Now starting our @BritishFuture @togethercoalit panel discussion, “What could keep us together or pull us apart beyond #Covid19” with @IainDale @kezdugdale @kwamekweiarmah @Lizcarnelley @sundersays. Please tweet your questions to the panel with the #TalkTogether hashtag. 
@togethercoalit @IainDale @kezdugdale @kwamekweiarmah @Lizcarnelley @sundersays This event is part of the #TalkTogether project, which seeks everyone's views on what divides us, what unites us, and how we could become a closer and more connected society. Pls take 5 mins to share your views at together.org.uk
@togethercoalit @IainDale @kezdugdale @kwamekweiarmah @Lizcarnelley @sundersays Later this month #TalkTogether starts a series of conversations with members of the public + stakeholders in every nation and region of the UK. We kick things off in Yorkshire w/c 21 Sept. Contact talktogether@together.org.uk to get involved or see together.org.uk/talk-together/
@togethercoalit @IainDale @kezdugdale @kwamekweiarmah @Lizcarnelley @sundersays Follow the event on youtube:
@togethercoalit @IainDale @kezdugdale @kwamekweiarmah @Lizcarnelley @sundersays Our #TalkTogether webinar audience votes on the question "Has Coronavirus made the UK more united or divided?" Some 47% choose 'somewhat more united'. What do you think?
@togethercoalit @IainDale @kezdugdale @kwamekweiarmah @Lizcarnelley @sundersays Chancellor @RishiSunak is going to have to cause some pain as he seeks to pay for Covid measures, says @IainDale - who that pain falls on will determine how divided our society becomes, he adds. #TalkTogether.
@togethercoalit @IainDale @kezdugdale @kwamekweiarmah @Lizcarnelley @sundersays @RishiSunak Iain discusses Scotland and asks how anyone who supported Brexit, as he did, couldn't support Scotland's right to decide its own future
@togethercoalit @IainDale @kezdugdale @kwamekweiarmah @Lizcarnelley @sundersays @RishiSunak #COVID19 has highlighted big divisions in society, says @Lizcarnelley of @NearNeighbours - such as btwn people in frontline or office roles; those who kept or lost their jobs; those who had resources to cope and those who didn't #TalkTogether
@togethercoalit @IainDale @kezdugdale @kwamekweiarmah @Lizcarnelley @sundersays @RishiSunak @nearneighbours There has been fantastic interfaith work to help each other during #COVID19 says Liz - but in places where @nearneighbours works we're now seeing finger-pointing and conspiracy theories aimed at some groups. #TalkTogether
@togethercoalit @IainDale @kezdugdale @kwamekweiarmah @Lizcarnelley @sundersays @RishiSunak @nearneighbours Declining trust in government and authority, esp among younger people, minorities, women and least well-off could be damaging to democracy, says @kezdugdale #TalkTogether
@togethercoalit @IainDale @kezdugdale @kwamekweiarmah @Lizcarnelley @sundersays @RishiSunak @nearneighbours We need to make the positive case for politics as a force for good, says @kezdugdale, with more people from minority backgrounds, more women and more working-class finding representation in politics, to restore trust. #TalkTogether
@togethercoalit @IainDale @kezdugdale @kwamekweiarmah @Lizcarnelley @sundersays @RishiSunak @nearneighbours A 'winter of discontent' is coming and will be felt most acutely by the young, says @kwamekweiarmah. But #Covid19UK has shown that we are a community, not just individuals - so he remains hopeful for the future #TalkTogether
@togethercoalit @IainDale @kezdugdale @kwamekweiarmah @Lizcarnelley @sundersays @RishiSunak @nearneighbours The independence debate is shifting in Scotland, says @kezdugdale - Brexit has shifted some who voted 'No' for economic reasons last time to support 'Yes' today. A referendum will be divisive because binary referendums are, by their nature, she says #TalkTogether
@togethercoalit @IainDale @kezdugdale @kwamekweiarmah @Lizcarnelley @sundersays @RishiSunak @nearneighbours "Does the panel feel that phenomena like no-platforming and identity politics are good for community cohesion, or bad?" @WozzaHawkins asks the #TalkTogether panel
@togethercoalit @IainDale @kezdugdale @kwamekweiarmah @Lizcarnelley @sundersays @RishiSunak @nearneighbours @WozzaHawkins 'Talking isn't enough,' says @kwamekweiarmah, if the participants don't have equality of status - we need to address who has privilege in that conversation and who doesn't, he suggests #TalkTogether
@togethercoalit @IainDale @kezdugdale @kwamekweiarmah @Lizcarnelley @sundersays @RishiSunak @nearneighbours @WozzaHawkins The 'Real People Honest Talk' project from @nearneighbours starts with conversations btwn people in divided communities, and ends in bigger conversations with local political leaders, says @Lizcarnelley
@togethercoalit @IainDale @kezdugdale @kwamekweiarmah @Lizcarnelley @sundersays @RishiSunak @nearneighbours @WozzaHawkins We are going to need a "better quality of listening than we've ever had before," in response to populism says @kwamekweiarmah - referencing the failure of progressives to connect with so-called 'Red Wall' voters #TalkTogether
@togethercoalit @IainDale @kezdugdale @kwamekweiarmah @Lizcarnelley @sundersays @RishiSunak @nearneighbours @WozzaHawkins We all need to dial down the rhetoric, says @IainDale, and take a breath before reacting on social media. And journalists' 'gotcha' questions also get us nowhere, he suggests #TalkTogether
@togethercoalit @IainDale @kezdugdale @kwamekweiarmah @Lizcarnelley @sundersays @RishiSunak @nearneighbours @WozzaHawkins There's hope in 'Big ideas' coming to the fore once more, says @kezdugdale - citing how #COVID19 brought a temporary end to homelessness and a new focus on caring for each other. That could show people the value of politics and restore trust, she suggests #TalkTogether
@togethercoalit @IainDale @kezdugdale @kwamekweiarmah @Lizcarnelley @sundersays @RishiSunak @nearneighbours @WozzaHawkins Thanks for watching today. Do please fill in the #TalkTogether survey at together.org.uk to share your views on what unites and divides us, and what we need to do to build a more connected society.
@togethercoalit @IainDale @kezdugdale @kwamekweiarmah @Lizcarnelley @sundersays @RishiSunak @nearneighbours @WozzaHawkins This is the Real People Honest Talk project that @Lizcarnelley of @Nearneighbours mentioned in our #TalkTogether discussion today:
