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“I Paid £1,400 to Cross the Channel on a Migrant Boat” | The Sceptic Ep.94 (opens the original)
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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 w
Is the Right Its Own Worst Enemy? | The Sceptic Ep.93 (opens the original)
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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 Substac
From Fleet Street To ‘Fake News’: The Decline of British Journalism | The Sceptic Ep.92 (opens the original)
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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 ris
Why Has Immigration Exploded Since Brexit? | The Sceptic Ep.91 (opens the original)
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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
Rupert Lowe on Uniting the Right | The Sceptic Ep.90 (opens the original)
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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 Medicin
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