The Edition: Labour’s China pivot, Yvette Cooper’s extremism crackdown & the ladies who punch
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🗓️ 10 October 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Plus: as the first issue under The Spectator’s new editor Michael Gove, what are his reflections as he succeeds Fraser Nelson? He reads an excerpt from his diary (19:05).
Next: could the government’s plans for dealing with extremism have unintended consequences on young men? With plans to reclassify extreme misogyny as extremism, Toby Young argues this week that Labour’s broadening of this issue exposes the flaws of the Prevent strategy. For all the focus on ‘toxic masculinity’, do we risk alienating and prematurely criminalising teenagers? Toby joins the podcast, alongside The Spectator’s deputy features editor – often host of this podcast – Gus Carter (22:05).
And finally: the rise of the female fight club. Emily Rhodes talks about her experience taking up kickboxing, and the unexpected consequence of channelling her anger. How should women, and society, understand and deal with female anger? Emily joins the podcast, alongside the author of Rage Becomes Her, Soraya Chemaly, to explain (34:28).
Hosted by William Moore and Lara Prendergast.
Produced by Oscar Edmondson and Patrick Gibbons.
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| 0:00.0 | The Spectator magazine is home to wonderful writing, insightful analysis and unrivaled books and arts reviews. |
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| 0:36.4 | Hello and welcome to the edition podcast from The Spectator, where each week we shed a little light on the thought process behind putting the world's oldest weekly magazine to bed. |
| 0:39.9 | I'm Laura Prendergast, the Spectator's Executive Editor. |
| 0:42.7 | And I'm William Moore, the Spectator's Features Editor. |
| 0:47.5 | This week, we ask, can Labor resist China's embrace? |
| 0:52.3 | What could Yvette Cooper's new definition of extremism mean for your sons? |
| 0:55.4 | And we meet the ladies who punch. |
| 1:05.8 | You know, when it comes to China, you know, there are areas where we can compete, |
| 1:09.5 | there's areas where we can collaborate, but there are our areas as well where we need to challenge. That was Rachel Reeve speaking prior to the election about the balancing act when it comes |
| 1:14.9 | to relations with China. But now, of course, Labour is in government and it seems they're |
| 1:19.5 | looking afresh, let's say, at what Beijing has to offer. In the magazine this week, Katie Balls |
| 1:25.1 | writes under the cover line, Dragon's Den can Labour resist China's embrace. |
| 1:30.4 | She says that for a government that is constantly talking about growth, |
| 1:33.9 | indeed won't shut up about it, |
| 1:35.7 | the Chinese market is becoming increasingly appealing. |
| 1:38.3 | From pausing the Free Speech Act, |
| 1:40.4 | which contain protections against Chinese interference in UK universities, |
| 1:45.3 | to handing over the Chegos Islands to Mauritius, a Chinese ally, there already seem to be plenty of signs |
| 1:50.3 | of which way the wind is blowing. Well, Katie joined us earlier to discuss, along with James |
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