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Labour’s Benefits Budget | John O’Connell – The Sceptic Ep.60

Rachel Reeves’s disastrous benefits Budget with John O’Connell of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, and Tilak Doshi on the great COP flop.
In Episode 60 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to John O’Connell, Chief Executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, on Rachel Reeves’s disastrous benefits Budget.
And for our premium subscribers, Laurie speaks to Dr Tilak Doshi, the Daily Sceptic’s Energy Editor, on how the COP 30 climate summit in Brazil utterly flopped and what that says about the Net Zero agenda, plus Sadiq Khan’s giant eco-hypocrisy.
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Produced by Richard Eldred.
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Mahmood’s Migration Smoke Screen | Rob Bates – The Sceptic Ep.59

Why Shabana Mahmood’s asylum crackdown is not all it’s cracked up to be, and how the Met Office and the BBC push climate alarmism.
In Episode 59 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to Rob Bates, Research Director at the Centre for Migration Control, on why Shabana Mahmood’s asylum crackdown is not all it’s cracked up to be.
And for our premium subscribers, Laurie speaks to Chris Morrison, the Daily Sceptic’s Environment Editor, who gives us the latest on the Met Office’s dodgy data shenanigans, plus why the BBC is so wrong on the climate.
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Produced by Richard Eldred.
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Kathryn Porter on the Lies of the Green Zealots

Kathryn Porter on just how much Net Zero is costing us, why Ed Miliband’s claims about renewables are so laughable and how the Green Crusade is putting us at risk of blackouts this winter.
In the Sceptic this week, host Laurie Wastell speaks to Kathryn Porter, energy consultant and commentator, for a deep dive on just how much Net Zero is costing us, why Ed Miliband’s claims about renewables are so laughable and how the Green Crusade is putting us at risk of blackouts this winter.
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Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.

The Truth About ‘Multicultural’ Birmingham | Chris Bayliss – The Sceptic Ep.58

Chris Bayliss on Aston Villa vs Maccabi Tel Aviv and the rise of Muslim sectarianism in Birmingham and Ben Pile on Bill Gates vs Net Zero and the BBC’s climate misinformation.
In Episode 58 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to Chris Bayliss, independent consultant and writer, on what the banning of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from this week’s Europa League match against Aston Villa says about multicultural Britain and our sectarian second city.
And for our premium subscribers, Laurie speaks to Ben Pile, journalist and Daily Sceptic regular, on how Bill Gates has turned against the Net Zero agenda, plus the BBC’s climate misinformation.
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Produced by Richard Eldred.
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The Cost of Migration | David Shipley – The Sceptic Ep.57

A look back on a week of grim migration news, and the horrifying truth about wind turbines.
In Episode 57 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to David Shipley, journalist and friend of the show, on a week of grim and horrifying migration news, how accusations of racism enabled the Southport Killer and the media's warped priorities over the grooming gang inquiry.
And for our premium subscribers, I speak to the Daily Sceptic's Environment Editor Chris Morrison on how wind turbines are killing birds, how the Left are trying to censor climate dissent and the fallacy of so-called climate tipping points.
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Produced by Richard Eldred.
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Another Grooming Gang Coverup? | Adam Wren – The Sceptic Ep.56

How Labour is still failing grooming victims, and the lunacy of the Greens’ wealth tax.
In Episode 56 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to Adam Wren, campaigner and founder of Open Justice UK, on the chaos in the Government’s grooming gang inquiry.
And for our premium subscribers, Matthew Bowles, Senior Policy Researcher at the Prosperity Institute, on why the Greens’ plans for a wealth tax just don’t add up.
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God is an Englishman | Bijan Omrani – The Sceptic Ep.55

Bijan Omrani on the Church of England’s woke turn and Britain’s Christian heritage, and Tilak Doshi on climate Lysenkoism.
In Episode 55 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to Dr Bijan Omrani, who is an Oxford-educated barrister, has taught classics at Eton College, is a research fellow at the University of Exeter as well as a church warden. They discuss what he makes of the first woman Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally and his latest book, God is an Englishman. Plus the worst thing to happen in Canterbury Cathedral since the murder of Thomas Beckett. 
And for our premium subscribers, Laurie speaks to Dr Tilak Doshi, the Daily Sceptic’s Energy Editor, on the history of bogus Soviet science under the infamous Trofim Lysenko – and how the West has likewise put ideology before evidence with Covid and with climate alarmism.
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Produced by Richard Eldred.
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How to Start a Dissident Art Movement | Alexander Adams – The Sceptic Ep.54

Alexander Adams on dissident art, the tyranny of the Arts Council England and his new exhibition: Power and Intimacy.
In Episode 54 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to Alexander Adams, artist and writer and the author of the pamphlet, Abolish the Arts Council and his new book, How to Start a Dissident Art Movement. They discuss the woke tyranny of the contemporary art establishment, why modern art is so off-putting, the meaning of Right-wing art and his new exhibition – Power and Intimacy, running until this Sunday in Central London – and what he and his colleagues are trying to achieve with it.
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Produced by Richard Eldred.
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00:00 Intro00:51 The woke tyranny of the art establishment04:05 Alex's art background07:17 Why modern art is so crud10:59 How the 'Vitalists' formed13:33 Power & Intimacy exhibition17:38 Right-wing art30:38 'Tackle' by Fen de Villiers41:24 Keeping skills alive

Labour Goes Full BlueSky | Tom Jones – The Sceptic Ep.53

Tom Jones on Keir Starmer’s bizarre attempts to smear Reform as racist over its new immigration policy, Andrew Orlowski on the real problem with the Government’s Britcard digital ID scheme and Kathryn Porter on just how much Net Zero is costing us.
In Episode 53 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to the following guests:
Tom Jones, writer and conservative councillor, on the Labour Party conference and Keir Starmer’s bizarre attempts to smear reform as racist over its new immigration policy.
Andrew Orlowski, business columnist at the Daily Telegraph, on the real problem with the Government’s Britcard digital ID scheme.
And for our premium subscribers, Laurie speaks to Kathryn Porter, energy consultant and commentator, for a deep dive on just how much Net Zero is costing us, why Ed Miliband’s claims about renewables are so laughable and how the Green Crusade is putting us at risk of blackouts this winter.
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Produced by Richard Eldred.
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The Care Dilemma | David Goodhart – The Sceptic Ep.52

David Goodhart on family policy, anywheres vs somewheres and migration, and Eugyppius on German media craziness and how he evades the woke Stasi.
In Episode 52 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to the following guests:
David Goodhart, journalist and founder of Prospect magazine, head of demography at Policy Exchange, author of The Road to Somewhere, Head Hand Heart and most recently, The Care Dilemma: Freedom, Family and Fertility. They discuss gender roles and why family policy is coming back on the agenda, anywheres vs somewheres and the consequences of immigration and demographic change.
 
And for our premium subscribers, Laurie speaks to Eugyppius, author of the substack Eugyppius: a Plague Chronicle, about the German media’s ghoulish reaction to the death of Charlie Kirk and the nastiness of “anti-fascism”, plus the steps he has to take to evade Germany’s woke Stasi.
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Produced by Richard Eldred.
Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.