The Sceptic

Jack Hadfield on his time covering the frontlines of Britain’s anti-immigration protests. Plus: why hydrocarbons make the world go round. In Episode 75 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to independent journalist Jack Hadfield, on the history and development of Britain’s grassroots anti-immigration protest movement, from football lads of the English Defence League, to the mass unrest after Southport and the Pink Ladies of Epping. Plus: the phoniness of ‘antifa’. And Chris Morrison, the Daily Sceptic’s Environment Editor, on why the Iran oil crisis shows how the world can’t do without hydrocarbons; the dreary woke turn of the BBC and why we don’t have to love David Attenborough; and a bombshell finding in the Antarctic ice that shatters green myths about CO2 and global temperatures. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content. Follow Laurie on X. Follow Jack on X. Follow Chris on X. Read his latest on the Daily Sceptic here and here. Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.

Adam Wren on progress and pitfalls in the national grooming gang inquiry and David Turver on how to fix the energy crisis. In Episode 74 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to Adam Wren, campaigner and Director of Open Justice UK on progress and pitfalls in the Government’s national grooming gang inquiry and his podcast with survivor Fiona Goddard. And David Turver, author of the Eigen Values substack, on the Labour Government’s hapless failure to deal with the Strait of Hormuz energy crisis and why Net Zero leaves us perilously exposed to global shocks. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content. Follow Laurie on X. Follow Adam on X. Watch Fiona’s Story here. Follow David on X. Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.

Matt Goodwin on Britain’s demographic suicide and Eugyppius on Trump’s Iran blunder. Plus: the truth about the oil crisis. In Episode 73 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to Matthew Goodwin, broadcaster, author and Reform UK’s candidate for Gorton & Denton, on why Britain is facing a demographic crisis – and how to stop it. Eugyppius, author of the substack Eugyppius: a plague chronical, on America’s war in Iran, the murky strategic thinking behind it and whether it will prove to be Trump’s greatest mistake. And for our premium subscribers, Laurie speaks to Dr Tilak Doshi, the Daily Sceptic’s Energy Editor, on how Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz shows the vital importance of oil to the world economy – and exposes the fantasies of the green zealots. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content. Follow Laurie on X. Follow Matt on X. Follow Eugyppius on X. Follow Tilak on X. Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio. 00:00 Intro 00:01:21 Matt Goodwin on Suicide of a Nation 00:04:03 Demographic Projections 00:06:19 Silence on Demography 00:11:40 Two Tier Multiculturalism 00:15:12 War on British History 00:18:35 Policy Solutions 00:27:33 In Group Preference 00:30:17 Reform as Vehicle 00:33:42 Eugyppius on Trump's Iran War 00:39:45 Opportunistic War 00:42:55 Strait of Hormuz Closure 00:46:01 European Response 00:48:48 Trump Betrayal 00:55:41 Midterms and Oil Prices 01:00:34 Tilak Doshi on Why the Strait of Hormuz Matters 01:06:56 Comparison to 1970s 01:13:36 North Sea Reserves 01:19:57 Net Zero Fantasies

The forgotten story of how Tower Hamlets was taken over by Bangladeshi-Muslim clan politics. Plus: Ben Pile on Paul Ehrlich’s legacy of lies. In Episode 72 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to Daniel Dieppe, researcher and political commentator, on the shocking forgotten story of how Tower Hamlets fell victim to Bangladeshi-Muslim clan politics. And for our premium subscribers, Laurie speaks to Ben Pile, journalist and Daily Sceptic regular, on the death of biologist and climate alarmist Paul Ehrlich at the age of 93, and his legacy of lies. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content. Follow Laurie on X. Follow Daniel on X. Follow Ben on X. Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.

