Summary
Jeremy Cliffe of The Economist asks if our real political divide is between those who feel comfortable in liberal, diverse, urban Britain and those who do not - the cosmopolitans vs the rest. He argues that the success of UKIP is one sign of this division. At one end are the cosmopolitans - comfortable in diverse Britain, urban and socially liberal. At the other end are the non-cosmopolitans, who tend to be older, white, and socially conservative, This new divide poses a serious problem for the established political parties. How can they appeal to one side without alienating the other? And what role does the traditional left-right split play? Producer: Lucy Proctor.
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| 0:39.0 | Now there are lots of ways of thinking about divides in politics left versus right old |
| 0:44.4 | versus young capitalist versus proletariat but maybe there's a fresh way |
| 0:49.3 | Jeremy Cliff of the economist examines the new divide shaping our politics and frightening our politicians. |
| 0:56.0 | Let's rock. I have to tell you I am optimistic I am upbeat I am bullish we are going to exceed all |
| 1:10.2 | expectations we're going to win lots of seats in this general election. |
| 1:14.7 | UKIP. It's the Conservative Insurgent Party shaking up British politics. |
| 1:21.2 | We have crossed the traditional class divides of British politics. |
| 1:26.6 | We're in all embracing political party. |
| 1:31.1 | Political history was made in Clacton Town Hall. |
| 1:34.0 | Carswell, John Douglas Wilson, UK Independence Party, 21, 113. |
| 1:40.0 | Shaking up the very conception of Britain. |
| 1:44.4 | I cannot find an enthusiasm for the existing parties and their |
| 1:50.0 | London-centric attitude. |
| 1:52.4 | Its leader Nigel Farage London-centric attitude. |
| 1:53.0 | Its leader, Nigel Farage, has the established parties on the run. |
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