Towards A More Relaxed Union?: Britishness in a Changing World with Alex Massie

Breaking Britain: A Podcast about the Politics of a Disunited Kingdom

This week the Breaking Britain Podcast looks at how Unionism as a political identity and Britishness as a cultural identity have been affected by the growing pressures on the unity of the United Kingdom. Though independence movements have grown in Wales as well as Scotland and debates over Irish unification have gained momentum, political Unionism along with wider forms of British cultural identity still command the loyalty of substantial parts of the UK population across the political spectrum. The extent to which Britishness is a resilient political and cultural identity will determine how far the political system of the United Kingdom will be able to renew itself.
In this episode we've been joined by Alex Massie to help us analyse how political Britishness has evolved in response to the geopolitical dilemmas that Britain now faces. Alex Massie is currently Scotland Editor of The Spectator and a columnist for the Scottish edition of The Times. He has also worked as Washington correspondent for The Scotsman and Assistant Editor of Scotland on Sunday and also written for The Washington Post, Politico, The Daily Telegraph, The New Republic, Foreign Policy and many other global media outlets. With his extensive experience of the constantly changing landscape of Scottish and global politics, Alex Massie can help provide in depth insights into the factors shaping the future of Unionism in the United Kingdom.