SDP Talks

Educationalist, commentator, and writer Calvin Robinson joins William Clouston, the leader of the Social Democrats, to discuss the educational, social, and political climate. William and Calvin talk about the role of rigour in education, the danger of identity politics sneaking into schools and the inflation of the university sector. Outside of education, Calvin and William discuss Calvin's work in the Defund the BBC campaign and how Britain should better respond to the pandemic.

Take a look at Calvin's website at: https://www.calvinrobinson.org/

Learn more about the SDP at: https://sdp.org.uk/

The opening and closing music for SDP Talks is "Prelude in C (BWV 846)" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Archaeologist, historian, broadcaster, and author Neil Oliver joins SDP leader William Clouston in a wide-ranging discussion of the Britain's social, cultural, and political landscape. Neil and William talk about the nature of patriotism, community, the crisis of individualism, the narrowness of identity politics, and the need for humans to belong.

Visit Neil's website at: http://www.neiloliver.com/

Learn more about the SDP at: https://sdp.org.uk/

The opening and closing music for SDP Talks is "Prelude in C (BWV 846)" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

SDP leader William Clouston speaks with Frank Furedi, academic and emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Kent. In this conversation, Frank talks about his new book, “Why Borders Matter”, and a variety of related cultural and social phenomena such as the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic on open borders, the loss of a unifying culture, and the reception of the establishment to the “Black Lives Matter” movement.

Buy “Why Borders Matter”: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Why-Borders-Matter-Frank-Furedi/dp/0367416824

Learn more about the SDP at: https://sdp.org.uk/

The opening and closing music for SDP Talks is "Prelude in C (BWV 846)" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this conversation, SDP leader William Clouston speaks to the writer and politician Claire Fox. In this video, William and Claire discuss the nature of the free speech crisis in British public life, the prognosis for identity politics as a part of our political debate, and what Brexit may mean and look like from an economically left-leaning perspective.

Learn more about the SDP at: https://sdp.org.uk/

The opening and closing music for SDP Talks is "Prelude in C (BWV 846)" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Journalist, author, and broadcaster Peter Hitchens joins William Clouston, the leader of the Social Democratic Party, to discuss Britain’s political landscape. Peter and William talk about the state of social conservatism in Britain, its relationship to social democracy, and whether social conservatives should bother with political organisation.

Learn more about the SDP at: https://sdp.org.uk/

The opening and closing music for SDP Talks is "Prelude in C (BWV 846)" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/