Mr. Bean Authoritarianism

<p>In this bonus episode,&nbsp;Ed West&nbsp;and I spoke about the mode of British governance that is simultaneously sinister and farcical, from the recent '<a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/a25b5b125a1b8203" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Prevent video game</a>' to the police horses sent to re-education&nbsp;<a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/met-police-horses-spooked-special-training-lgbt-rainbow-colourful-crossings-project-b991872.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">because they wouldn't walk over rainbow pedestrian crossings.</a></p><br /><p>Discussed in this episode:&nbsp;</p><ul><li><a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0050092" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Conservatives are more accurate in describing the beliefs of liberals</a></li><li><a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/met-police-vetting-checks-recruits-rapists-officers-b1265432.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">"Met police hired black child rapist to boost diversity"</a></li><li><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdx4k2d5yxlo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">"Met urges Epping migrant sex offender to hand himself in"</a></li><li><a href="https://spectator.com/article/the-birmingham-maccabi-scandal-proves-multiculturalism-has-failed/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">"The Birmingham Maccabi scandal proves multiculturalism has failed"</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sup.org/books/economics-and-finance/culture-transplant" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Garrett Jones book on migration and culture</a></li><li><a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/met-police-uae-cuts-funds-students-uk-islamist-groups-muslimn-brotherhood-b1265724.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">"UAE cuts funds for students keen to study in UK ‘over fears campuses radicalised by Islamist groups</a>'"</li></ul><p><br /></p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>