Paul Mason & Anna Soubry: how to disagree
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Why do we find it so hard to disagree without hating each other?Former Conservative minister Anna Soubry and self-proclaimed "radical social democrat" Paul Mason join Armando and Ailbhe Rea to explore whether there could ever be a pact between the centre and the left, and why it seems much harder to debate agreeably than ever before.GuestsAnna Soubry is a former Conservative minister and vocal critic of Brexit who resigned to found the Independent Group, later Change UK, which she led until losing her seat in 2019.Paul Mason is a journalist and political activist. He was the business editor of Newsnight and economics editor of Channel 4 News.Ailbhe Rea was the political correspondent at the New Statesman and a regular co-host of the New Statesman podcast until 2022--This episode was originally published in the New Statesman podcast feed on August 2, 2021. Listen to the New Statesman podcast here: https://podfollow.com/new-statesmanSubscribe to the New Statesman for full access to all our reporting and analysis. Get your first month free: www.newstatesman.com/30daytrial Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
