Economics and culture are often very hard t disentangle from each other. We need an evening out of status as much as we do of money, says David Walliams. The fact that we have created this ar then gold standard of human esteem has become one form of human aptitude amongst many others. And i think possibly the the single reason for the brexet vote, leaving immigration aside, i would say, the declining status of non graduate employment.
In this archive debate, we revisit a discussion from 2018 when an assembled panel of smart thinkers gathered to reflect on the concept of nationhood, nationality and the impact of former UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s infamous 2016 speech that proclaimed, “If you believe you are a citizen of the world, you are a citizen of nowhere.” The discussion featured guests including the commentator and author David Goodhart, award-winning novelist Elif Shafak, former diplomat David Landsman and historian Simon Schama. Hosting the the episode was journalist and broadcaster Kamal Ahmed.
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