Is Britain really the hopelessly split society that we fear? The good news is that as the Brexit rubble settles, our common ground is growing, and Britain is more up for serious political change than almost any other Western democracy. Tim Dixon, co-founder of pro-consensus pressure group More In Common and former advisor to Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard in Australia, talks to Ros Taylor about the weird online and offline dynamics that over-represent vocal extremes, and why Brexity nationalists agree with progressives more than you think.

“We’ve lived off the capital of past generations in terms of the glue that holds society together. Now we need to reinvest in it.”
“People’s identities as Remainer or Leaver is still a lot stronger than their identification with a political party.”
“We tend to forget that most people don’t see the world through a political lens.”
“If politics can come back into people’s lives, and be useful again, then it can be really transformative.”

Presented by Ros Taylor. Produced Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production

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