Is liberalism dead? with John Gray
The Politics Show
The New Statesman
4.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2025
⏱️ 84 minutes
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For over 30 years, John Gray has written for the New Statesman on everything from Artificial Intelligence to Friedrich Nietzsche. He joins deputy editor Will Lloyd to discuss the state of the nation.
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| 1:05.6 | The New Statesman For over 30 years, John Gray has written for the new statesman on everything from Tony Blair and Ed Miliband to artificial intelligence, Frederick Nietzsche, Franz Kafka, pretty much everything under the sun. |
| 1:22.1 | I'm Will Lloyd, Deputy Editor of the New Statesman. And today John is here in the studio. And we're going to discuss the state of the nation. We're going to discuss Kirstarmes' Labour Party. And we're going to talk |
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