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Harry Jee on Reform’s plan to abolish asylum, Bijan Omrani on his lawsuit against the Church of England’s reparations agenda. Plus: Tilak Doshi exposes the Great Recycling Swindle. In Episode 101 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to Harry Jee, Managing Editor of Pimlico Journal, on why Britain’s asylum system should be abolished, Nigel Farage’s plan to do so and what’s really behind Reform’s recent dip in the polls. Bijan Omrani, barrister, churchwarden and author of God is an Englishman, on why he’s taking the Church of England to court over its historically illiterate plan to spend £100 million of church money on slavery ‘reparations’. And Tilak Doshi, the Daily Sceptic’s Energy Editor, on why household recycling is a big fat scam. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content here. Follow Laurie on X. Follow Harry on X. Follow Bijan on X. Follow Tilak on X. Read his article on the Daily Sceptic here. Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio. 00:00 Intro 01:40 Harry Jee on Britain’s Broken Asylum System 11:12 Should Britain Accept Asylum Seekers? 14:52 Reform’s Plan 16:20 Why Is Reform Losing Ground? 20:40 Bijan Omrani on Taking the Church to Court 25:20 Did the Church Profit From Slavery? 27:03 Who Should Receive Reparations? 31:59 What Could £100M Do for Local Parishes? 35:30 Has the Church Lost Sight of Its Real Purpose? 37:06 How Strong Is the Legal Case? 40:35 Tilak Doshi on the Recycling Swindle 43:40 Why Is Recycling a Waste of Money? 49:29 When Is Recycling Worthwhile? 50:19 Why Do People Recycle? 50:57 Are Landfills Really So Bad? 55:45 Is Food Waste Recycling Worthwhile? 59:19 Is Recycling Just Moral Theatre?

Michael Murphy on the battle for France, Chris Morrison on the unravelling of the great climate scam. Plus: Jason Arday, ‘autoethnography’ and the fall of academia. In Episode 100 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to Michael Murphy, writer and Head of Journalism at Outpost, about the violent student unrest rocking France – and what it means for next year’s Presidential election. Daily Sceptic columnist Steven Tucker, on the Jason Arday scandal and what it shows about the latest academic discipline for pseuds, frauds and posers: autoethnography. And Chris Morrison, the Daily Sceptic’s Environment Editor, on his hit new book Implausible and how he’s bringing down the climate change consensus. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content here. Follow Laurie on X.  Follow Michael on X. Read Steven’s article on the Daily Sceptic here. Follow Chris on X. Get your copy of his new book, Implausible, here. Read extracts from his book on the Daily Sceptic here. Produced by Richard Eldred.  Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio. 00:00 Intro 01:25 Michael Murphy on the French Protests 04:09 The Scale of the Violence 06:39 The Ideology Behind the Riots 09:32 Terrorist Sympathies or Youthful Nihilism? 11:34 The Ethnic Composition of the Rioters 14:09 Greta Thunberg 16:04 The Impact on France’s Presidential Election 17:46 The Rise of the French Right 20:11 Why French & British Protests Differ 25:35 Stephen Tucker on ‘Autoethnography’ 29:06 The Absurdity of Modern Research 41:04 Autoethnography & Jason Arday 48:14 Hilary Cremin & the Future of Education 55:03 The Ideological Capture of Universities 59:42 Chris Morrison on his new book Implausible 01:07:03 How Implausible Climate Predictions Became Accepted 01:13:21 Net Zero as the New Communism 01:18:45 Scale of the Climate Change Scam 01:22:22 Why the Climate Debate Needs to Happen

