What The F*** Is Going On? with Mark Steel cover image

What The F*** Is Going On? with James O'Brien

What The F*** Is Going On? with Mark Steel

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The Importance of Being Sympathetic

I think you have to be sympathetic, first of all, because when the campaign was being run for a second referendum, there were a number of people I saw on the remaining side. It was so vitriolic about anyone who voted Lee. And it helps hold them together in a way, these beliefs that we might find fairly toxic or unpleasant. They're authentic as opposed to the people doing it for money. So you end up hard to sell the difference. If supposing there was a referendum right now, I think I personally would be able to argue it far better than I would at the time,. which was barely at all. Basically I just thought the people I like are mostly on the

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