General Election Special | ep. 107

On this special general Election issue of Its Bloody Complicated we are delighted tobe joined by Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty. We’ve admired Aditya’s writing and reporting for years and have been keen to gethim on. Aditya doesn’t just critique what’s wrong in terms of the economy, societyand politics – he actively goes out and finds places and examples where things arebeing done better – finding places for hope. But it was his article last week on thethreat poised by Nigel Farage that accelerated our desire to hear from him – in itAditya graphically illustrated how Farage and Reform UK set the tone of debate, nowprimarily on the issue of immigration, and then watch first the Tories then labourfollowing their direction. Farage may or may not win the seat of Clacton but he isalready winning the general election debate.Support the showEnjoyed the podcast and want to be a live audience member at our next episode? Want to have the chance in raising questions to the panelist?Support our work and be a part of the Compass community. Become a member!You can find us on Twitter at @CompassOffice.