Steven Edginton on Tan Ikram’s campaign for Pakistani judges and the BBC’s migrant-rape blindspot. Plus: how to solve the prisons crisis and Burnham’s vibes-based energy plan. In Episode 99 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to Steven Edginton, investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker, on Britain’s most controversial judge, Tan Ikram, and his campaign for more Pakistani judges – plus, the BBC’s shameful reporting failures on a shocking migrant rape case. Alexander Baker, Senior Researcher at the Prosperity Institute, on the roots of the prisons crisis – and how to solve it. And journalist and Daily Sceptic regular Ben Pile on the vibes-based nonsense of Andy Burnham’s ‘Great British Grid’ plan – and why our energy bills keep going up under Labour. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content here. Follow Laurie on X.  Follow Steven on X. Follow Alexander on X. Read his paper, Making Space for Justice, here. Follow Ben on X. Read his article on the Daily Sceptic here. Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.   00:00 Intro  01:25 Stephen Edginton on Tan Ikram’s Dodgy Record  10:35 Judicial Activism & Diversity  17:34 Holding Controversial Judges to Account  19:24 BBC’s Reporting  28:45 Protests Against Illegal Migration  31:56 Returning to Independent Journalism  34:00 Alexander Baker on the Prison Crisis  36:36 Who Is to Blame for the Prison Crisis?  37:35 Shift Away From Punishment  40:26 Impact of Emergency Prisoner Releases  42:44 Failures of Probation  44:41 Prison Conditions & Rehabilitation  57:55 Reform’s Approach to Prison Building  58:53 Political Will to Fix the Crisis  01:00:11 Ben Pile on Labour’s Energy Promise  01:08:38 The Great British Grid  01:09:16 The Promise of Lower Bills and Faster Connections  01:14:16 What Would Really Empower Energy Consumers?  01:15:18 Rising Prices

Michael Rainsborough on Andy Burnham’s Ministry of Truth, Richard Lyon on peak oil and the energy trap and Jack Hadfield on the new wave of anti-immigration protests and the persecution of Danny Tommo. In Episode 98 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to Michael Rainsborough, Professor of Strategic Theory at Deakin University, on Andy Burnham’s sinister new National Centre for Information Defence. Richard Lyon, engineer and energy economist, on his new book The Energy Trap, whether we’ve reached peak oil and the truth about the ‘energy transition’. And for our premium subscribers, Laurie speaks to independent journalist Jack Hadfield on the latest wave of anti-immigration protests and the shameful two-tier justice meted out to the protesters. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content here. Follow Laurie on X.  Read Michael’s article on the Daily Sceptic here. Follow Richard Lyon on X. Order his new book The Energy Trap here. Follow Jack on X. Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio. 00:00 Intro 01:54 Michael Rainsborough on Burnham’s New Censorship Centre 05:40 The Political Impetus 06:39 Russia & UK’s Domestic Problems 11:04 The Meaning of Disinformation 17:36 Protecting What Matters 24:08 The State’s Loss of Legitimacy 30:29 Britain’s Approach to Governance 33:24 Richard Lyon on The Energy Trap 36:26 The Elitist Energy Debate 39:47 Climate Labels & Debate 42:02 The Case Against Net Zero 48:16 Heatwaves & Decarbonisation 51:07 A Better Energy Policy 57:24 Peak Oil 01:01:43 Oil & the Energy Transition 01:06:24 Jack Hadfield on the Boat Crisis 01:06:52 The New Anti-Immigration Protests 01:11:13 Growing Public Anger 01:14:21 Violence at the Protests 01:18:03 Violent Disorder Charges 01:25:31 Danny Tommo 01:32:36 RNLI & the Protests

Banned from an anti-racism meeting for being too old and white, the geopolitical damage being done by Net Zero and why the Church of England seems hell-bent on trashing its own traditions. In Episode 97 of the Sceptic, guest host Ellie Hodges speaks to Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner Rupert Matthews about the extraordinary moment he was told to leave an anti-racism workshop at De Montfort University for being too old and white. Former government adviser Rupert Darwall discusses his new book The Age of Error and the West’s Undoing: Net Zero and the Destruction of the West and how the West went from prioritising energy security to relying on the weather. And for our premium subscribers, Ellie talks to Steven Tucker about Leeds Minster’s extraordinary decision to display the names of thousands of Palestinians, including Islamic Jihad terrorists, during the Jewish New Year, why Western institutions seem increasingly determined to turn their backs on their own traditions, the Church of England’s enthusiasm for interfaith relations and the emergence of “multicultural personality disorder”. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content.  Follow Ellie on X. Follow Rupert Matthews on X. Follow Rupert Darwall on X. Order his new book The Age of Error and the West’s Undoing: Net Zero and the Destruction of the West. Read Steven’s articles here and here. Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.   00:00 Intro 01:29 Rupert Matthews on Being Banned From an Anti-Racism Workshop 02:00 Why He Attended the Workshop 04:08 Being Told to Leave 08:51 Too Old and White 10:23 What Anti-Racism Means 12:27 Identity Politics and Community Relations 15:13 The Dangers of Anti-Racism 17:14 Rupert Darwall on the Net Zero Obsession 18:56 Suppressing Climate Debate 21:08 Energy Security After Ukraine 23:21 How Experts Gained Power 24:43 Elites vs Voters 26:17 Taking Back Control 28:49 Steven Tucker on the Church’s Islamic Jihad Tribute 38:37 Why Institutions Reject Their Traditions 50:02 ‘Multicultural Personality Disorder’ 53:43 Critics of American Culture 01:05:28 The Future of Western Institutions

