We talk to the historians Robert Tombs and Robert Saunders about the history of England and the future of the Union. Is the size and complexity of England the real problem in holding the UK together? What can England's past teach us about the present state of British politics? Does England have a 'Northern Question' to go with its 'Scottish Question' and 'Irish Question'? This is the final episode in our series about the constituent parts of the UK. Find the others - on Scotland, NI, Wales - at https://www.talkingpoliticspodcast.com/
Talking Points:
Is the island of Britain a natural seat of government?
Most people probably don’t know that the Union was a Scottish creation.
Governance of the Union has changed: the leadership of both major parties in Westminster is now almost exclusively English and they compete for almost exclusively English votes.
The English don’t really have a story about before the Union in part because the English have never really seen the Acts of Union as dividing lines in English history.
Mentioned in this Episode:
Further Learning:
See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/talkingpolitics.
Q & A with Helen and David: Trump and Everything Else
Q & A With Helen and David: UK Politics and the Union
Q & A with Helen and David: Geopolitics
Ed Miliband's Big Ideas
Covid-Union-Labour-Brexit-Climate
Why Constitutions Matter
Niall Ferguson on Catastrophe
Election Fallout
Michael Lewis on the Pandemic
After Merkel, What?
Union at the Crossroads
Wales, England and the Future of the UK
Adam Curtis
How's Biden Doing
Technopopulism
The Tragic Choices of Climate Change
Sunakonomics
Northern Ireland: Past, Present, Future
What Does Jeremy Think?
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free