Geoff Norcott on why he's right-wing, 'woke' and why he thinks I'm wrong
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Owen Jones
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🗓️ 1 July 2021
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Geoff Norcott is that rare thing - a Tory comedian - who has written a book called WHERE DID I GO RIGHT: HOW THE LEFT LOST ME. We have a ding dong about right wing ideas, does 'individual responsibility' explain social problems, minority rights, 'woke', his problems with the left - and the most left-wing opinion he has.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Owen Jones here, welcome to the podcast. I did promise you that I speak to people who |
| 0:11.6 | are not on the left and Jeff Norcott isn't. So, there you go, done. He is a self-professed |
| 0:18.0 | right-wing comedian. I've been on his show, so got to be a gentleman and turn the favour. |
| 0:25.5 | So we have a lovely chat, it's actually quite fun to be honest, about our disagreements, |
| 0:30.2 | why is a raging Tory? Why does it look like, well, left-wing ideas, I suppose? We talk |
| 0:39.0 | about, you know, philosophical stuff, I suppose. Why I don't think, first of all, the responsibility |
| 0:45.4 | in inverted quotes, explains social injustice, the struggle of minorities, whether the |
| 0:52.8 | social culture war is actually just the age-old backlash against minorities trying to fight |
| 0:58.6 | for and assert their rights, and the backlash that ensures, we talk about loads of stuff |
| 1:03.6 | to be fair, including his most left-wing opinion. So, I think you'll have fun. I know some |
| 1:11.9 | people are like, oh, why are you speaking to right-wingers? It's important, also it reaches |
| 1:15.5 | new audiences, and it prods me a bit more, maybe. I hope you enjoy it anyway. Do you support |
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| 1:32.9 | Do give us five stars, go on, go on, go on, and if you haven't subscribed, and with |
| 1:37.9 | that, have a listen to me, chat to Geoff. |
| 1:40.9 | Alright, Geoff, no, what a pleasure to have you. Yeah, well, this is the way, look, isn't |
| 1:48.1 | it, because you came on my podcast, and fair play to you, you came to what's most people |
| 1:53.7 | think on a windy Tuesday, and you came on a little cheeky one, Neil. I think you took |
| 1:59.0 | through the three points. My patrons were really annoyed because they sort of wanted to |
| 2:03.0 | dislike you, but sort of did like you on the whole. |
| 2:06.1 | How can they dislike this cheeky, chucky, chucky, cheeky, chappy, mccoly-calking, trivue |
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