The LRB Podcast

Sorry State

Apr 5, 2023

52:21

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Gerrymandering of Voter Fraud

3min

The Centralisation of Power in Britain

3min

The Tory Party's Opposition to Local Government Grants

2min

The Problem With Wealth and Taxation

1min

The Tories Won the December 2019 General Election Because of Brexit, Boris and Corbyn

5min

The Problem With Asylum Seekers Housing in the UK

5min

The Tension Between Familial Structure and the Structure of the State

4min

The Conservative Party's Claims About Grooming Gangs

3min

10.

The Return to Law and Order in Britain

2min

11.

The Green New Deal and the Future of Human Life

2min

12.

Rachel Reeves' Promise to Spend 28.5 Billion Per Annum on a Green Revolution

2min

13.

The Pros and Cons of the Blair Era

3min

14.

The Tory Party's Fear of Losing Elections

3min

15.

The Importance of Competence in British Politics

5min

16.

The Disadvantages of Labour Party Politics

2min

17.

The Future of a Starma Government

2min

18.

The Politics of Self-Government

3min

In the run up to the local elections, and following his recent piece on the care crisis, James Butler joins Tom to discuss some of the other problems facing the UK, and what the two major parties are promising to do to alleviate (or exacerbate) them.

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