Labour’s staggering hypocrisy over Reform’s record-breaking donations, the AfD’s seismic breakthrough in Germany and the extraordinary £483 billion climate-damage claim over North Sea oil and gas. In Episode 96 of the Sceptic, guest host Ellie Hodges sits down with our very own Editor-in-Chief Toby Young to talk about Reform’s enormous £72 million donation. They get into donation caps, Labour’s proposed rules, the hypocrisy of Labour attacking Reform’s funding while taking huge sums from trade unions and what Reform should actually do with all that cash. Then it’s over to Germany to find out what our resident Germany correspondent Eugyppius thinks of the AfD’s latest electoral breakthrough, why Friedrich Merz is a “dead Chancellor walking” and whether Germany’s AfD firewall is starting to crack. And for premium subscribers, Ellie talks to energy expert David Turver about the eye-watering claim that the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil fields in the North Sea could cause £483 billion of climate damage – and whether the maths behind it makes sense. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content.  Follow Ellie on X. Follow Toby on X. Follow Eugyppius on X. Read his A Plague Chronicle Substack here. Follow David Turver on X. Read his Eigen Values Substack here. Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.   00:00 Intro 02:13 Toby Young on Reform’s £72M Donation 03:23 Donation Caps 05:43 Labour’s New Rules 07:41 Retrospective Legislation 09:05 Buying Political Influence 11:31 Union Funding 13:53 State Funding 15:00 Spending Reform’s £72M 20:40 Eugyppius on AfD’s Big Result 23:20 Merz’s Problems 28:05 The Firewall’s Impact 31:22 Can The Firewall Survive? 33:25 AfD & Europe 36:04 David Turvey on the £483Bn Claim 38:21 The Cost Of Carbon 40:27 Counting Climate Damage 49:59 Climate Policy

Prof David Betz on whether the Dover protests could be the start of something much bigger; is the West making the Ukraine war more dangerous and what do the numbers really tell us about Britain’s latest heatwaves? In Episode 95 of the Sceptic, guest host Ellie Hodges talks to Prof David Betz of King’s College London about the protests in Dover and Portsmouth and the growing fury over mass migration. They get into ‘system disruption’, the radical Left’s influence, the Government’s likely response, Reform’s fading momentum, parallels with Germany and the risk that Britain’s economic fragility could fuel serious civil unrest. Ellie then talks to former Conservative MP and defence tech entrepreneur Brooks Newmark about the war in Ukraine. They discuss NATO expansion, whether the West helped provoke the conflict, the danger of escalation, Russia’s hybrid warfare and whether Britain and Europe are actually ready for a wider war. And for premium subscribers, meteorologist William M. Briggs takes a gander at Britain’s heatwaves and the alarmist claims surrounding them, from temperature records and ‘excess deaths’ to climate models, dodgy statistics and the assumptions lurking underneath it all. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content.  Follow Ellie on X. Follow David on X. Follow Brooks on X. Follow William M. Briggs on X. Read his Science Is Not The Answer Substack here. Watch his YouTube channel here. Visit his website here. Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio. 00:00 Intro 01:42 David Betz on the Dover Protests 04:12 Danny Tommo and Tommy Robinson 07:22 Leaderless Protest 10:51 System Disruption 12:58 Situationist Tactics 16:43 How Should the Government Respond? 21:39 Reform vs AfD 26:50 Economic Shock and Legitimacy 29:28 Russia, Ukraine and Britain 34:11 What’s Changed? 36:25 Brooks Newmark on the Ukraine War 36:49 NATO Expansion 39:00 Russia, Security and Ukraine 41:11 Long-Range Weapons and Escalation 44:24 Russia’s Hybrid War 46:39 European Defence 49:21 NATO and Britain’s Readiness 52:33 Negotiating With Russia 54:30 Risk of a Wider War 57:25 William Briggs on What the Heatwave Data Shows 59:40 Weather and Climate Claims 01:00:53 Climate Certainty 01:01:08 The Limits of Climate Models 01:02:24 Models, Homogenisation and Deaths 01:05:13 The Climate Research Industry 01:07:32 Climate Catastrophe

