The Sunday Debate: The Left has right on its side

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🗓️ 22 May 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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The political Left often purports that it has society’s best interests at heart and that it works for the good of all. Yet according to conservatives, it is precisely that self-regard, that attempt to monopolise virtue, which exposes the hypocrisy of left-wing ideology. In this archive debate from 2018, we gathered Labour MP Stella Creasy, environmental campaigner, journalist and author, George Monbiot, Conservative MP Kwasi Kwarteng, and the leading philosopher of conservative thought, the late Roger Scruton, who sadly passed away in 2020, to discuss the issue of right vs left. Our host for the discussion was the journalist, broadcaster, visiting lecturer and Professor in the Humanities Council at Princeton University, Razia Iqbal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:25.0	and it also funds the BBC, such TV licence.
0:30.0	This isn't just midweek football.
0:32.0	It's wide-eyed, shirtless jordies on a European tour.
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1:01.0	Welcome to Intelligent Squared.
1:03.0	I'm Connor Boyle.
1:04.0	It's the Sunday debate and this week we're giving back into the archive to 2018.
1:09.0	When we assembled a stellar panel to debate pretty much the biggest issue in global politics,
1:14.0	left versus right.
1:16.0	Today's debate features Labour MP Stella Kreese, environmental campaigner, journalist and author,
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