Why Are We In Love With The Big State?
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
4.1 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 21 September 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
The British Social Attitudes Survey has been running for 40 years, and its latest findings show that we expect the state to do more than ever before. Matt is joined by Gillian Prior from the National Centre for Social Research to chart the journey from Thatcherite Britain to post-Covid big state spending.
Plus: Columnists Manveen Rana and Matthew Parris discuss whether Rishi Sunak's message on net zero will win over voters, and the King's surprisingly warm reception in France.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, this is Dreadbox Podcast, I'm Matt Shorty, bringing you the best of my Times |
| 0:07.6 | video show. |
| 0:08.6 | You can listen live Monday, Friday, 10-till-one on your DAB radio, on your smart speaker, |
| 0:13.0 | or download the Times Radio app. |
| 0:15.4 | Coming up on today's episode, 40 years of British attitudes. |
| 0:18.7 | There's a server which has been conducted every year since 1983, so we're going to dig |
| 0:22.7 | into the figures to find out how opinion has changed about how big a role the state should |
| 0:28.7 | play in our lives, tax and spending, and who does the housework in your house. |
| 0:34.1 | That's coming up in just a moment, at the moment here from the Columnist panel, but as |
| 0:37.3 | you may have heard, Rishi Soonak made his big announcement on climate change and included |
| 0:43.8 | in all of that. |
| 0:44.8 | He was discussing the future of your bins. |
| 0:47.8 | The proposal that we should force you to have seven different bins in your home. |
| 0:51.8 | I've scrapped it. |
| 0:52.8 | Well, thank goodness for that, thank goodness for that. |
| 0:55.5 | There are real knock-on effects for all of that. |
| 0:59.2 | I mean, if we don't have seven bins, we're going to be by every part of our cultural |
| 1:04.4 | life. |
| 1:05.4 | Enjoy this delightful experience and happiness. |
| 1:15.3 | See Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Bins. |
| 1:19.6 | Oh, I know it's home to my people. |
| 1:24.8 | Yeah, yeah. |
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