Down the Sewers with Right-Wing writers

They say that we should get out of our “bubbles” and be open to alternative voices. And the BBC certainly these days gives access to the entire spectrum of opinion from Tommy Robinson, Nigel Farage, Wes Streeting et al – particularly with interviews on such programmes as Political Thinking with Nick Robinson. Yesterday I steeled myself to listen to Matt Goodwin on this programme. 

But who, you might ask, is Goodwin? He was a political scientist who co-authored 

in 2018 a book I enjoyed National Populism – the revolt against liberal democracy 

but has since left academia to become a political advocate for the causes 

he previously only analysed. 

The discussion between Robinson and Goodwin became quite heated as he 

tirelessly rehearsed the usual arguments about excessive immigration 

(with which I partially agree), Muslims and this curious fixation on a “new class” 

which also figures in the current Conservative leadership contest.

Recommended Reading
The Routledge Companion to Fascism and the Far Right ed P Davis and D Lynch  (2002) 
Fascists  Michael Mann( 2004) Mann is one of the most interesting sociologists
The Road to Somewhere – the populist revolt and the future of British politics David 

Goodhart (2017)
Whiteshift – populism, immigration and the future of white majorities Eric Kaufmann 

(2018) https://conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/eric-kaufmann/ 
National Populism – the revolt against liberal democracy R Eatwell and M Goodwin (2018)

National Conversation on Immigration (Hope not Hate 2018)

The New Faces of Fascism – populism and the far right  Enzo Traverso (2019)

https://nomadron.blogspot.com/2020/09/demons-and-demos.html 
The Roots of Populism – neoliberalism and working class lives Brian Elliott 2021
America’s Cultural Revolution – how the radical left conquered everything Christopher 

Rufo (2023)
“Values, Voice and Virtue – the new british politics” ; Matt Goodwin - review (2023)
Taboo; How making race sacred produced a cultural revolution; Eric Kaufmann (2024) 
Conservatism in Crisis – the rise of the bureaucratic class (2024) with an 

introduction by Kimi Badenoch, the current favourite in the Conservative leadership 

race which refers to the current labour government as being “left-wing” – a real joke 

since most of us view it as simply continuing the neoliberal policies of the previous 

government.