Matthews: We are not wired to be self interested lemings in the way that many of our commentators would have us believe. My for liberals now is there's no unifying myth any more. There's nothing that is about bringing people together. It's all about subdividing people into constantly evolving new categories and groups. And then we say, well, why is a communitarian an collectivist ideology on the march? I g, i don't understand. Because we just obsess with turning everybody intoo.
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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