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325: Why Trump won the working class | Michael Lind
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A month on from Trump’s seismic victory, Democrats are still in denial about the significance of their defeat. Party elites think slicker messaging alone can claw back lost support. Here, Michael Lind – author of Hell to Pay and The New Class War – explains why this is so delusional. Identitarianism, illegal immigration and green extremism made America ripe for a populist revolt. Lind also weighs in on the tensions in the MAGA movement and the farmers’ protests in Europe.
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324: Syria: has HTS changed?
Claire Fox, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the end of the Assad regime, the ‘hot assassin’, the trial of Daniel Penny and the rise of Reform.
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323: Gregg Wallace and the dangers of trial by media
Rakib Ehsan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the MasterChef scandal, the collapse of the French government and Keir Starmer’s botched reset.
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322: Why I fought on the frontline in Ukraine | Macer Gifford
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‘To fight evil.’ That’s why Macer Gifford gave up his comfortable life as a City of London currency trader to fight as an international volunteer in two major conflicts – first in Syria, and then in Ukraine. In 2014, he joined the Kurds in their battle against ISIS. In 2022, he helped Ukrainians fend off Putin’s Russia. Here, Macer reveals the perils of 21st-century warfare, recalls the joy of liberating Kherson, and explains why Ukrainians are still willing to risk it all for their freedom.
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321: The horror of ‘assisted dying’
Jacob Reynolds from MCC Brussels, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the assisted-dying bill and the Labour MP demanding a blasphemy law.
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