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    Will the Grooming Gang Inquiry Work? | The Sceptic Ep.74

    03/04/2026 | 41 mins.
    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.

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    Produced by Richard Eldred.

    Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.
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    Suicide of a Nation? | Matt Goodwin The Sceptic Ep.73

    27/03/2026 | 1h 4 mins.
    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.

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    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
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    The Fall of Tower Hamlets | The Sceptic Ep.72

    20/03/2026 | 52 mins.
    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.

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    Produced by Richard Eldred.

    Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.
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    The Death Throes of Multicultural Britain | The Sceptic Ep.71

    13/03/2026 | 52 mins.
    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.

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    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
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    The Great Asylum Scam | Rob Bates – The Sceptic Ep.70

    06/03/2026 | 21 mins.
    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.

     

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    Produced by Richard Eldred.

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Welcome to The Sceptic, the Daily Sceptic’s weekly podcast. Host Laurie Wastell interviews the authors of some of the website’s most talked about recent pieces. Please subscribe, and remember: question everything; stay sane; live free. Produced by Richard Eldred.
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