‘Austerity is inevitably painful’. How Michael Gove justifies his politics | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty

“紧缩政策不可避免地会带来痛苦。”迈克尔·戈夫如何为自己的政治立场辩护 | 阿迪蒂亚·查克拉博蒂特的激进思考

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2026-10-18

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For more than three decades, Michael Gove has been a leading figure in British Conservatism. As a journalist, government minister and now editor of the Tory bible the Spectator, he has helped shape the UK right even as it has moved further rightwards. In the latest episode of Radical Thinking, Gove joins Aditya Chakrabortty to discuss the future of the right, his record on Brexit and austerity and the Spectator’s position on Islam Radical Thinking will be published every Saturday in the Politics Weekly feed You can also watch Radical Thinking on the Politics Weekly YouTube channel. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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