Danny Dorling on the UK election and hope for change

Danny Dorling and Jess Miles talk about his concept of peak injustice - that injustice and inequality are now so bad in the UK that it might just be that they can't get worse.

In advance of 4 July, they talk about Keir Starmer and what the Labour party may offer, why higher taxes aren't a burden, how fear wrecks societies and the data that gives us hope that getting down from the top of the mountain of injustice might be possible.

Danny Dorling is Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St Peter’s College. He is a patron of RoadPeace, Comprehensive Future and Heeley City Farm. He has published over 50 books, including the best-selling Peak Inequality: Britain’s Ticking Timebomb (2018) and Injustice: Why Social Inequality Still Persists (2014). Follow him on Twitter: @dannydorling.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:39 - What are the signs things might be getting less unequal?
5:33 - How far are the parties going to tackle injustice, and are there any standout policies?
9:59 - Why are people afraid of tax rises?
13:01 - What are individuals going to have to accept in order to move away from this peak injustice?
20:57 - When discussing what the next government have to do to move us away from peak injustice you said they have to want to do it. What did you mean by that?
28:40 - What is the important role the left have to play in this election?
33:09 - What do you want people, including the new government, to take from your book, 'Peak Injustice'?

Intro music:
Cold by yoitrax | @yoitrax
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[peterdollins]

Class has always bedevilled the UK. I've lived & worked in various countries & this is the worse by a hell of a lot. Keir Starmer is my MP & I admired him before he became an MP. He has a great track record. A legal genius neighbour worked in Keir's Cambers for years & swore by Keir. This Labour Government will change things. They are up against the breakage left by the corrupt, incompetent Tories. So stop worrying & keep the Tories out forever. But the UK faces great challenges.

[jeremybarclay]

Why has this got so few views Just listen to Dorling The statistics don’t lie

[johnberesford]

I predict Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves will not be in their positions for a full term. Danny mentions geriatric millennials have been very disciplined and patient. The patience is at an end.

[muteseek]

This podcast is just more evidence that the education system in this country is rotten.