{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68358fb5e1abc4be6b0308eb/6a872a55d6b6da9392e57d78?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Edition: has the West lost the will to defend itself? | with Maureen Lipman","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68358fb5e1abc4be6b0308eb/1787243077228-3f0f42dc-0896-4f63-a259-ed6b811b20be.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>William Moore is joined by <em>The Spectator’s</em> political editor Tim Shipman, commissioning editor Tali Fraser and actress Maureen Lipman.</p><p>This week: has the West lost the will to defend itself? The panel discuss the threats posed by China, Russia and Islamism – and whether Western societies have become too reluctant to defend their own values. Maureen also warns about the rise of antisemitism, arguing that universities are ‘grooming’ a generation of anti-Semites.</p><p>Also: Tali reports back from a screening of Chris Packham’s <em>People’s Emergency Briefing</em>. Has environmental campaigning become too patronising – and are politicians forcing through policies they have failed to persuade the public to support?</p><p>Plus: can James Bond survive modern Britain?</p>","author_name":"The Spectator"}