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Spectator Out Loud: Christopher Snowdon, leading article, Toby Young

Best of the Spectator

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4.4785 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Christopher Snowdon on Britain's lost demographic; this week's leading article on the Government's mixed messaging; and Toby Young on why he's in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book.

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0:00.0

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0:04.7

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0:09.5

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0:19.9

Hello and welcome to Spectator Out Loud.

0:26.6

Every week we pick a few of our writers for them to read out their articles to you.

0:31.6

This week, Christopher Snowden from the Institute of Economic Affairs

0:34.6

writes about just why white working class boys

0:37.8

are falling behind in their studies.

0:40.2

We're also bringing you our leading article of the week,

0:43.1

which talks about the government's inconsistent messaging

0:45.5

on easing the lockdown.

0:47.6

And at the very end, you're here Toby Young,

0:49.9

our status anxiety columnist,

0:51.7

who writes about why his name is in Geoffrey Epstein's Little Black

0:54.9

book. First up, here's Christopher Snowden. You can argue about the merits of pulling down statues,

1:02.3

but it's hard to make the case that mass protests serve no useful purpose. At the very least,

1:07.2

they can provoke debate and draw attention to uncomfortable topics that might otherwise be ignored.

1:12.1

The recent protests have forced everyone to have difficult discussions about race, class, poverty,

1:17.1

entertainment. Any serious examination of the statistics shows that we're still far from equal,

1:22.2

but what the figures also show is that it's wrongheaded and damaging to lump very different groups together.

1:29.0

In these discussions, politicians often lazily assume that all black, Asian, and minority

1:34.4

ethnic or BAME people are the same, and that all white groups are equally privileged.

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