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Who are the new elites? In conversation with Matt Goodwin

Who are the new elites? In conversation with Matt Goodwin

Nick Spencer speaks with academic author Matthew Goodwin. 05/12/2023

“Elites have open contempt for those who are not members of their rarefied class.” So claimed no less than Rupert Murdoch, friend of PMs and presidents, in his resignation letter.

Is he right? Is there a “new elite”? If so, who are they and what do they believe in? And are they really in charge in now?

In this week’s episode, Nick Spencer speaks to Matt Goodwin about his book Values, Voice and Virtue: The New British Politics



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Nick Spencer

Nick Spencer

Nick is Senior Fellow at Theos. He is the author of The Landscapes of Science and Religion (OUP, 2025), Playing God: Science, Religion and the Future of Humanity (2024), and Magisteria: the entangled histories of science and religion (Oneworld, 2023). Nick is host of the podcast Reading Our Times.

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Posted 5 December 2023

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