50 % agree against the motion, identity politics is tearing society apart. 13 per cnt. Undecided, those of you who tore this, no, so didn't tear this and just put it in on its own. 37%. So the panel, you have got a large undecided group. And you may actually move some people between those two numbers. Clearly, those for the motion are in the not the majority, but in lead, not quite the majority. Let's have questions from the floor. Hands up. Four, hello. I'm quite interested in the emerging idea that i almost inadvertently,. identity politics is inhibiting genuine social change. Because by encouraging people to embrace micropac
Is identity politics tearing society apart or is it a call for social justice for everyone? That's the theme of this week's Sunday Debate.
For the motion were journalist and author of 'We Need To Talk About Kevin', Lionel Shriver and Founding chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission Trevor Phillips.
Against the motion were Labour politician David Lammy and Guardian journalist, the late Dawn Foster.
The chair was Kamal Ahmed former editorial director of the BBC.
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