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…
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Chatter #239 – Kojo Koram on How Britain’s Empire Became A Global Corporate/Financial Empire
There has been a lot of discussion over the past few years about Empire and it’s impact upon the present day, especially with the toppling of the Colston statue and the BLM protests in 2020. However, what is not as often discussed is the financial and corporate legacy left by the British and…
Chatter #238 – Dave Elliott: Send The Trolls To Madagascar
Northern Irish comedian Dave Elliott was the first guest with whom I recorded video for the podcast! Now Dave is back, in person, to explain why we should send all the world’s trolls to Madagascar, why the politicians of Northern Ireland should take part in Naked and Afraid, and why comedians should be…
Chatter #237 [Live] – Greg Foss – Truckers vs Trudeau: The Story Of The Canadian Freedom Convoy
I always thought the phrase “the revolution will not be televised” was a cliche, until 2022 and the Canadian Truckers. There is something approaching a soft revolution happening in Canada right now, truckers, farmers, and other supporters drove a convoy of 10s of thousands across Canada to the capital and have blockaded the…
Chatter #236 – Spencer Jakab – GameStop: The Revolution That Wasn’t?
Spencer Jakab, author of The Revolution That Wasn’t, all about the GameStop/Memestock saga in January 2021, was my guest on today’s show. Don’t worry, Spencer hasn’t dented my belief in GME. However, this book is well worth a read for anyone interested in the GameStop story! I learnt a lot and felt that,…
Chatter #235 – Mark E. Thomas on Corruption, Oligarchy, and the NHS Health And Social Care Bill
I think I mention the work of Mark E. Thomas on this show almost as much as I reference Naomi Klein and The Shock Doctrine, so it was a pleasure to have Mark back on the show. In this episode we talked through the privatisation of the NHS, the implications of the Health…