An undercover journalist’s extraordinary journey onboard a migrant dinghy, the risk of war with Russia and Canada’s energy standoff with America. In Episode 94 of the Sceptic, Ellie Hodges sits down with undercover reporter Christian Drogan to hear how he infiltrated migrant camps in northern France, paid €1,400 to cross the Channel and came face to face with smugglers, migrants and French authorities. Strategist and ex-Royal Navy Commodore Steve Jermy on the West’s incompetent approach to the war in Ukraine, the risks of escalation with Russia and whether a negotiated path to peace is still possible. And for our premium subscribers, Ellie speaks to the Daily Sceptic’s Energy Editor Dr Tilak Doshi about the growing trade and energy row between the US and Canada, and whether Mark Carney’s brinkmanship gamble will pay off. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content.  Follow Ellie on X. Follow Christian on X. Follow Watchman on X. Support Watchman here. Watch the Undercover Migrant here. Read Steve’s Mor Gallos – Using Power Wisely in the 21st Century Substack here. Follow Tilak on X. Read his article here. Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.   00:00 Intro   01:51 Christian Drogen on His Undercover Channel Crossing   03:32 Getting Into the Migrant Camps   04:36 Timeline of the Operation   05:30 Posing as a Criminal on the Run   07:14 Life Inside the Camps   08:38 Danger in the Dunkirk & Calais Jungles   09:17 Why Migrants Want Britain   11:28 Demographics of the Boats   13:13 What it Felt Like on the Dinghy   14:13 Who Was on the Boat   14:49 Border Force Reaction   17:22 Home Office Criticism   17:54 Could Anyone Repeat This   19:42 How Smugglers Sell the Dream   21:10 French Police Involvement   24:22 How to Stop the Crossings   28:29 Finding the Documentary   29:15 Steve Jermy on the Ukraine War   30:48 What the West is Getting Wrong   33:06 Europe Preparing For War With Russia   35:40 Why Supporting Ukraine And Nato is Flawed   38:53 A Negotiated Path to Peace   42:04 Does Negotiation Reward Aggression   44:13 What the British Public is Missing   48:16 Tilak Doshi on Carneys Gamble   51:31 Who Has the Upper Hand   56:00 Could the Dispute Backfire On Canada   58:34 Ottawa vs Alberta   01:00:38 A Larger Geopolitical Reshaping

Does the Right need to compromise on its principles to win elections? And what’s really behind the shaky science of the 97% climate consensus? In Episode 93 of the Sceptic, guest host Ellie Hodges chats to writer and commentator Nick Rendell about why the Right needs to stop preaching to the choir, explain its policies more clearly and find a way for the parties on the Right to work together. And for our premium subscribers, Ellie talks to social scientist and author of the Valid Science Substack Dr José Duarte about the extraordinary flaws in the research behind the 97% climate consensus claim, why we should be wary of consensus claims and where genuine disagreement among climate scientists remains. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content.  Follow Ellie on X. Read Nick’s article here. Follow Joe on X. Read his Valid Science Substack here. Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio. 00:00 Intro 01:26 Nick Rendell on the Right’s Electoral Strategy 01:31 Balancing Principles & Electoral Success 04:36 Winning Over Net Zero Voters 11:47 Making the Conservative Case More Convincingly 15:39 The Case For a Right-Wing Electoral Pact 19:48 What His Reader Backlash Reveals 22:13 Political Purity & Rational Compromise 25:22 Dr José Duarte on the 97% Climate Consensus 25:34 Why Climate Consensus Research is Flawed 26:22 Problems With Consensus Studies 30:45 How The 97% Figure Was Constructed 33:14 Measuring What Climate Scientists Actually Believe 35:02 The Limits of Scientific Consensus 37:17 Where Climate Scientists Still Disagree