David Shipley on how Labour just admitted that multiculturalism is dead. Plus: Chris Morrison on killer carbon pipelines. In Episode 71 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell and journalist David Shipley discuss the Labour Government’s bizarre, draconian and at times comical new social cohesion strategy, “Protecting What Matters” – and the grim truth it reveals about multicultural Britain. And for our premium subscribers, Laurie speaks to Chris Morrison, the Daily Sceptic’s Environment Editor, on the Government’s mad plans to build carbon capture pipelines that could end up suffocating us in our beds. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content. Follow Laurie on X. Follow David on X. Follow Chris on X. Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio. 00:00 Intro 00:01:30 David Shipley on Labour's Cohesion Report 00:04:17 English Ethnicity 00:06:31 Integration Emergency 00:07:16 Southport Fallout 00:10:05 Tinderbox Reality 00:13:03 Online Censorship 00:17:35 Modern Patriotism 00:25:23 Call to Action 00:28:41 Two-Way Integration 00:32:47 Hidden Extremism 00:37:36 Anti-Muslim Definition 00:40:40 Hate Crime Pledge 00:43:36 Report Verdict 00:44:40 Chris Morrison on Killer Carbon Pipelines 00:47:07 Asphyxiation Risk 00:49:03 Past Leaks 00:53:13 Safety Concerns 00:55:47 Pointless Cost 01:00:18 Net Zero Fantasy 01:04:18 CO2 Pollutant 01:08:32 Climate Politics 01:13:53 Human CO2 Share

Rob Bates on the great student visa scam, the trouble with Labour’s immigration reforms and the desperate smears of Hope Not Hate. In Episode 70 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to Rob Bates, Research Director at the Centre for Migration Control, on Shabana Mahmood’s immigration reforms and whether they go far enough, the scandal of migrants using student visas to claim asylum and what Reform should do next on migration policy. Plus: Hope Not Hate’s bizarre attempt to smear Laurie in its ‘State of Hate’ report. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content. Follow Laurie on X. Follow the Centre for Migration Control on X. Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.

Fred de Fossard on how the Equality Act fosters discrimination against white males, and Tilak Doshi on Germany’s chemicals industry bloodbath. In Episode 69 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to Fred de Fossard, Director of Strategy at the Prosperity Institute, on the scourge of Labour’s Equality Act 2010, why Reform is right to repeal it and whether Restore Britain is a threat to Farage. And Dr Tilak Doshi, the Daily Sceptic’s Energy Editor, on how Net Zero is sending Germany’s chemicals industry down the drain, and why sceptics are the real climate scientists. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content. Follow Laurie on X. Follow Fred on X. Follow Tilak on X. Read his latest articles on the Daily Sceptic here and here. Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.

Andrew Orlowski on AI and why it’s overhyped, and Ben Pile on the green zealots’ failed temperature predictions. In Episode 68 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to Andrew Orlowski, Telegraph Business and Technology Columnist, on why AI is a bubble waiting to burst and why we won’t be seeing datacentres in space. And Ben Pile, journalist and Daily Sceptic regular, on the green delusions of the Telegraph’s resident solar evangelist, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, and why Tony Blair is criticising Ed Miliband over Net Zero. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content. Follow Laurie on X. Follow Andrew on X. Follow Ben on X. Read his latest articles on the Daily Sceptic here and here. Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.

The downfall of Mandelson and McSweeney, the scourge of Westminster ‘comms’ brain and why Blue Labour was always fake. In Episode 67 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to Felix Hardinge, a writer and cultural critic who works in financial services. Laurie and Felix discuss the defenestration of Peter Mandelson and what his elevation to US ambassador in the first place says about Keir Starmer; his departed chief of staff Morgan McSweeney and whether his ‘Blue Labour’ politics really existed; why Starmer’s crackdown on the riots is what killed it off; why the PM is so uniquely hated – and why the Right would be worse off if he resigned; plus The Thick of It and how it convinced a generation of politicos that politics is really just media management, and why what the country really needs is ‘reheated Thatcherism’. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content. Follow Laurie on X. Follow Felix on X. Read his latest on the Daily Sceptic here. Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.

On this Special Episode of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to Kathryn Porter, energy consultant, commentator and the founder of Watt-Logic, on the suicidal delusions of our green elites’ electrification crusade. As we are told to use electricity more and more and gas less and less, while relying ever more heavily on costly and intermittent renewables, will the grid be able to cope? Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content. Follow Laurie on X. Follow Kathryn on X. Subscribe to the Daily Sceptic YouTube Channel here. Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.

