Matt Goodwin: Britain Is Becoming a LOW-TRUST Society | The Liz Truss Show
Description: Is Britain becoming a low-trust society, and can the political system still be radically changed?
Former Prime Minister Liz Truss sits down with academic, author and broadcaster Matt Goodwin for a wide-ranging and explosive discussion about mass immigration, illegal migration, the ECHR, the British state, Tony Blair’s legacy, Reform UK, the civil service and the future of British democracy.
Matt argues that Britain is facing a much deeper problem than the small boats crisis alone. He says power has increasingly moved away from elected politicians and towards an entrenched network of institutions, bureaucracies and unelected bodies that are increasingly difficult for governments to control.
Liz and Matt discuss whether Britain has become trapped by what Matt calls a culture of “suicidal empathy”, the political consequences of mass migration, asylum accommodation, public frustration over the borders and the growing divide between Westminster and millions of voters.
They also examine what a future government seeking radical change would actually have to do once in office.
Could the civil service be dramatically reduced? Should Britain leave the European Convention on Human Rights? Does the Human Rights Act need to be repealed? Should the Climate Change Act be abolished? How much power should the Bank of England have? And could any government really take on what Liz and Matt describe as “the Blob”?
Matt also explains why he believes the legitimacy of the British state itself is increasingly being questioned and warns about the consequences of Britain moving from a high-trust to a low-trust society.
The conversation turns to Reform UK, the Conservatives and the fragmentation of the British political right, with Liz and Matt debating whether parties opposed to the current political establishment have properly understood the scale of institutional reform that would be required.
They also discuss:
• Mass immigration and illegal migration
• Britain’s asylum system and asylum accommodation
• Hamas, Islamist extremism and national security
• The small boats crisis
• The European Convention on Human Rights
• The Human Rights Act
• Parliamentary sovereignty
• Tony Blair and the constitutional changes of the Blair era
• The Supreme Court and the judiciary
• Civil service reform and government bureaucracy
• The Bank of England and economic power
• Net Zero and the Climate Change Act
• Reform UK and its plans for government
• The Conservative Party’s future
• First Past the Post and the fragmentation of British politics
• Whether Britain could face a snap general election
• Public trust, political legitimacy and civil disobedience
• What it would take to fundamentally change the British state
Matt Goodwin:
https://www.mattgoodwin.org/
More from Liz Truss:
https://elizabethtruss.com/
Reform UK:
https://www.reformparty.uk/
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Former Prime Minister Liz Truss sits down with academic, author and broadcaster Matt Goodwin for a wide-ranging and explosive discussion about mass immigration, illegal migration, the ECHR, the British state, Tony Blair’s legacy, Reform UK, the civil service and the future of British democracy.
Matt argues that Britain is facing a much deeper problem than the small boats crisis alone. He says power has increasingly moved away from elected politicians and towards an entrenched network of institutions, bureaucracies and unelected bodies that are increasingly difficult for governments to control.
Liz and Matt discuss whether Britain has become trapped by what Matt calls a culture of “suicidal empathy”, the political consequences of mass migration, asylum accommodation, public frustration over the borders and the growing divide between Westminster and millions of voters.
They also examine what a future government seeking radical change would actually have to do once in office.
Could the civil service be dramatically reduced? Should Britain leave the European Convention on Human Rights? Does the Human Rights Act need to be repealed? Should the Climate Change Act be abolished? How much power should the Bank of England have? And could any government really take on what Liz and Matt describe as “the Blob”?
Matt also explains why he believes the legitimacy of the British state itself is increasingly being questioned and warns about the consequences of Britain moving from a high-trust to a low-trust society.
The conversation turns to Reform UK, the Conservatives and the fragmentation of the British political right, with Liz and Matt debating whether parties opposed to the current political establishment have properly understood the scale of institutional reform that would be required.
They also discuss:
• Mass immigration and illegal migration
• Britain’s asylum system and asylum accommodation
• Hamas, Islamist extremism and national security
• The small boats crisis
• The European Convention on Human Rights
• The Human Rights Act
• Parliamentary sovereignty
• Tony Blair and the constitutional changes of the Blair era
• The Supreme Court and the judiciary
• Civil service reform and government bureaucracy
• The Bank of England and economic power
• Net Zero and the Climate Change Act
• Reform UK and its plans for government
• The Conservative Party’s future
• First Past the Post and the fragmentation of British politics
• Whether Britain could face a snap general election
• Public trust, political legitimacy and civil disobedience
• What it would take to fundamentally change the British state
Matt Goodwin:
https://www.mattgoodwin.org/
More from Liz Truss:
https://elizabethtruss.com/
Reform UK:
https://www.reformparty.uk/
Watch more from UKLIVE:
@UKLIVEONLINE
Subscribe to UKLIVE for more long-form interviews, political analysis, debate and exclusive conversations.
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