Why trust in the mainstream media has collapsed, the rise of the ‘lanyard class’ and why cleaner air may be behind Europe’s heatwaves. In Episode 92 of the Sceptic, Ellie Hodges is joined by veteran broadcaster and journalist Mike Graham to lift the lid on Britain’s increasingly cosy media establishment, the decline of Fleet Street and why so many journalists now seem cut from the same cloth. They also discuss his new book, Fake News: The Secret Deal Between Government and the Media, and the rise of independent journalism. And for our premium subscribers, Ellie talks to Prof Roger Pielke Jr, who challenges some of the simplistic claims surrounding Europe’s heatwaves and explains why cleaner air may actually be contributing to warming. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content.  Follow Ellie on X. Follow Mike on X. Watch Mike’s YouTube channel here. Buy his new book here. Follow Roger on X here. Read his Honest Broker Substack here. Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio. 00:00 Intro 01:18 Mike Graham on ‘Fake News’ 08:46 Why Trust in the Media Has Collapsed 10:55 How Journalism Changed 14:26 The Working-Class Media Divide 16:23 How Headlines Shape Public Opinion 23:40 The Wild West of Fleet Street 28:39 How Social Media Killed the Press 30:27 The Collapse of Journalism’s Pay & Ambition 32:09 The End of the 9-to-5 Journalist 34:47 Building an Independent News Channel 39:53 Roger Pielke on Europe’s Heatwaves 40:34 Beyond the ‘Climate Change’ Explanation 42:32 Why Europe is Warming 43:14 The Role of Cleaner Air & Dry Soils 44:12 Adapting to Extreme Heat 45:39 The Problem With RCP8.5 48:40 What Happens to the Research?

The battle over Brexit’s broken immigration promises and the mystery of why a key piece of climate data has quietly disappeared from official reports. In Episode 91 of the Sceptic, Ellie Hodges sits down with Migration Watch UK Chairman Alp Mehmet to discuss the soaring levels of migration since Brexit and whether Britain’s political class ever intended to deliver the border control voters thought they were getting. And for our premium subscribers, Daily Sceptic Environment Editor Chris Morrison asks why decades of declining wind-speed data have disappeared from the Met Office’s latest climate report and explores what it means for public trust in Britain's climate institutions.  Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content.  Follow Ellie on X. Follow Alp on X. Read Migration Watch UK’s ‘Taking Back Control? Brexit and Migration Ten Years On’ report here. Follow Chris on X. Read his article here. Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.   00:00 Intro 01:38 Alp Mehmet on Why Migration Soared After Brexit 03:54 The Decision That Opened the Floodgates 08:03 Bigger Boats, More Crossings, No Deterrent 11:58 Did Politicians Ever Intend to Cut Migration? 17:18 How Government Lost Control 22:19 The Student Visa Back Door 24:10 Why Nobody Wants to Cap Migration 26:15 The Warnings Nobody Listened to 28:00 Britain's Demographic Transformation 30:15 Chris Morrison on the Met’s Missing Climate Data 30:52 Why Hide Wind Data? 42:46 Climate Models Vs Reality 47:48 Net Zero’s Inconvenient Problem

