

/511/ Britain's Tinderbox ft. Lisa McKenzie
Sep 23, 2025
01:19:05
On the UK's working-class unrest.
Sociologist Lisa McKenzie talks to Alex and contributing editor Lee Jones about why the country feels like a powder-keg.
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What's behind protests like Unite the Kingdom? How responsible are far-right agitators?
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Why are threats posed to women and children such an explosive issue?
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What is the type of nationalism that is behind the proliferation of English and British flags?
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What are Farage's Reform promising and will they deliver? What of the immigration question?
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How is Corbyn's "Your Party" going, and why can't the Left seem to speak for or to the working class?
Links:
- Getting By: Estates, Class and Culture in Austerity Britain, Lisa McKenzie, Bristol UP
- Lockdown Diaries of the Working Class, Lisa McKenzie
- James Treadwell thread on raising of flags, X