Talking Politics

David and Helen catch up on the state of British politics, from Blair's advice to the Labour party on its 120th birthday to growing divisions in Johnson's Tory party. Is there really a liberal progressive coalition in Britain? Can Brexit deliver both free trade and levelling up? And what does Cummings really want? Plus we talk about Helen's lecture on Britain, the EU and geopolitics: Listen here → http://bit.ly/3a25ByaOn the 120th anniversary of the Labour Party, Tony Blair gave a speech encouraging the Labour party to 1) Move away from identity politics 2) Rebuild a progressive-liberal coalition and 3) Work out a plausible account of the future. What is Blair’s interpretation of history? Blair never reimagines the political system itself. A lot of the more compelling visions of the future are coming from the parts of the Labour party that Blair disparages. Blair did not substantially discuss Brexit, but Brexit is the most pressing future questionCan the government really re