Today I speak to Ralph James, former Labour Councillor and upcoming independent candidate for Sefton Central, just north of Liverpool (in the 2024 General Election). We look at why he is standing and have a fascinating and wide-ranging discussion about politics at all levels. Ralph speaks superbly.
We chat about…
- Ethical Foreign Policy
- Disaffection with New Labour/Labour
- Family Morality/Ethics and Socialism
- Local issues
- Ralph’s Father’s Royal Navy experiences during the Second World War
- Israel/Palestine
- War
- Animal Rights
- Vegetarianism/Veganism
- The difficulty in being truly progressive
- Atomisation and Alienation
- Individualism
- Mental Health and Anxiety
- The Housing Crisis
- Social Democracy
- Mixed Economy
- Idealism/Realism
- Constitutional Monarchy
- Electoral Reform
- Party Discipline and Centralisation
- The Lesser of Two Evils Debate
- Marxism
- State Intervention
- The US Constitution
- The House of Lords
- Populism
- Voltaire and Edmund Burke
- Auschwitz and the Holocaust
