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We'Ve Never Had It So Good

It's 2014 and what does Britain have to look forward to Osborne’s welfare cuts. An umpteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother. Adult children still living at home and cadging off the Bank of Mum and Dad (repayment not guaranteed).That’s the gripe of the Debbie Downers, but give a thought to how life used to be even within living memory. Buttoned up emotions. Casual racism. Meagre defences against disease and infection. And no internet. Surely life is better now than it’s ever been beforeOn 22nd January we brought together a star panel to slug out the arguments in our debate 'We’ve never had it so good'. Two of Britain’s most brilliant and sardonic writers, Will Self and Rod Liddle, opposed the motion. And the journalist and satirical novelist Rachel Johnson and Jesse Norman, the brilliant Tory MP who has been hailed as a man to watch even in the pages of the Guardian, proposed it.

English
  • Originally Aired January 31, 2014
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Production Code 132253284
  • Network BBC World News
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