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2025/09/19
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2026/10/29
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Welcome to The Free Future Podcast, a podcast from Fighting for a Free Future. Every two weeks, join Rt Hon Steve Baker FRSA and Harry Richer, the Director of FFF, as they sit down with leading figures from the worlds of politics, journalism, and academia and together interrogate the public debate and the issues which matter most. Please subscribe today to support FFF. If you wish to see bonus episodes & extended interviews, please consider becoming a paid supporter at voices.fightingforafreefuture.com
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Is Labour’s Budget Setting Up an Early Election? | Mark Littlewood Reacts
2026/10/29
Sponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com to find out more.Mark Littlewood, Director of Popular Conservatism, joins Steve Baker and Harry Richer to react to Labour’s latest “can-kicking” Budget. The three discuss whether modest relief can address Britain’s deeper economic problems, why government keeps treating symptoms rather than causes, and whether delaying difficult decisions could signal an early general election.📰 More articles and video: voices.fightingforafreefuture.com🛒 Merch: shop.fightingforafreefuture.com📧 Advertise or partner: [email protected]
We Left the EU. Why Aren’t We Making the Most of It? | Daniel Hannan
2026/10/23
Sponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com to find out more.Brexit should have made us richer. Why did Britain end up with higher taxes and more rules instead?In this joint episode of The Free Future Podcast and the IEA Podcast, Steve Baker and Harry Richer join Lord Daniel Hannan, Director General of the Institute of Economic Affairs, to discuss Britain’s unused Brexit freedoms, the IEA’s Alternative Budget, free speech and policing, and whether Javier Milei’s rhetoric on the Falklands should concern Britain.📰 More articles and video: voices.fightingforafreefuture.com🛒 Merch: shop.fightingforafreefuture.com📧 Advertise or partner: [email protected]
Thumbnail photograph: “Daniel Hannan” by Gage Skidmore, showing Daniel Hannan speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, on 8 March 2014. Original photograph: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/13011957755/. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/. Changes made: cropped, background removed, colour and tonal adjustments applied, and incorporated into a thumbnail with text, logos and graphic elements. The adapted photographic material is also licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. No endorsement by the photographer is implied.
Craig Mackinlay on Sepsis, Recovery and Returning to Parliament
2026/10/16
Sponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com to find out more.Lord Craig Mackinlay joins Steve Baker to discuss his experience of sepsis, a condition which can develop with frightening speed.Craig reflects on his recovery, rehabilitation and return to Parliament, and on the importance of recognising when something is seriously wrong.📰 More articles and video: voices.fightingforafreefuture.com🛒 Merch: shop.fightingforafreefuture.com📧 Advertise or partner: [email protected]
Can Britain Actually Reverse Net Zero? | Craig Mackinlay
2026/10/12
Sponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com to find out more.Craig Mackinlay joins Steve Baker to ask whether Britain can reverse Net Zero, and what that would mean for energy prices, industry and economic growth.Craig argues that cheap, reliable power is essential if Britain is to make things, compete internationally and avoid further industrial decline. They discuss the political choices behind Net Zero, the pressure on household bills, and whether Parliament can change course.📰 More articles and video: voices.fightingforafreefuture.com🛒 Merch: shop.fightingforafreefuture.com📧 Advertise or partner: [email protected]
Will Burnham’s ‘Ministry of Truth’ Silence Critics?
2026/10/09
Sponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com to find out more.Will Burnham’s new National Centre for Information Defence protect Britain from hostile disinformation, or give government another way to dismiss legitimate criticism?Harry Richer is joined by Harry Wilkinson, Anna Ridgway and Ted Granger to ask where the line lies between fraud, harmful falsehoods and free speech, and why answering bad ideas with evidence may be better than policing “truth”.📰 More articles and video: voices.fightingforafreefuture.com🛒 Merch: shop.fightingforafreefuture.com📧 Advertise or partner: [email protected]
The New Religion That Has Taken Over Britain’s Institutions | David Starkey
2026/10/05
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David Starkey joins Steve Baker and Harry Richer to ask why Britain is being urged to pay reparations, how American race politics was imported into British public life, and why a new ideology now shapes the country’s universities, public bodies and law. They examine the struggle over language, history, justice and free dissent, and what it would take to challenge the ideas now embedded in Britain’s institutions.📰 More articles and video: voices.fightingforafreefuture.com🛒 Merch: shop.fightingforafreefuture.com📧 Advertise or partner: [email protected]
Prison Crisis Is Putting Criminals Back on the Street | Prosperity Institute Research
2026/10/02
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Read the Prosperity Institute reports discussed in this episode:
📄 Making Space for Justice: A Plan to Solve the Prison Capacity Crisis by Alexander Baker: prosperity.com/media-publications/making-space-for-justice
📄 Broken Windows Britain: A Plan for Policing Low-Level Crime and Disorder by Matthew Bowles: prosperity.com/media-publications/broken-windows-britain
Steve Baker is joined by Alexander Baker and Matthew Bowles of the Prosperity Institute for a special discussion on prisons, policing and public confidence in the justice system.
They discuss Britain’s prison-capacity crisis and early releases, repeat offending and shoplifting, low-level crime and anti-social behaviour, why policing can feel less visible, and what reforms could make communities safer.
