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Aug 15, 2025 • 47min
Will the small boats be Starmer’s undoing?
Will the small boats be Starmer’s undoing?
Claire Fox joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers to discuss illegal migration, the Great British crime debate and the Trump-Putin summit.
New episodes every Friday.
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Aug 13, 2025 • 19min
Woke privilege | Musa al-Gharbi
Woke privilege | Musa al-Gharbi
The woke love to pose as the voice of the marginalised. All their activism, they say, is for the benefit of those who face oppression and discrimination. Here, Musa al-Gharbi – author of We Have Never Been Woke – explains why the real base for woke is the elite. The professional middle class and above use ‘progressive’ ideology to both compete among themselves and to justify their position above the masses. They pass off their own personal interests, he argues, as the interests of those at the bottom. This is a class war disguised as a culture war.
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Aug 8, 2025 • 36min
The cover-up of migrant crime
Patrick Christys, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the asylum crimewave and the ‘Mind the Grab’ awareness campaign.
Plus, Matthew Lesh explains why the worst of the Online Safety Act is yet to come.
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Aug 6, 2025 • 17min
‘The progressive era is over’ | Eric Kaufmann
The re-election of Donald Trump has heralded more than just a ‘vibe shift’. Here, Eric Kaufmann – director of the Centre for Heterodox Social Science at the University of Buckingham – argues that 60 years of woke orthodoxy are in the administration’s crosshairs. Policies institutionalised for decades, from affirmative action to PC speech codes, are finally being unpicked. The post-progressive era has arrived.
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Aug 2, 2025 • 38min
The Online Safety Act: the silencing of Britain
In this engaging discussion, stand-up comic Josh Howie sheds light on the implications of the UK's Online Safety Act. He critiques how age verification measures may backfire, encroaching on free speech and civil liberties. The team dives into systemic failures that led to tragedies, revealing the red flags ignored by law enforcement. They also unravel the chaotic aftermath of misinformation on social discord, particularly regarding the Israel-Palestine conflict, questioning political motives and the need for a shift in public attitude.

Jul 25, 2025 • 29min
How Britain became a tinderbox
Colin Brazier, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the Epping asylum-hotel protests, Jeremy Corbyn’s botched comeback and Sussex University’s sexist sop to Eddie Izzard.
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Jul 18, 2025 • 34min
The Afghan scandal: the kill list and the cover-up
Andrew Doyle, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the fallout from the Afghan data breach, Sandie Peggie’s battle for women’s rights and the MasterChef witch-hunt.
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Jul 11, 2025 • 38min
7/7: 20 years of Islamist terror
Inaya Folarin Iman, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the 20th anniversary of the London Bombings, Macron and Starmer’s lame-duck summit and why ‘Islamophobia’ must not be banned.
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Jul 9, 2025 • 21min
‘Britain is at breaking point’ | Harry Saul Markham
‘Britain is at breaking point’ | Harry Saul Markham
Terror attacks. Hate marches. Blasphemy laws by the backdoor. These are some of the bitter fruits of decades of multiculturalism. Dividing Britons by their ethnic, religious and cultural background was supposed to promote tolerance, openness and a more cohesive society. Instead it has fuelled hatred, narcissism and a vicious strain of Islamism. Yet as democracy and liberty are being slowly eroded, our cowardly elites refuse even to notice. Here, Harry Saul Markham – author of new book The Melted Pot – warns his fellow liberal centrists that complacency is not an option. Unless we restore a sense of shared values, British society will continue to unravel.
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Jul 3, 2025 • 38min
Useless Starmer and Two-Tear Reeves
Rakib Ehsan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the unravelling of the Labour government, Bob Vylan’s vile rant at Glastonbury and the grooming gangs that are still plaguing Britain.
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