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.

Guests

Anna 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

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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-statesman

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