Tom Jones on Reform, the Tories and the future of the Right, and Tilak Doshi on Trump’s America vs the global blue team. In Episode 66 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to Tom Jones, Deputy Online Editor at the Critic and Conservative councillor, about what the string of Right-wing Tory defections to Reform means for the future of the British Right. And Dr Tilak Doshi, the Daily Sceptic’s Energy Editor, on the Trump administration’s battles against the EU’s censorship agenda and Net Zero ideology worldwide – and within the liberal-globalist establishment at home. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content. Follow Laurie on X. Follow Tom on X. Follow Tilak on X. Read his articles on the Daily Sceptic here and here. Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.

David Frost on the never-ending scourge of New Labour’s “stakeholder” revolution – and why Britain must reclaim free-market thinking. In Episode 65 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to David Frost. David Frost, Lord Frost of Allenton, is a former diplomat and was the chief Brexit negotiator under Boris Johnson. He is a columnist at the Daily Telegraph and is now a non-aligned peer and the Director-General of the Institute of Economic Affairs. Laurie and David discuss David’s plans at the IEA and why the case for free-market thinking is more important than ever; the “Stakeholder State” and why it stops governments from doing anything; why it didn’t come about by accident but rather was built by New Labour; why those complaining about “division” and “populism” really just hate democracy; why the claim that free markets are bad for “communities” is nonsense; the tyranny of “independent” experts; why consensus isn’t all it’s cracked up to be and why sometimes, the best thing is for the state to just get out of way. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content. Follow Laurie on X. Follow David on X. Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.

Theodore Dalrymple, on the 25th anniversary of his acclaimed Life at the Bottom, on crime, the underclass and liberal hypocrisy. In Episode 64 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to Anthony Daniels. Better known under his pen name, Theodore Dalrymple, the former prison doctor and psychiatrist turned writer and cultural critic has featured in the Spectator, City Journal, the Telegraph and the Wall Street Journal among many others, and is the author of numerous books and essay collections, including the acclaimed Life at the Bottom, of which the 25th anniversary edition is out this spring. Laurie and Tony discuss the violence and nihilism Tony observed as a prison doctor in the 1990s, why he started writing about it and why Life at the Bottom was so well received and had such a lasting impact. They also discuss how liberal ideology causes crime, not poverty, the hypocrisies of the “caring classes”, the unforeseen consequences of the therapeutic mindset, what has changed since the book came out, modern anarcho-tyranny and his awkward encounter at the New Statesman. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content. Follow Laurie on X. Pre-order the 25th Anniversary Edition of Life at the Bottom here. Subscribe to the Daily Sceptic YouTube Channel here. Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.

Harrison Pitt on Alaa Abd El-Fattah and British citizenship, Islamism and West Midlands Police and the fightback against anarcho-tyranny. In Episode 63 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to Harrison Pitt, Senior Policy Fellow at Restore Britain, Fellow at the New Culture Forum and Contributing Editor at the European Conservative. They discuss the Alaa Abd El-Fattah debacle and why the Egyptian activist is at best only “administratively British”, the latest in the Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban row and how West Midlands Police is carrying the can for the failures of multiculturalism. And for premium subscribers, they discuss Harrison’s policy papers at Restore Britain, the scourge of anarcho-tyranny, plus: what the late Peter Whittle meant to him – and conservatism. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content. Follow Laurie on X. Follow Harrison on X. Read his Restore Britain policy paper here. Read his obituary of Peter Whittle on the Daily Sceptic here. Subscribe to the Daily Sceptic YouTube Channel here. Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.

In this Special Episode of the Sceptic, we bring you highlights from our five most popular episodes of 2025. Deputy Comment Editor at the Telegraph Poppy Coburn on race and the rape gangs; author and comedian Andrew Doyle on Labour's shameful denialism about it; historian David Starkey on the lies of the multiculturalists; and former UKIP MP Douglas Carswell on how to reclaim Englishness from the Blairite ascendancy. Plus: the Mail on Sunday’s Peter Hitchens makes the case for Lucy Letby to have a retrial. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content. Follow Laurie on X. Follow Poppy on X. Follow Andrew on X. Follow David on X. Follow Douglas on X. Follow Peter on X. Subscribe to the Daily Sceptic YouTube Channel here. Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.