Unity Over Hostility | Nakita Ainsworth | HTB Livestream

We live in a fragmented world.

People are divided over the important stuff.

I wonder whether you prefer voice notes or texting.

Whether you're the sort of person who gets up at your first alarm or snoozes it loads of times.

I wonder if you scrunch or fold your toilet paper.

And whether when you watch your favourite shows on TV, do you have the subtitles on or off? I read something the other day that said 80% of Gen Zers watch TV all of the time with the subtitles on, which made me feel very young and cool.

We see division all around us today, not just in our lighthearted preferences, but in the issues that shape our daily life.

We're divided over issues of race, class, culture, generation, education.

We disagree about how we should respond to global conflict, about how we should care for the sick and the future of the NHS, over immigration and borders.

over the cost of living and economic policy? And who has noticed the tube strikes in London recently? We live in a time where division is rarely contained.

It travels, it spreads, it impacts our daily lives.

We see it on the news, we see it in social media, because we're more connected than ever digitally, but we find ourselves disconnected relationally.

There was a study in 2025 which found that 85% of British adults say that the UK is divided.

And more than half of them think that it's our political differences that pose a threat to society.

We know how to form tribes, but we don't know how to be one people.