Values, Voice and Virtue: The New British Politics

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Matthew Goodwin

Hence, in part, Brexit. We can all agree with that. But Goodwin is reluctant to recognise that the referendum of 2016, whether or not one approves of the decision reached, was of value in giving neglected voters a voice, and thus in reducing pressure for a revolution.

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Goodwin’s book is admirably short, so one cannot blame him for failing to glance at the career of Benjamin Disraeli, touched on in my own recent book about Johnson. But if one does so, one sees that the New Elite is nothing like as new as Goodwin supposes it to be. It has existed in various insufferable forms for a long time, and it led Disraeli to develop a form of politics attractive to newly enfranchised members of the skilled working class: In today’s newsletter: Interrogating academic Matthew Goodwin’s description of a new left-wing elite has taken full control of the political institutions, the think tanks, the civil service, the public bodies, the universities, the creative industries, the cultural institutions and much of the media.”

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Gerry Hassan: Matthew Goodwin's take on the current state of Britain is flawed". The National. 2023-04-11 . Retrieved 2023-07-12. Martin Shaw compared the book unfavourably with Goodwin's work a decade earlier, arguing that whereas he was previously working with "serious scholars, helping to produce some real research", in Values, Voice and Virtue "he’s finally gone solo and it shows." Shaw called the book "a debasement of social-scientific elite theory." [19] Matthew Goodwin". School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Matt engages widely with governments and corporations around the globe. He has consulted and given talks to more than 400 organizations, from the UK Prime Minister's Office to the President of Germany, U.S. State Department, European Commission, Google, Deutsche Bank, UBS, JP Morgan, Rothschild and Cie, Trilateral Commission, Goldman Sachs, Clifford Chance, and many more. He is regularly in demand as a keynote speaker including after dinner and client-facing events.He has given evidence to various parliamentary committees including the Home Affairs, Education and Public Bill committees and has privately briefed some of the world's most well known political leaders including Prime Ministers and Presidents of major advanced Western democracies. Heappears regularly in international and national media including BBC News, Financial Times, New York Times and Politico, among many others. He tweets at @GoodwinMJ. Lee Anderson, recently interviewed on ConHome, is a Tory Democrat, never happier than when teasing the New Elite.

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Stacey Dooley and a Ukrainian recruit in Ready For War. Photograph: Blanca Munoz/BBC/True Vision East Shaw, Martin (2023-04-25). "Professors, Power and Projection: the Case of Matthew Goodwin – Byline Times". Byline Times . Retrieved 2023-08-22. According to Huw Davies and Sheena McGrae, Goodwin's "concerns about wokeism are a recurrent theme in his output". Goodwin has described "wokeism" as "a pseudo-religion". He has acted as an adviser to the Conservative Party and in the 2022 Conservative Party leadership contest supported "anti-woke campaigner" Kemi Badenoch, referring to her as ‘one of the most interesting Conservatives in British politics for a very long time’. He supports the Conservative government's plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, [11] and has advised the party to raise “the salience of cultural issues”. Malik argues that Goodwin now advocates a politics that a decade earlier he would have described as "toxic". [46] This book presents an insightful and highly informative analysis of the most significant independent challenge to the existing party system in England. It is a must read for anyone interested in the future of British politics."John Curtice, Professor of Politics at Strathclyde University and a research consultant for ScotCen Social Research Who benefits from deflecting away from material issues during the biggest living cost crisis in a generation?If you believed academics are no longer relevant beyond their own professional bubble, Matthew Goodwin’s latest book has come to challenge that perception. Although it has been passionately praised and criticised across mainstream and social media, one shortcoming of most reactions has been to treat the book as a scholarly work. Harry Maguire (left) deflects the ball into his own net from a Youssef En-Nesyri header to make the score between Manchester United and Sevilla 2-2. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

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Media Mole (11 June 2017). "Watch: Politics expert Matthew Goodwin eats his own book on live TV after underestimating Labour". New Statesman. London. People in all kinds of elite have a tendency to downplay their privileges,” said Savage. “My point would be: separate out what they say from the sociological truth. So when Liz Truss emphasises that she went to a comprehensive school [where she said children were ‘let down’] but it turns out to have been very good, we should interrogate that.” Others have characterized Goodwin as a "populist academic", [35] stating that he turned from observer into participant, becoming an apologist for populism. [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] On diversity, wokeism and racism [ edit ] Given all of that, it might seem bold to argue that it is the sneering cognoscenti who rule the roost. But Goodwin and his allies argue that these developments are all part of a rearguard action to defend traditional values against an agenda driven by a shadowy minority. If anyone disagrees, that is simply proof of their original thesis: that the new elite is out of touch.Goodwin graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in politics and contemporary history from the University of Salford in 2003 and obtained a Master of Arts degree in political science from the University of Western Ontario in 2004. He completed his Doctor of Philosophy degree under the supervision of Roger Eatwell at the University of Bath in 2007. [3] Career [ edit ] Academic [ edit ] At the same time, Goodwin sidelines the most pressing issues that face ordinary people today, according to the people themselves. The latest release from the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey shows the five biggest issues are the cost of living (92%), the NHS (85%), the economy (78%), climate change and the environment (62%) and housing (55%). They are all very material issues and have little to do with the “culture war” that is Goodwin’s primary concern. They have more to do with the neoliberal, right-wing policymaking that has shaped British society over the past few decades. Goodwin pays lip service to this (see 100), only to reemphasise culture as the key cleavage in British politics today. Why? Who benefits from deflecting away from material issues during the biggest living cost crisis in a generation? Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at a news conference after signing the ‘Stop Woke Act’. Photograph: Miami Herald/TNS Liu’s portrait of the PMC is far more astringent and over-the-top than anything Goodwin has produced. Yet, it is also more realistic. Liu does not pretend that the virtue hoarders constitute a new ruling class. As a supporter of Bernie Sanders, what provokes her ire is that they stand in the way of real social change, having abandoned class politics for what she calls “performative transgression”. And where Goodwin argues that the “radical woke” capture of society lies at “the roots of today’s more turbulent politics”, Liu understands that the new elite is the product, not the cause, of political turbulence, the consequence of the evisceration of mass movements for social change.