. When they looked across the east and west, everywhere, 72 countries have been sliding backwards. My motherland is one of those countries. And for me, this debate is not an abstract, theoretical debate. It is beyond that. You know, what we are facing is losing the coexistence, is losing the money that has been binding us together. Ye and and that is why i think we should all be concerned whether you are voting labor or artorious. Lots of hands going up already.
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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