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Radio 4,16 Apr 2026,61 mins

Reclaiming the Centre: Is the Old Political Order Dead? (Adrian Wooldridge)

Radical with Amol Rajan

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This week, the columnist and author Adrian Wooldridge joins Amol to argue that liberalism is not only the best ideology for the future, but that it鈥檚 also under serious threat. Wooldridge sees populist movements on the right and identity-focused politics on the left as potentially fatal to liberal principles. The once dominant post-war philosophy has had a bad rap recently, so why should we bring it back? Has liberalism itself grown complacent? Is it now an out-of-touch establishment, failing to address modern challenges like social cohesion and corporate power? To survive, Wooldridge says, we must take radical steps to renew liberalism for the modern age and embrace the political centre again. GET IN TOUCH鈥 鈥 * WhatsApp: 0330 123 9480鈥 * Email: radical@bbc.co.uk鈥 鈥 Episodes of Radical with Amol Rajan are released every Thursday and Monday. Amol Rajan presents the Today programme on 麻豆社 Radio 4 and hosts University Challenge on 麻豆社 One. Before that, Amol was the 麻豆社鈥檚 media editor and the editor of The Independent newspaper.鈥 Radical with Amol Rajan is a Today Podcast. It was made by Rufus Gray and Oscar Pearson. Digital production was by Gabriel Purcell-Davies. Technical production was by Jonny Baker. The editor is Sam Bonham.

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