Rupert Lowe on uniting the Right, are thousands really dying from summer heatwaves and how one academic’s investigation ended in a DEI superstar’s Cambridge resignation. In Episode 90 of the Sceptic, the Daily Sceptic’s Editor-in-Chief Toby Young sits down with Restore leader Rupert Lowe to discuss his attempt to mend fences with Nigel Farage, whether Reform and Restore can still work together and what a united Right might look like ahead of the next election. Professor of Evidence Based Medicine Carl Heneghan examines the UK Health Security Agency’s claim that nearly 3,000 excess deaths were caused by this summer’s heatwaves and asks whether the evidence really supports such alarming headlines. And for our premium subscribers, Dr Nathan Cofnas, Postdoctoral Researcher in Philosophy at Ghent University, reflects on breaking the Jason Arday story, the extraordinary fallout that followed and whether he ever expected it to end with Arday’s resignation from Cambridge. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content.  Follow Toby on X. Follow Rupert on X. Follow Carl on X. Subscribe to his Trust the Evidence Substack here. Follow Nathan on X. Subscribe to the Nathan Cofnas’s Newsletter on Substack here. Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio. 00:00 Intro 02:03 Rupert Lowe’s Offer To Reform UK 08:20 Prospects For A Reform–Restore Deal 10:15 Restore Britain’s Election Plans 15:12 Continuing To Challenge Reform UK 17:07 Lowe’s Definition Of Corruption 18:42 Restore Britain’s Economic Policy 27:55 On Becoming Chancellor 31:39 Carl Heneghan and the Problems With Heat Death Estimates 35:16 Reliability Of Future Heat Death Data 37:34 The Problem With Statistical Certainty 39:27 Climate Alarmism And Media Headlines 42:43 Downfall Of Anthony Fauci 47:10 Lessons From The Covid Inquiry 49:21 Nathan Kaunas on Breaking The Jason Arday Story 56:00 The Response To Criticism Of Arday 57:09 Carter-Ruck And Legal Threats 58:03 Investigating Arday’s Academic Work 01:03:18 Claims Of Unequal Academic Standards 01:04:36 The Real Story Behind Arday 01:06:11 Fears Of Legal Action 01:06:38 Contacting Arday And Cambridge 01:07:56 Initial Reaction To The Story 01:08:39 Arday’s Extraordinary Biographical Claims 01:11:00 The Story Goes Viral 01:11:29 Concerns About Racial Motives 01:13:53 Arday’s Resignation 01:14:19 Attacks From Arday’s Defenders 01:15:51 Simon Baron-Cohen’s Defence Of Arday 01:17:31 The Story’s International Reach 01:19:25 Responding To Racism Accusations 01:21:08 Nathan's Controversial Blog Post 01:27:04 Case For Affirmative Action 01:28:11 Impact On University Hiring 01:29:09 Cambridge’s Handling Of The Plagiarism Allegations 01:30:14 Accountability For Arday’s Appointment 01:32:09 Double Standards In Academic Hiring 01:33:51 Vindication And Revenge

Why a major anti-Muslim terror scare appears to have been built on almost nothing, who’s really pulling the strings in Britain’s public debate and is the Government finally rowing back on Net Zero? In Episode 89 of the Sceptic, Ellie Hodges sits down with journalist Charlotte Gill to discuss the growing influence of taxpayer-funded activist groups, the blurred line between activism and journalism and why critics of mass migration are so often smeared as “far-Right”. Author Steven Tucker dissects the anti-Muslim terror plot in Suffolk that collapsed on contact with the facts and applies “eventism” – the theory that fear of an event is equivalent to the event itself – to explain why almost nobody involved has walked it back. And for our premium subscribers, the Daily Sceptic’s Environment Editor Chris Morrison asks whether the new Government’s backing for more North Sea oil and gas is a genuine change of direction or just a change in rhetoric. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content.  Follow Ellie on X. Follow Charlotte on X. Read her articles here and here. Follow her on Substack here. Read Steven’s articles here and here. Follow Chris on X. Read his article here. Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.   00:00 Intro 01:55 Charlotte Gill and the Tarbell Fellowship 04:06 Transparency Concerns Around Funded Journalism 05:43 Bureau Of Investigative Journalism 07:56 The Far Right Label 08:46 Power of Migration Charities 10:14 Valentine's Day Cards Controversy 13:00 Scrutiny of the Charity Sector 14:44 Reforming Charity Funding Rules 16:18 Changing Landscape of Journalism 17:47 State of the MSM 19:32 Burnham's First Weeks in Office 20:52 Is Labour Turning Left? 21:57 Can the Tories Bounce Back? 23:00 The Greens' Uneasy Coalition 24:36 Steven Tucker on the Terror Plot That Wasn't 30:07 Why No One Has Retracted the Claims 38:10 What is Eventism? 42:19 Anticipatory Violence 49:25 Connecting The Dots Between The Two Stories 53:50 Chris Morrison on Burnham's U-Turn on Oil And Gas 01:00:44 Why the CAN Bill Matters 01:06:35 Who is Funding Net Zero? 01:09:43 Britain's Sky High Electricity Prices

