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Hello, I'm Katie Balls and welcome to the edition.

A look inside this week's issue of The Spectator, with the writers behind the pieces.

In this week's episode, after mass protests and a campaign to remove historically questionable

statues, are we seeing the death of the liberal ideal?

Next, those parents hoping to send their children back to school before the summer holidays

this week had their hopes dashed as the government moved its target to September.

So what's behind the government you turn and what guarantee is there that pupils will be back

in the autumn?

Finally, as the government grants us permission to leave the house, plans are afoot across the country

to explore the Great British outdoors. afoot across the country to explore the

great British outdoors. But if you come across an ash tree, take your time to stop and stare,

for it may not be around for long. First up, I'll be witnessing the death of liberalism.

In his cover piece this week, Douglas Murray says that we must resist a new era of intolerance.

To discuss, I'm joined now by Douglas and the spectators Kate Andrews. Douglas, in this week's spectator cover

piece, you say what we are seeing is nothing more or less than the death of the liberal ideal.

What do you mean by that? Well, the liberal ideal itself is something that's been hard to pin down for some people

in recent years, not least because in America it's become synonymous with being left-wing.

The true liberal idea isn't that. It is something which I think actually the current-day political

left and right should be able to agree on, which are basically the foundational blocks

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