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How Blair’s Constitutional Reforms Broke Britain | David Starkey
2026/09/28
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Historian David Starkey joins Steve Baker and Harry Richer to argue that Tony Blair’s constitutional reforms shifted power away from elected politicians - and why he believes that still shapes immigration, policing, human-rights law and the ability of governments to deliver change.
They discuss judges, experts, the Equality Act, two-tier policing, public safety and what a future government would need to do to restore democratic accountability.
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How Far Will Britain Go to Restrict What We Can Say?
2026/09/26
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In this panel discussion from our latest event, Prospects For Liberty Under This New Government, Rt Hon Steve Baker FRSA is joined by Fred de Fossard, Director of Strategy at the Prosperity Institute; Jasper Ostle, Head of Research and Education at the Adam Smith Institute; Maeve Halligan of the Institute of Economic Affairs; Albie Amankona of Fighting for a Free Future; and William Yarwood, Campaigns Director at the TaxPayers’ Alliance.
Together, they examine how far Britain could go in restricting what people are allowed to say, exploring the erosion of free speech, the pressure to treat words as violence, the limits of tolerance, and why open debate remains essential to a free society.
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Daniel Hannan: Britain’s Inheritance of Freedom Is at Risk
2026/09/23
Sponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com to find out more.Lord Dan Hannan, Director General of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), explains why Britain must defend its inheritance of freedom. He examines free speech, free markets, limited government and the rule of law, and why these achievements cannot be taken for granted. Drawing on Hannah Arendt, Roger Scruton, Jonah Goldberg and Sir Henry Maine, Hannan argues that Britain must preserve its inheritance of liberty for the next generation.We are grateful to Lord Dan Hannan for closing our latest briefing event.📰 More articles and video: voices.fightingforafreefuture.com🛒 Merch: shop.fightingforafreefuture.com📧 Advertise or partner: [email protected] image: “Daniel Hannan (2)” by Christian Ursilva, via Wikimedia Commons. Original photograph: https://www.flickr.com/photos/202294133@N02/54349877852/Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Daniel_Hannan_(2)_(54349877852).jpgLicensed under CC BY-SA 2.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/The image was cropped, edited and adapted for this thumbnail. The adapted thumbnail is shared under the same licence. No endorsement by the photographer is implied.
Liz Truss: The Bank of England Sparked Mini-Budget Chaos
2026/09/14
Sponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com to find out more.Former Prime Minister Liz Truss joins Steve and Harry to argue that the Bank of England’s decision to announce quantitative tightening on the eve of her mini‑budget - without telling her - was the real trigger for the mini‑budget chaos. In this episode, she sets out why she believes Britain’s unelected institutions now wield power without democratic accountability, makes the case for unwinding New Labour’s “constitutional vandalism”, and reveals whether she would stand for parliament again.📰 More articles and video: voices.fightingforafreefuture.com🛒 Merch: shop.fightingforafreefuture.com📧 Advertise or partner: [email protected]
Inside Reform Conference: Housing, Welfare and £80bn of Cuts
2026/09/10
Sponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com to find out more.Reform UK's party conference in Birmingham promised £80 billion in public sector cuts, a new housing "Teal Paper," and a plan to cut energy bills within its first 100 days, but does any of it add up? Steve Baker and Harry Richer are joined by Joanna Marchong, Maxwell Marlow, and Ted Newson to go inside the Reform conference and break down the party's welfare reform plans, its brownfield housing proposals, and its energy policy pledges on net zero and the capacity market. From the £80bn welfare and fiscal cuts to the housing crisis facing young people, this episode of The Free Future Review unpacks what Reform UK actually announced in Birmingham, how it compares to Labour's welfare reform under Andy Burnham, and whether Britain's spending, tax and energy problems can really be fixed within 100 days of government.📰 More articles and video: voices.fightingforafreefuture.com🛒 Merch: shop.fightingforafreefuture.com📧 Advertise or partner: [email protected]
"My Toddler Will Retire Before Parliament Gets Fixed" | Dr Lawrence Newport
2026/07/30
Sponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com to find out more.To learn more about Dr Lawrence Newport and support Looking for Growth, please visit lookingforgrowth.uk/kickstartbritainParliament could take 68 years and cost up to £40bn to repair, and officials are still calling that "on time." Dr Lawrence Newport, co-founder of Looking for Growth, joins Steve Baker and Harry Richer to explain why Britain's flagship building has become a symbol of national dysfunction.📰 Exclusive post-show: voices.fightingforafreefuture.com🛒 Merch: shop.fightingforafreefuture.com📧 Advertise or partner: [email protected]
Is the Iran War Worth It? Our Panel Splits Down the Middle | The Counter-Insurgency
2026/07/23
👉 Listen to the full episode on Substack: voices.fightingforafreefuture.comSponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com.This week: FFF Director Harry Richer, broadcaster and political commentator Albie Amankona, and FFF Network Manager Ted Grainger go head-to-head on the Iran war, sparked by recent congressional testimony on its ballooning cost.
Thumbnail image: "Operation Roaring Lion, 2026" by IDF Spokesperson's Unit, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Operation-Roaring-Lion-0013.jpg. This image has been modified for use in this video's thumbnail.
Farage vs Count Binface: Britain’s Pointless By‑Election | The Counter‑Insurgency
2026/07/09
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Steve Baker is joined by Laura Emily Dunn and Mani Basharzad to unpack Nigel Farage’s “back‑me‑or‑sack‑me” Clacton by‑election and ask whether a Farage vs Count Binface contest is anything more than a pointless stunt.
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