Andy Burnham’s Soviet Britain | The Sceptic Ep.98

Michael Rainsborough on Andy Burnham’s Ministry of Truth, Richard Lyon on peak oil and the energy trap and Jack Hadfield on the new wave of anti-immigration protests and the persecution of Danny Tommo.

In Episode 98 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to Michael Rainsborough, Professor of Strategic Theory at Deakin University, on Andy Burnham’s sinister new National Centre for Information Defence.

Richard Lyon, engineer and energy economist, on his new book The Energy Trap, whether we’ve reached peak oil and the truth about the ‘energy transition’.

And for our premium subscribers, Laurie speaks to independent journalist Jack Hadfield on the latest wave of anti-immigration protests and the shameful two-tier justice meted out to the protesters.

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Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.

00:00 Intro01:54 Michael Rainsborough on Burnham’s New Censorship Centre05:40 The Political Impetus06:39 Russia & UK’s Domestic Problems11:04 The Meaning of Disinformation17:36 Protecting What Matters24:08 The State’s Loss of Legitimacy30:29 Britain’s Approach to Governance33:24 Richard Lyon on The Energy Trap36:26 The Elitist Energy Debate39:47 Climate Labels & Debate42:02 The Case Against Net Zero48:16 Heatwaves & Decarbonisation51:07 A Better Energy Policy57:24 Peak Oil01:01:43 Oil & the Energy Transition01:06:24 Jack Hadfield on the Boat Crisis01:06:52 The New Anti-Immigration Protests01:11:13 Growing Public Anger01:14:21 Violence at the Protests01:18:03 Violent Disorder Charges01:25:31 Danny Tommo01:32:36 RNLI & the Protests