{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6835911be1abc4be6b039db8/6a99ac23d54ec94380dececf?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Has Reform UK lost its magic? – and why Middlesbrough’s young men don’t care","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6835911be1abc4be6b039db8/1788457854341-1690f4dc-1559-4fd5-8026-3fc85e03da7e.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Lara Prendergast is joined by <em>The Spectator’s</em> political editor Tim Shipman, columnist and journalist Melanie McDonagh, and the <em>Daily Mail’s</em> parliamentary sketchwriter Quentin Letts.</p><p>This week: has Reform UK lost its magic? Ahead of the party’s conference, Tim reveals its plans for the first 100 days of a Reform government – and asks whether Nigel Farage can persuade voters that his party is ready to govern after a turbulent summer.</p><p>Also: what is happening in Middlesbrough? The panel discuss rising gang violence, the decline of visible policing and a generation of young men who appear increasingly indifferent to the law. Is social breakdown to blame – or has Britain simply lost its respect for authority?</p><p>Plus: what can Britain learn from Norway’s royals? </p><p>Produced by Henry Lloyd and Oscar Edmondson.</p>","author_name":"The Spectator"}