Christopher John Snowdon is a British author and freelance journalist. He has written for Spiked magazine, The Daily Telegraph and The Spectator among other publications. He is particularly known as a vocal opponent of government intervention in areas such as tobacco, alcohol and obesity. Snowdon is also Head of Lifestyle Economics at the…
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Chatter #303 – Aid Thompsin: Digital Cash, Refugees & The Problem With Kier Starmer
Podcaster Aid Thompsin was my guest on this show! We talked about the issues with Central Bank Digital Currencies, why digital money might be inevitable, the issue with the immigration/refugee debate in Britain, and the many, many issues with Kier Starmer and the Labour Party. https://funk-27.co.uk/podcast Guys in the Flag Jackets – https://www.buzzsprout.com/1895712…
#282 – Professor David Edgerton on the Rise and Fall of the British Nation
David Edgerton is a historian of science and technology and of twentieth-century Britain. He teaches in the History Department at King’s College London, where he is Hans Rausing Professor of the History of Science and Technology and Professor of Modern British History and was the founding director of the Centre for the History…
Chatter #253 – Professor Gary Gerstle: The Rise and Fall of The Neoliberal Order
Professor Gary Gerstle is the author of the brand new book, The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order. Gary Gerstle FBA (born 1954) is an American historian and academic. He is the Paul Mellon Professor of American History at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College. In this…
Chatter #251 – Simon Kuper – Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the UK
Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, David Cameron, George Osborne, Theresa May, Dominic Cummings, Daniel Hannan, Jacob Rees-Mogg: Whitehall is swarming with old Oxonians. They debated each other in tutorials, ran against each other in student elections, and attended the same balls and black-tie dinners. They aren’t just colleagues – they are peers, rivals, friends….
Chatter #240 – Jeffrey Peel: England Lifts All Restrictions, NI Protocol, and the WEF
Jeffrey Peel is a former Conservative politician who worked to try to bring the Tories to Northern Ireland. In the last week, both England and Northern Ireland have lifted their covid restrictions, including the vaccine passports, allowing us all to get back to a little more of a normal life. Despite that, we’ve almost…
