Blame Liberals For the Rise of Populism

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🗓️ 22 February 2019

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Have the left’s policies of high immigration and multiculturalism caused the disaffection which has given rise to populism? Or is it the right, with its tabloid scare stories about foreigners eroding national identity? We were joined by Matthew Goodwin, Professor of Politics at Kent University; Daniel Hannan, Conservative MEP for South East England; Elif Shafak, award-winning novelist; and John Simpson, BBC World Affairs Editor, columnist and author. The discussion was chaired by BBC journalist and broadcaster Ritula Shah. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:50.4	It's great to see so many of you here on a day on which we've seen a historic political
0:55.8	split with a departure of seven MPs from Labour and the formation of a breakaway party,
1:01.6	the independent group. That does sound a bit like an online
1:04.3	newspaper, but apart from that, the no longer secret seven are undoubtedly heading
1:09.7	for the centre ground of politics and they are I suspect the sort of people
1:13.8	liberals who we're discussing tonight in connection with the rise of populism.
1:18.6	There are populists in power in 11 European countries whether it's Victor Orbán in Hungary or Allega and
1:26.2	five-star in Italy. 20 years ago the populist share of the vote was in single digit.
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