Is the centre ground dead?
Mar 12, 2019•35 min•Ep. 15
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Episode description
Commentators say the financial crisis and its aftermath sounded the death knell for centrist parties. Is the centre ground of British politics really dead, or could it make a comeback? And what does the ‘centre’ even mean these days?
This week, Ian Leslie and Matthew Taylor discuss the Independent Group, before talking to the political sociologist Paula Surridge from the University of Bristol about public opinion and the centre.
Plus: what is Tom Watson up to?
Links
- Which values clan do you belong to?
- ‘Values clans’: how clusters of the electorate have shaped the political landscape
- The ‘cross-pressured clans’ of British politics: a quarter of the electorate and their values
Produced by James Shield.
Brought to you by the RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce).
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