Jacob Rees-Mogg

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211 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2026 last heard 4 Aug

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But the Soviet Union had one of the fastest-growing economies in the world from the 1930s through to the 1960s.

But it didn't have a liberal society to make that possible.

or continuous.

And then, we see what we have got, that our societies have got.

We have a constitutional stability that is built on liberalism.

What are those pillars of our constitution, that successful liberal constitution?

Yes, they're the rights of property.

They're freedom of speech.

They are democracy, and they are the rule of law.

These liberal ideas protect and shelter us and provide us with stable government, even when politicians make mistakes.

The rule of law.

The state is not above the law.

You can trace this back to the 15th century.

Sir John Fortescue saying the King of England was beneath the law.

a fundamental safeguard against arbitrary government.

Democracy, you can chuck the blighters out.

Freedom of speech, you can expose what they do that is wrong.

Try doing that to President Xi in China or in any other of the totalitarian regimes around the world.

Rights of property, so you get the fruits of your labor.

These are the building blocks, the pillars,

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