#54 Conservatism's last hurrah? w/ Andy Beckett

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🗓️ 23 July 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Andy Beckett joins me to explain why he believes, despite being in power on both sides of the Atlantic, conservatism is in decline and how conservative ideology is proving itself unable to adjust to the challenges of the 21st century. The interview was prompted by Andy's long-read in the Guardian, ‘A zombie party’: the deepening crisis of conservatism': https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/may/28/a-zombie-party-the-deepening-crisis-of-conservatism

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0:05.0	The men beat on their drums. I'm going to be. I'm going to I'm going to
0:22.6	I'm
0:24.6	the Hello and welcome to another episode of Politics Theory Other, a podcast from Tribune magazine.
0:51.9	My name is Alex Doherty and my guest today is Andy Beckett.
0:55.6	We spoke about why he believes, despite being in power on both sides of the Atlantic,
0:59.9	conservatism is in decline and how conservative ideology is proving itself unable to adjust to
1:05.5	the challenges of the 21st century. The interview was prompted by Andy's Longread and the Guardian,
1:11.7	a zombie party, the deepening crisis of conservatism, which you can find a century. The interview was prompted by Andy's Longread in The Guardian, A Zombie Party,
1:16.9	The Deepening Crisis of Conservatism, which you can find a link to in the description of today's show.
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