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Radio 3,30 Nov 2016,45 mins

The Liberal Elite

Free Thinking

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Matthew Sweet discusses elites and their role in contemporary politics, with Douglas Carswell, MP for Clacton; Professor David Runciman, Head of the Department of Politics & International Studies at the University of Cambridge; Eliane Glaser, writer and Senior Lecturer at Bath Spa University; and Lynsey Hanley, visiting Fellow in Cultural Studies at Liverpool John Moores University. Eliane Glaser's most recent book is called Get Real: How to See Through the Hype, Spin and Lies of Modern Life Lynsey Hanley's most recent book is Estates: An Intimate History Producer: Luke Mulhall.

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