Behind the News: Ruling-Class 'Chums' w/ Simon Kuper
On the Tories ruling Britain and the dispiriting Labour opposition.
August 10, 2022
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August 10, 2022
Behind the News: Ruling-Class 'Chums' w/ Simon Kuper
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<p>Doug speaks with <a href="https://www.ft.com/simon-kuper" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Simon Kuper</a>, <em>Financial Times</em> columnist and author of <a href="https://profilebooks.com/work/chums/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><em>Chums</em></a>, on the upper-class caste that’s been ruling Britain for a decade. Then, an interview with <a href="https://progressiveeconomyforum.com/author/james-meadway/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">James Meadway</a>, director of the <a href="https://progressiveeconomyforum.com/about/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Progressive Economy Forum</a>, on the dispiriting economics of the leader of the Labour Party, the drab Kier Starmer.</p><br /><p><em>Behind the News</em>, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive here: <a href="https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html</a></p>
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