The Sceptic

The absolute state of British politics, how a vicar fell foul of the Church of England over Christian beliefs and why Net Zero is now a national security risk.

In Episode 88 of the Sceptic, Ellie Hodges sits down with PopCon’s Mark Littlewood to make sense of Andy Burnham’s chaotic first days in No 10, the sharp Left turn in his Cabinet and whether Farage's Clacton by-election battle is really the joke the media's making it out to be.

Dr Rev Bernard Randall tells his extraordinary story: suspended, reported to Prevent as a terror suspect and put through a seven-year church safeguarding battle – all for a sermon that was in keeping with Christian doctrine.

And for our premium subscribers, Ellie talks to former MI6 chief Sir Richard Dearlove about why he believes Britain’s Net Zero policy has become a national security liability.

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

00:00 Intro

02:23 Mark Littlewood On Burnham's Coronation

02:50 Radical Left-Wing Policy Or Just "Vibes"?

04:28 Does Changing Labour's Leader Change Anything?

07:43 "No 10 Of The North" Devolution

09:14 Burnham's Cabinet Reshuffle

16:19 How Serious Is The Clacton By-Election Really?

18:59 Count Binface - Establishment Stooge?

22:27 Farage - Establishment Hit Job?

24:11 Is Farage "Part Of The Establishment"?

26:16 Can Kemi's Tories Stage A Comeback?

30:54 Predictions For The Next General Election

33:48 Bernard Randall And His CofE Ordeal

37:24 What Was It Like Being Reported To Prevent?

39:24 The Toll On Him And His Family

42:15 Why The Controversy?

44:50 Was 2019 "Peak Woke" — Has It Improved?

46:32 What's Next And Advice For Other Chaplains

49:48 Sir Richard Dearlove On Net Zero's Security Risk

53:19 Top Energy-Security Priorities For Burnham

55:38 How Real Is The China/EV/Grid Threat?

59:33 Where Does Energy Rank Among National Security Threats?

1:01:02 Will Britain Be Forced Into A German-Style Rethink?

1:04:11 Doesn't Cutting Fossil Fuels Make Britain Safer?

1:05:11 Is It Too Late?

How the Government’s social media ban for kids is a Trojan horse for digital ID, why Britain’s free speech laws are broken and the eye-watering cost of Net Zero.

In Episode 87 of the Sceptic, Ellie Hodges is joined by Alan Miller, co-founder of the Together Declaration, to discuss the Government’s plans for an under-16s social media ban, the push for digital ID checks, VPN restrictions and what they could mean for free speech and privacy.

Barrister John Holbrook explains why he thinks Britain’s hate speech laws are failing, how they have helped fuel cancel culture and why he believes free speech protections need a major rethink.

And for premium subscribers, energy analyst and author Richard Lyon digs into the eye-watering cost of renewable subsidies – now topping £227 billion! – the growing pressures on the UK grid and why he believes Net Zero could leave Britain facing a serious energy trap.

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00:00 Intro

02:29 Alan Miller on the Incoming Social Media Ban

09:13 Response to Katherine Birbalsingh on Child Safety

12:47 Has Australia’s Under-16 Ban Worked?

14:45 Expectations Under a Burnham Government

17:39 What Will Britain’s Internet Look Like in 5 Years?

23:57 Jon Holbrook on Being Cancelled

28:29 What Language Should Be Criminalised?

31:42 Repeal All Hate Speech Laws?

34:12 Protected Beliefs vs Cancel Culture

37:48 Reforming Online Speech Laws

41:08 Can These Reforms Roll Back Cancel Culture?

45:19 Richard Lyon on the True Cost of Net Zero

48:07 The Subsidy Clock

51:16 What Is the Energy Trap?

55:27 Being a Climate Sceptic is Irrelevant

1:04:15 A Sensible UK Energy Policy

How the Government plans to control the UK’s online media landscape, and is Britain’s electricity grid being pushed towards breaking point?

In Episode 86 of the Sceptic, host Ellie Hodges talks to journalist, lawyer and UsForThem founder Molly Kingsley about the Government’s little-noticed plans to reshape Britain’s online media landscape, why she believes they could sideline independent voices in favour of establishment broadcasters and what they could mean for free speech online.

And for our premium subscribers, Ellie sits down with independent energy consultant Kathryn Porter to discuss whether Britain’s electricity grid is being pushed to breaking point. They dig into recent low-frequency events, claims that NESO is downplaying serious risks, explosive whistleblower allegations and whether this winter could bring a real risk of blackouts.

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00:00 Intro

01:25 Molly Kingsley on the Government's Sinister New Green Paper

04:02 Why "Trusted News" Is a Dangerous Framing

05:11 What This Means for Your Social Media Feeds

07:43 Is the Government Picking Winners & Losers

09:23 Protecting BBC Influence

14:06 Is There Still Time to Stop It?

19:08 The Shift Toward State Control Online

24:53 Kathryn Porter on the Grid's Near Miss

32:06 Whistleblower Allegations

35:47 Why NESO Stayed Quiet

42:51 Real Time Grid Risk

47:48 How Worried Should We Be This Winter?

51:03 What Needs to Happen Next

How the Equality Act has morphed from anti-discrimination law into a vast tool of social engineering, and whether the Met Office’s recent temperature records really are the ‘hottest evah’.

In Episode 85 of the Sceptic, host Ellie Hodges speaks to Alka Sehgal Cuthbert, Director of Don’t Divide Us and co-author of the new report Some More Equal Than Others: The Case Against the Equality Act, on how the 2010 Act has morphed from anti-discrimination law into a vast tool of social engineering, its corrosive effects on workplaces and free speech and why it should be repealed.

And for our premium subscribers, Ellie speaks to Chris Morrison, the Daily Sceptic’s Environment Editor, on the latest so-called record-breaking heatwave, whether the Met Office’s temperature records are really the ‘hottest evah’ and why the data is nowhere near robust enough to justify the madness of Net Zero.

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Produced by Richard Eldred.

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00:00 Intro

01:21 Alka Sehgal Cuthbert on the Equality Act

03:44 Should the Equality Act Be Repealed?

06:15 Existing Laws Before the Act

08:28 Public Sector Equality Duty & Positive Action

13:27 Protected Characteristics

15:44 The Granger Test & Protecting Beliefs

18:28 Appetite to Reform the Act?

19:48 Chris Morrison on the Hottest Summer Evah?

29:34 How Does It Compare to 1976?

35:51 Is the Data Robust?

Sir Bill Cash on the 10th anniversary of Brexit, his 40-year fight to restore British sovereignty and why we must resist Labour’s EU reset.

In Episode 84 of the Sceptic, guest host Jack Hadfield speaks to Sir Bill Cash, lifelong Eurosceptic, former MP and chairman of the European Scrutiny Committee, on the 10th anniversary of the Brexit vote, his 40-year battle to restore British sovereignty and why Labour’s “EU reset” is a dangerous path back into subjugation.

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Produced by Richard Eldred.

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00:00 Intro

00:56 Bill Cash on the EU Problem

08:08 The Maastricht Rebellion

10:35 When Brexit Became Possible

12:46 Brexit Night 2016

16:06 Has Brexit Been Delivered?

19:31 Brexit's Biggest Missed Opportunity

22:02 Labour's EU Reset and Andy Burnham

26:48 Warning Signs of Backdoor Rejoin

34:32 Immigration and Taking Back Control

40:01 Brexit 2.0 and International Law

45:18 Optimism for Britain's Future