Southgate understands the difference between patriotism and nationalism, that you can take the knee and love your country. He's some one who seems able to combine tradition and diversity in interesting and progressive ways. Whereas so many of our politicians seem fearful of these issues, though, either they exploit them for their own populest ends.
Jason Cowley is Editor of British political weekly, The New Statesman. He’s also an author and his latest book, Who Are We Now? Stories of Modern England, is a timely reflection on the identity of his home nation. The book follows both individual stories of everyday life and the broad arc of national politics over the past 25 years spanning the ascent of the Tony Blair government to Tory austerity, Brexit and the pandemic. Hosting the discussion is Kavita Puri, journalist, broadcaster and author of the book and radio programme, Partition Voices, which explores issues of identity within the British Asian community.
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