Tim Farron tells UnHerd that modern liberalism has taken an intolerant turn

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Tim Farron joined us this week to discuss the speech that has been interesting and encouraging other UnHerd writers this week:

• Two days ago Danny Kruger described it as one of the bravest speeches he’s heard from an MP. And it certainly is quite something for the ex-leader of the Liberal Democrats to implicitly tell people who think of themselves as Liberals – including many within his own party – that they’re becoming thoroughly illiberal in their attitude to Christianity (from which, Farron argued, liberalism and non-conformity had grown).
• And, today, in his Friday column Douglas Murray praises Mr Farron for understanding the difference between what he calls convening liberalism (where all reasonable voices are at least respected) and a campaigning liberalism that, more rights-based, secular and left-leaning, allegedly wants to be very dominant top dog at the expense of other ideas.

Our podcast begins with a few minutes on the latest Trump Tweet outrage but it’s mainly Tim Farron, liberalism and Christianity.

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