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spiked-online.com-supporters. What do I do think that the government's majority is precarious?

But I think British politics is in a state of flux now. And if I were entering it and I was

cynical and I had no ideology or principles, I would join Labour, not the Conservatives,

because there is a broken, empty husk of a party that you could put in a thing with. And

if your message is sufficiently radical, anti-Westmen's dirt and clever enough, I think you could

take this country in any direction you want to go.

Hello and welcome to the Brendan O'Neill Show with me, Brendan O'Neill. This is a podcast

in which an esteemed guest joins me to talk about the big ideas, the bad ideas, the problems,

and the controversies of life in the early 21st century. In this episode, I am delighted to be

joined by Tim Stanley. Tim is a historian and commentator. He has been at the Daily Telegraph

since 2011 and is now a columnist and leader writer there. He's a regular panelist on radio

for the moral maze. He's written three books about American history, including Citizen Hollywood,

have the collaboration between LA and DC revolutionized American politics. His latest book is whatever

happened to tradition, history, belonging, and the future of the West. So Tim, let's talk about

your book, whatever happened to tradition. And I want to kick off by asking you, I guess,

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