Hi Fraser, do you think the gradual erosion of the family, community, culture and faith has contributed to the decline of confidence, optimism and productivity in the west?
I'd like to thank Fraser for his time running The Spectator and the many Xmas bottles of Pol Roger that subscription has provided me over the years, along with a school tip which resulted in two of my children becoming students at Dollar Academy when I moved to Scotland.
He did a find job of keeping the Spectators writers Heterodox, without being centrist, and took a fair bit of criticism from all angles as a result. Given the mainstream media landscape polarisation in recent years and the BBCs failure where the Spectator succeeded (diverse viewpoints instead of faux impartiality). How do we incentivise good media models when clickbait seems to be the media currency today?
A question not to do directly with benefits: How did journalists coming into the industry change Journalism and was it for good or ill? Has this change had a lot to do with the decrease in consuming traditional media and how do we address this - or do we - and let things develop organically? Thank you.
Stop flooding newsrooms with woke activists posing as journalists. Once, reporters were curious and sceptical. Now, they hold worthless degrees in media studies, churning out ideology instead of news.
If a degree is needed, let it be in something useful—History, Accounting, Science, Geography, a foreign language, or Mathematics—fields that teach facts, not feelings. Most journalism should be learned on the job, not in a classroom where students are trained to see oppression in everything.
Maybe it’s time to bring back the cadet journalist system and ditch the factories producing glorified propagandists.
Fraser, there is a dichotomy between Nigel's success garnering popularity amongst the youth and his urging of many of them and their habitually unemployed elders and supporters back into work. How do you think he'll manage this conflict between political manifesto and core support?
I am also a Spectator subscriber. This subject has long been of great interest to you, but given the statistics, Covid and lockdowns cast a giant shadow as a major reason.
Will the political class ever be held truly accountable for this, or do you cut them any slack over it?
I have seen this benefit culture in this country as not an aid to the people who struggle in life, but a means to avoid responsibility and the struggles that come with it. Just like a 35-year-old still living with their parents is avoiding the struggle that comes with looking after themselves. Is the benefits system in the UK just a vicious cycle of, "I need the government to look after me because I am unwell, and I am unwell because I have the government to look after me"? And has COVID-19 perpetuated this mindset that we need the government to look after us, especially in the young adult mind?
It appears to me that we have a new class in the UK, the 'non working class'. This seems a generational problem with two or even three generations lov9jg off of benefits with no incentive to work and in a lot of cases no opportunity to get any decent work. Hypothetically, would stopping all benefits after 6 months be an option and what wouldnitblook like? Or should benefits be linked to how muchbyou have added to the tax pot?
Hi Fraser, love the Spectator i am a subscriber. Am i correct in believing that Douglas Murray is possibly the cleverest and most articulate man since before sliced bread?
I'm bang in the middle of the age range you are talking about, we were the first to grow up with the cultural changes around safety, communications and media. Is this just the beginning and what does the future look like as gen Z start to mature and leave education?
Hi Fraser, do you think the gradual erosion of the family, community, culture and faith has contributed to the decline of confidence, optimism and productivity in the west?
I'd like to thank Fraser for his time running The Spectator and the many Xmas bottles of Pol Roger that subscription has provided me over the years, along with a school tip which resulted in two of my children becoming students at Dollar Academy when I moved to Scotland.
He did a find job of keeping the Spectators writers Heterodox, without being centrist, and took a fair bit of criticism from all angles as a result. Given the mainstream media landscape polarisation in recent years and the BBCs failure where the Spectator succeeded (diverse viewpoints instead of faux impartiality). How do we incentivise good media models when clickbait seems to be the media currency today?
A question not to do directly with benefits: How did journalists coming into the industry change Journalism and was it for good or ill? Has this change had a lot to do with the decrease in consuming traditional media and how do we address this - or do we - and let things develop organically? Thank you.
How do we fix legacy media?
Stop flooding newsrooms with woke activists posing as journalists. Once, reporters were curious and sceptical. Now, they hold worthless degrees in media studies, churning out ideology instead of news.
If a degree is needed, let it be in something useful—History, Accounting, Science, Geography, a foreign language, or Mathematics—fields that teach facts, not feelings. Most journalism should be learned on the job, not in a classroom where students are trained to see oppression in everything.
Maybe it’s time to bring back the cadet journalist system and ditch the factories producing glorified propagandists.
So, how do we fix legacy media?
When will the Tories realise that they are completely fucked?
Fraser, there is a dichotomy between Nigel's success garnering popularity amongst the youth and his urging of many of them and their habitually unemployed elders and supporters back into work. How do you think he'll manage this conflict between political manifesto and core support?
I am also a Spectator subscriber. This subject has long been of great interest to you, but given the statistics, Covid and lockdowns cast a giant shadow as a major reason.
Will the political class ever be held truly accountable for this, or do you cut them any slack over it?
I have seen this benefit culture in this country as not an aid to the people who struggle in life, but a means to avoid responsibility and the struggles that come with it. Just like a 35-year-old still living with their parents is avoiding the struggle that comes with looking after themselves. Is the benefits system in the UK just a vicious cycle of, "I need the government to look after me because I am unwell, and I am unwell because I have the government to look after me"? And has COVID-19 perpetuated this mindset that we need the government to look after us, especially in the young adult mind?
It appears to me that we have a new class in the UK, the 'non working class'. This seems a generational problem with two or even three generations lov9jg off of benefits with no incentive to work and in a lot of cases no opportunity to get any decent work. Hypothetically, would stopping all benefits after 6 months be an option and what wouldnitblook like? Or should benefits be linked to how muchbyou have added to the tax pot?
Hi Fraser, love the Spectator i am a subscriber. Am i correct in believing that Douglas Murray is possibly the cleverest and most articulate man since before sliced bread?
Regards
Paul
I'm bang in the middle of the age range you are talking about, we were the first to grow up with the cultural changes around safety, communications and media. Is this just the beginning and what does the future look like as gen Z start to mature and leave education?