Episode 1
It’s Your Identity, Stupid
UK general elections are too good a moment to miss if you want to think about the big ways in which British society and politics are changing. In the first Tortoise election podcast, Tortoise editors Basia Cummings and Ceri Thomas are captivated by the ro
The Slow Newscast · Alice Sandelson
November 9, 201944m 11s
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Show Notes
British politics is undergoing a fundamental shift. Traditionally, economics has been the key to who wins elections but in recent years - and turbocharged by Brexit - identity has come to the fore. The implications are enormous. Political parties are reshaping and their economic policies are being transformed.
Tortoise editors Basia Cummings and Ceri Thomas explore what this could mean in this election and in decades to come.
Guests in Edition #1 are John Aitken, Glasgow youth worker, Andrew (Lord) Cooper, former Director of Strategy to David Cameron, and Tortoise editors Chris Cook and Matthew d’Ancona.
Tortoise editors Basia Cummings and Ceri Thomas explore what this could mean in this election and in decades to come.
Guests in Edition #1 are John Aitken, Glasgow youth worker, Andrew (Lord) Cooper, former Director of Strategy to David Cameron, and Tortoise editors Chris Cook and Matthew d’Ancona.
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