Is Britain fundamentally conservative?

Oh God, What Now?

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Society & Culture, News, Politics

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🗓️ 26 January 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Is Britain a conservative nation at its core – or is it time to dispel that myth? And the Tories haven’t been too good at picking party leaders of late, could Kemi Badenoch be next up? The panel discusses who she is and what she stands for? Plus, in the extra bit for subscribers, Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer wants to give Ofcom more powers to stop what she believes is BBC bias – does she have a point? • “I think the cost of living crisis is making more institutions left wing.” – Marie Le Conte • “There is evidence that this woke moral panic is making people over a particular age more conservative and people under a certain age less so.” – Alex Andreou We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Dorian Lynskey with Alex Andreou, Rachel Cunliffe and Marie Le Conte. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:09.1	are released England, is a conservative nation at heart, which occasionally gives labour a girl as long as they don't scare the horses.
1:14.6	But with the Tories in meltdown and social attitudes changing does that hold true.
1:18.9	Business and Trade Secretary Kimby Bedknock is the most likely candidate to lead the Tories during their
1:22.8	wilderness years so we're going to take a closer look at who she is and what she wants.
1:26.8	And in the extra bit for Patreon backers, Culture Secretary Lucy Fraser is giving off-com new powers
1:31.2	to regulate alleged BBC bias.
1:33.2	But when the corporation's output includes news, comedy, drama and apparently Gary Link has
1:37.1	tweets, how can you identify bias?
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