Long Division: The Crises That Splintered Britain

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🗓️ 30 June 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Is Britain entering a new era of crisis? And what can we learn from the previous ones? Phil Tinline, author of The Death of Consensus: 100 Years of British Political Nightmares, talks to Dorian Lynskey about the previous occasions when Britain’s ruling consensus broke down, and if current turmoil will force us to change course once again. “When it comes to political futures, we always think of the worst-case scenarios.” “The nature of consensus is that it is a messy compromise.” “There are things Labour is now prepared to advocate because it has lost four general elections.” “In America there is such a consensus on support for Ukraine, perhaps more than most European countries.” https://www.patreon.com/bunkercast Presented by Dorian Lynskey. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Producers: Jacob Archbold, Jelena Sofronijevic and Alex Rees. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Jade Bailey. The Bunker is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:17.4	He's also written for publications like The Guardian and The New Statesman.
1:20.4	Now he's written his first book The Death Death of Consensus, 100 years of British political nightmares,
1:25.0	which tells the story of three periods of national crisis, the 1930s, the 1970s, and the 2010s,
1:30.0	to explain what happens when political consensus splinters.
1:33.4	Phil Tin Line, thanks for joining me.
1:35.0	Thank you.
1:36.0	So we'll start with two key words in the title.
1:38.0	Firstly, nightmares.
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