The absolute state of British politics, how a vicar fell foul of the Church of England over Christian beliefs and why Net Zero is now a national security risk. In Episode 88 of the Sceptic, Ellie Hodges sits down with PopCon’s Mark Littlewood to make sense of Andy Burnham’s chaotic first days in No 10, the sharp Left turn in his Cabinet and whether Farage's Clacton by-election battle is really the joke the media's making it out to be. Dr Rev Bernard Randall tells his extraordinary story: suspended, reported to Prevent as a terror suspect and put through a seven-year church safeguarding battle – all for a sermon that was in keeping with Christian doctrine. And for our premium subscribers, Ellie talks to former MI6 chief Sir Richard Dearlove about why he believes Britain’s Net Zero policy has become a national security liability. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content.  Follow Ellie on X. Follow Mark on X. Read his articles here and here Read Sir Richard’s article here. Listen to Sir Richard on the One Decision Podcast here. Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio. 00:00 Intro 02:23 Mark Littlewood On Burnham's Coronation 02:50 Radical Left-Wing Policy Or Just "Vibes"? 04:28 Does Changing Labour's Leader Change Anything? 07:43 "No 10 Of The North" Devolution 09:14 Burnham's Cabinet Reshuffle 16:19 How Serious Is The Clacton By-Election Really? 18:59 Count Binface - Establishment Stooge? 22:27 Farage - Establishment Hit Job? 24:11 Is Farage "Part Of The Establishment"? 26:16 Can Kemi's Tories Stage A Comeback? 30:54 Predictions For The Next General Election 33:48 Bernard Randall And His CofE Ordeal 37:24 What Was It Like Being Reported To Prevent? 39:24 The Toll On Him And His Family 42:15 Why The Controversy? 44:50 Was 2019 "Peak Woke" — Has It Improved? 46:32 What's Next And Advice For Other Chaplains 49:48 Sir Richard Dearlove On Net Zero's Security Risk 53:19 Top Energy-Security Priorities For Burnham 55:38 How Real Is The China/EV/Grid Threat? 59:33 Where Does Energy Rank Among National Security Threats? 1:01:02 Will Britain Be Forced Into A German-Style Rethink? 1:04:11 Doesn't Cutting Fossil Fuels Make Britain Safer? 1:05:11 Is It Too Late?

How the Government’s social media ban for kids is a Trojan horse for digital ID, why Britain’s free speech laws are broken and the eye-watering cost of Net Zero. In Episode 87 of the Sceptic, Ellie Hodges is joined by Alan Miller, co-founder of the Together Declaration, to discuss the Government’s plans for an under-16s social media ban, the push for digital ID checks, VPN restrictions and what they could mean for free speech and privacy. Barrister John Holbrook explains why he thinks Britain’s hate speech laws are failing, how they have helped fuel cancel culture and why he believes free speech protections need a major rethink. And for premium subscribers, energy analyst and author Richard Lyon digs into the eye-watering cost of renewable subsidies – now topping £227 billion! – the growing pressures on the UK grid and why he believes Net Zero could leave Britain facing a serious energy trap. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content.  Follow Ellie on X. Follow Alan on X. Join the together Declaration here.  Follow Jon on X. Read his report here. Follow Richard here. Buy his book The Energy Trap here. Check out his Subsidy Clock here. Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.   00:00 Intro 02:29 Alan Miller on the Incoming Social Media Ban 09:13 Response to Katherine Birbalsingh on Child Safety 12:47 Has Australia’s Under-16 Ban Worked? 14:45 Expectations Under a Burnham Government 17:39 What Will Britain’s Internet Look Like in 5 Years? 23:57 Jon Holbrook on Being Cancelled 28:29 What Language Should Be Criminalised? 31:42 Repeal All Hate Speech Laws? 34:12 Protected Beliefs vs Cancel Culture 37:48 Reforming Online Speech Laws 41:08 Can These Reforms Roll Back Cancel Culture? 45:19 Richard Lyon on the True Cost of Net Zero 48:07 The Subsidy Clock 51:16 What Is the Energy Trap? 55:27 Being a Climate Sceptic is Irrelevant 1:04:15 A Sensible UK Energy Policy