Podcast Special: is identity politics driving us mad?

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🗓️ 29 October 2019

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

From outrage mobs to public shaming, our politics have never been angrier. But what's driving this new culture war - and how can we end the hysteria?

The Spectator's Douglas Murray and Lionel Shriver spoke in front of a live audience in Westminster this week. Tune in for an enlightening discussion. See our other events at spectator.co.uk/events.

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0:00.0	This is Spectator Radio. If you'd like to subscribe to The Spectator, you can get 12 issues for £12
0:05.2	£12 as well as a £20 pound Amazon voucher. Just go to spectator.com.uk forward slash voucher. Ladies and then, ladies and gentlemen, thank you all for coming. When we booked this room,
0:30.0	we thought we were taking a bit of a gamble. This is one of the biggest venues you can get in
0:34.2	London short of the Albert Hall. Tempted that we were with Albert Hall,
0:38.2	we thought we'd shoot for this one first. And it's quite a historic building, the UN General Assembly
0:44.0	first sat here, Joseph's Technicolor Dreamcoat was first performed here. The speakers, we've had,
0:53.8	well, not the spectator, but previously I've spoken here.
0:56.0	You've had Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Winston Churchill, all of whom are fitting warm-up acts for tonight's events.
1:05.0	So it is incredible at a time where people question how much interest there is in serious political debate,
1:13.6	that we can sell out all 2,000 tickets in the Westminster Central Hall tonight.
1:18.6	So thank you so much for coming.
1:20.6	And please welcome Douglas Murray and Lionel Schreiber.
1:25.6	Sorry, let's try for us a bit again. They actually are out there. Douglas Murray and Lionel Schreiber.
1:30.3	Sorry, let's try for a last bit again. They actually are out there.
1:31.3	Please welcome Douglas Murray and Lionel Shriver.
1:34.3	Thank you.
1:37.3	Hello.
1:38.3	Hello.
1:43.3	Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello.
1:45.0	Well, good evening.
1:59.0	Hi.
2:00.0	Would you like to kick off?
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