“The State Is at War With Its People” - What Went Wrong?
Description: Sean Walsh joins UKLIVE for a wide-ranging and provocative conversation about lockdown, Brexit, Britain’s struggling economy and what he believes has happened to the relationship between the state and the public.
Walsh argues that many of Britain’s current economic problems are being blamed on Brexit when, in his view, the far greater damage came from the Covid lockdowns. He says shutting down normal working life, businesses and everyday human interaction created consequences that Britain has still not fully recovered from, describing the economy not as a machine that can simply be switched off and back on, but as an organism that can suffer lasting damage.
The conversation goes further. Walsh questions whether the pandemic period showed the authorities just how much people would tolerate, suggesting that parts of the state may have been “testing us” to see how compliant the public would become. He also discusses political hypocrisy during lockdown, public trust, migration, free speech, cancel culture and his belief that Britain has developed a political establishment increasingly detached from the consequences of its own decisions.
He also takes aim at the idea of unquestionable scientific consensus, arguing that science advances through disagreement rather than conformity, before discussing the BBC, the political “uni-party”, the Green Party and the increasingly difficult climate for people who challenge accepted views.
The interview culminates in Walsh’s stark assessment that Britain has reached a point where, in his words, “the state is at war with its people”, while warning that the public may be waking up to what has happened too late.
Watch the full conversation and let us know what you think. Did lockdown inflict deeper long-term damage on Britain than Brexit? Has the country ever truly returned to normal? And has trust between the public and the state been permanently changed?
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Walsh argues that many of Britain’s current economic problems are being blamed on Brexit when, in his view, the far greater damage came from the Covid lockdowns. He says shutting down normal working life, businesses and everyday human interaction created consequences that Britain has still not fully recovered from, describing the economy not as a machine that can simply be switched off and back on, but as an organism that can suffer lasting damage.
The conversation goes further. Walsh questions whether the pandemic period showed the authorities just how much people would tolerate, suggesting that parts of the state may have been “testing us” to see how compliant the public would become. He also discusses political hypocrisy during lockdown, public trust, migration, free speech, cancel culture and his belief that Britain has developed a political establishment increasingly detached from the consequences of its own decisions.
He also takes aim at the idea of unquestionable scientific consensus, arguing that science advances through disagreement rather than conformity, before discussing the BBC, the political “uni-party”, the Green Party and the increasingly difficult climate for people who challenge accepted views.
The interview culminates in Walsh’s stark assessment that Britain has reached a point where, in his words, “the state is at war with its people”, while warning that the public may be waking up to what has happened too late.
Watch the full conversation and let us know what you think. Did lockdown inflict deeper long-term damage on Britain than Brexit? Has the country ever truly returned to normal? And has trust between the public and the state been permanently changed?
Subscribe to UKLIVE for independent news, politics, debate and opinion from across Britain:
@UKLIVEonline
#UKPolitics #Lockdown #Brexit #UKLive #Britain #UKNews #CovidLockdown #FreeSpeech #BritishPolitics #Economy #BBC #Migration #SeanWalsh Close description