POWER PLAY: WHO REALLY RULES TODAY?

In his recent book, Values, Voice and Virtue, British political scientist Matthew Goodwin argues that the ‘people who really run Britain’ are ‘a new dominant class’, that imposes its ‘radically progressive cultural values’ on the rest of the nation. Goodwin’s thesis has caused international controversy, with many labelled as the ‘new elite’ denying they have any power.
So, who is directing society in 2023, and what binds them together? Why do our elected politicians lack authority today, or are they simply unwilling to exercise their authority? Is it possible to reclaim power for The People?
On this ‘Keynote Controversy’ panel, filmed by WORLDwrite volunteers at the Battle of Ideas Festival 2023, the speakers are:
Pamela Dow: Chief operating officer, Civic Future
Professor Frank Furedi: Sociologist and social commentator; executive director, MCC Brussels; author, 100 Years of Identity Crisis: culture war over socialisation
Matthew Goodwin: Professor of politics, University of Kent; author, Values Voice and Virtue: The New British Politics , National Populism: the revolt against liberal democracy and Revolt on the Right
Harry Lambert: Staff writer, New Statesman; editor, New Statesman Saturday Read
Professor Anand Menon: Director, UK in a Changing Europe
The chair is Claire Fox: Director, Academy of Ideas; independent peer, House of Lords; author, I STILL Find That Offensive!
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[@lawsonspedding6136]

Matt Goodwin is head and shoulders above the rest in awareness !

[@lenwilkinson672]

Thank goodness for Matt and the others in the room,I feel there are still many sensible level headed youngsters around that can save the day.

[@tombrennan8372]

Matt. Brilliant 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@marionreynolds7080]

A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service. Georges Pompidou.

[@christopherdew2355]

How refreshing to hear ideas cogently formulated and clearly delivered within a spirit of genuine debate. Congratulations!

[@lokiwun]

Great panel and discussion. Claire as always the best chair. EVER! Uplifting. Thank you all.

[@lilywaiton665]

Great video! Good start to a really interesting weekend

[@jdg9999]

"they want to give power away because they don't really know what to do with power themselves"

[@kungfunigel]

How about giving it back to the people where it belongs so you can represent them and do the job you were elected to do by the people 😅

[@johntaylor4084]

The only people that have made sense of what is happening are to the right of the Chair with Matt being the outstanding speaker

[@andrewhirst3245]

First keynote of the season. Indicative of more great BoI videos to come!

[@IanG2710IanG]

Matt - great brain and great communicator. A step or more ahead of the others.

[@SuperBlinding]

Matt Goodwin = = I like and understand his analysis.

[@jamesmcguirk2405]

very interesting!

[@grycripps]

Great debate and diverse range of views on why this country is so broken. The problem I have witnessed for decades is that these talk shops keep talking about where we are going wrong as a society, but absolutely nothing is actually done to stop and reverse it. For me, the answer to inequality and unchecked mass migration comes down to one simple truth. That truth is the want to concentrate wealth into a tiny minority at the top, by those at the top. Globalisation became a thing when it was realised manufacturing could be shipped over to low wage, low workers rights countries like China. This would massively increase profits for the rich, and the working poor doesn't matter. Now flooding the UK with migrants means they can work in our country on low wages and the British working poor doesn't matter. The problem with what they have done is plain for us all to see, and it has accelerated the decline of the West and allowed China to become a super power with cultural views and ways of running a society at odds with our own. If much of our working class had been seen as the asset that it should have and been invested in with skills needed to build a successful economy. If people were paid enough to not only afford cost of living, but also had disposable income to invest and buy more goods and services then we would be in a very different place. Printing trillions in various currencies quickly ends up in the hands of billionaires, while the debt gets put on the rest of society. The billionaires use the cash to buy assets, which forces up the asset prices, while the currency gets devalued. So working people's wages does not rise anywhere near as fast as inflation. This leads to an exponential growth in wealth at the top, while everyone else gets asset stripped and poorer. People at the bottom can no longer afford to buy a house, so have to rent. Again, this is another way workers are being forced to hand more wealth to the rich. The deeper you go down the rabbit hole, the more you see how corrupt and broken the whole system is. When politicians leave office they do all seem to say the same thing. They see what needs to be done, but if they try and fix something the whole system is there to stop them from bringing about change. Our country is like a tree that has rotten from the inside out. It won't take much of a breeze from the outside to knock it over and I fear that time is coming soon, unless we are able to make some radical change.

