Oli Dugmore, head of News and Politics at Joe Politics, was my guest on today’s show. In this conversation we went deep on the power of the meme, the GameStop saga, and the power of social media to influence politics. We also covered a number of issues that I cover in my book, including the…
Richard Collett-White from DeSmog UK was my guest on today’s show. I wanted to get Richard on to chat about his article entitled, Lobby Groups Backed by Big Brands Resisting Clean Air Measures Across the UK. In the article he explores the different lobby groups who have been resisting low emissions zones in cities across…
Without a doubt, of the strangest occurrences of the past year has been the left’s failure to care about the damages of the lockdowns. I had always believed that whilst occasionally misguided or over-zealous, most people believed in the ideas of the left because they genuinely cared about people. Yet, throughout 2020 I saw, time…
Ed Straw, a systems thinker who has worked for government and private industry, was my guest on today’s show. Ed is also the host of the Hidden Power podcast, where he discusses ways in which systems thinking can change the world. Our system of government, economy, and election are fundamentally broken and it is time…
Tom Brake, the director of Unlock Democracy was my guest on today’s show. Unlock Democracy are campaigning to give Britain a codified and written constitution and reinvigorate our relationship with democracy and government. We covered what a written constitution would mean and why we should want one, the idea of citizen’s assemblies, and the lack…
Chris Kendall, EU official and host of the wonderfully informative Cakewatch podcast. Cakewatch is aimed at combatting the British exceptionalism and misconceptions held by both Remainers and Brexiteers. In this discussion we get into the concept of Cakeism, the reforms that both Britain and Europe might undertake post-Brexit, the concepts of Federalism and Subsidiarity, and…
