This week David and Helen take stock of the state of British politics, looking at how the big themes of the last year fit together. They try to join the dots between the pandemic and the fraying of the Union, the weakness of the Labour party and the fraught politics of climate change, along with the lingering impact of Brexit on everything. We are also looking for your questions on these topics too - please let us know what you would like David and Helen to discuss next: https://www.talkingpoliticspodcast.com/contact
Talking Points:
Incumbents, under the conditions of vaccine politics, have done well.
The Northern Ireland question may pose a real challenge to the politics of the Union.
Is the First Past the Post system propping up a moribund Labour Party?
In 2020, Britain and the EU diverged on the question of China.
The geopolitics of climate change are bound up in the EU/US position on China.
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