[@captchaos6870]

Yep, you got it right.

[@user-cu6rv3bh2y]

Great debate. Really enjoyed listening to all on the panel

[@johnanderson1421]

Harry nails it. If you don't start by following the money you are pursuing a red herring.

[@lawsonspedding6136]

Harry has lost the “elites”, they are now the woke leftie WEF globalists, they are not the wealthy elites from the past, they are the new Marxist self-flagellating elites with corrupted educations, the DEI virtuous, the collectivist elites, financially they act like the wealthy from the past, but socially they are full on “hate speech”, “cancel culture “, “transgender cultists”, “ climate catastrophists”, “team obsessed”, “OK with child mutilation”, Matt Goodwin has got it sussed

[@marionreynolds7080]

Pamela Dow’s reference to Lee Kwan Yew was priceless. A gem.

[@ettbattresverigenu]

57:00 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@jdg9999]

I was impressed by the New Statesman guy until he said "the political class in our country don't want immigration". Come on lol, Labour openly loves it for "diversity" reasons, and the Tories pretend not to love it, but make it as high as possible for their big business buddies.

[@GodsOwnPrototype]

Yes. I also liked his challenge question to Matt Goodwin on Economics because I also wanted the answer to that & am very unipressed that he was too cowardly to answer. (He also refuses to speak plainly about demographics & the increasing & impending Native minoritisation for all his noises about immigration).

[@lawsonspedding6136]

“Experts”, what a joke they all are !

[@GodsOwnPrototype]

Growth isn't impossible to generate, it just requires doing things people don't want to do, like hard work in the real world, long term thinking & commitments & saying 'No' & applying due Praise & Punishment when it's unpopular with people who currently hold power & influence.

[@Stoddardian]

Who rules? A certain tribe that we can't mention.

[@GodsOwnPrototype]

Did I just miss it or did Matt Goodwin brazenly dodge the question on reform of the Economy? (Cowardly bad form if he did).

[@mikeystorm275]

Inflation didn't hit after the global banking crisis of 2008.

[@GodsOwnPrototype]

Is that because they "fixed it" with masses of printing rather than a proper write down & correction ?

[@hArtyTruffle]

Yes, but it’s not a “NEW elite” though.

[@susanzundel6231]

The word elite sounds very out go date. Britain stills live in Surfs and lords. Britain should look honestly at its colonial past

[@GodsOwnPrototype]

I prefer the simple addition of & weight given to the word Power - so Power-Elite or Power-Class because it's less confusing.

[@mikeystorm275]

Red Rupert simples.

[@gravytopic]

Pamela Dow's a babe

[@markrymanowski719]

Why is this woman standing all the time?

[@hezkyden]

This panel was too diverse. I know Matt Goodwin is fairly unique in being clever and conservative-minded but I can't help wondering if his being 'white' and a man isn't a contributory factor in his having those first two characteristics.

[@cedricvine2040]

Nothing on God!!!

[@Hertzultra]

Agreeing with the son of an immigrant. Mat Goodwin's analysis is correct BUT we have never seen a golden age.. perhaps we would need to see a radical overhauling of Capitalism and Wealth distribution. Mankind has a whole lotta practice at running the Nation State but presently it has run its' course. We need to talk about Corporate Power.. how come JP Morgan is still in the hands of the family for over 100 years.?? No excuses no intellectual legal garbage speech please.