Brexit

Orwell, Trump and liberal values

Name: Orwell, Trump and liberal values
Uploaded: 2017-02-23T17:51:48.653Z
Duration: 3 min 33 s
Channel: Financial Times
Description: Philip Stephens on the roots of the populist insurgency

FT associate editor Philip Stephens examines what we can learn from George Orwell in relation to today’s populist upsurge, epitomised by the election of US president Donald Trump, and how liberal values can be preserved.

February 23, 2017

Filmed by Petros Gioumpasis. Produced by Josh de la Mare. Images from Reuters and Getty.