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NS#217: Elections and extremism

The New Statesman | UK politics and culture

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🗓️ 5 June 2017

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In light of this weekend's terror attack in London and Theresa May's response, Helen and Stephen reflect on the how recent attacks have shaped the election. Was May right to politicise Saturday's events? Is regulating cyber-space even possible? And what are the true causes of extremism?

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0:00.0

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0:08.0

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0:16.5

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0:20.8

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0:25.9

It tells the extraordinary story of the double revolution that engulfed the Labour Party after 2015,

0:31.6

from centre left to hard left and back again, the battles and

0:35.7

disasters that accompanied them and the two men who led those revolutions,

0:39.7

Jeremy Corbyn and Kiea.

1:05.2

Listen to eight years hard labour wherever you get your podcasts. Hello I'm Stephen. Hello I'm Helen and welcome to a special edition of the New States and podcast following on from the weekend's terror attacks. We're picking up off that to

1:08.4

talk about Theresa May's speech outside Dining Street. Whether or not she can

1:11.9

regulate the internet?

1:13.1

Is it possible?

1:13.9

Is it desirable?

1:14.9

We talked about Mais authoritarian tendencies.

1:17.4

And what are the true causes of extremism? Hello and welcome to a special extra edition of the New States from

1:28.0

podcast covering some of the fallout from the weekend's terror attacks

1:31.0

and the short suspension of campaigning that followed it.

1:34.4

Stephen you wrote a piece about that May speech which I thought was a fairly

1:38.2

extraordinary speech in a couple of different ways. Do you want to give me your

1:41.6

taking at first and I'll tell you the things that stood out to me?

1:43.6

Yeah, obviously a lot of people's opinions, it is fair to say, have got worse towards the reason

1:48.5

of May since this short campaign started and I am very much one of them because I think beforehand I thought this is someone

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