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Downstream: We Have to Break Up With The USA w/ Angus Hanton
The ‘special relationship’ is central to how Britain conducts its foreign policy and perceives itself as a country. The argument goes: proximity to W…
1 year, 1 month ago
Downstream: Why Don’t We Have Any Hope? w/ Jonathan White
When we talk about politics – whether it’s the climate, the economy or constitutional reform – the thing that’s at stake is an idea of ‘the future’. …
1 year, 1 month ago
Downstream: Everything We’re Told About the History of the West Is Wrong w/ Josephine Quinn
In 1996 Samuel Huntington published ‘The Clash of Civilizations’. At the time its hypothesis was counter-intuitive. Despite the supremacy of the Unit…
1 year, 1 month ago
Downstream: Europe’s Political Elite Are Completely Finished w/ Philip Pilkington
For almost six centuries Europe has been at the centre of world affairs.
While the days of Empire are long gone, over the last several decades the im…
1 year, 2 months ago
Downstream: This Is Why the Right Are Winning w/ Ash Sarkar
“I’m literally a communist, you idiot”. For almost a decade Ash Sarkar has been one of Britain’s most prominent left wing political journalists. She …
1 year, 2 months ago
Downstream: Elon Musk Wants to Be Napoleon w/ Will Davies
It’s official – we’re in the middle of an unprecedented vibe shift. Donald Trump’s second term in the White House tips the political balance across t…
1 year, 2 months ago
Downstream: Why Are So Many People Lonely? w/ Shon Faye
Love is supposed to be the most universal human experience after death and taxes. So why do so many people feel like they’re failing in it? Ash Sarka…
1 year, 2 months ago
Downstream: Everything They Tell You About the Economy Is Wrong w/ Gary Stevenson
Fourteen years ago Gary Stevenson was one of Citibank’s best performing traders. The bet that brought him success was one few foresaw: that despite r…
1 year, 3 months ago
Downstream: Who’s Behind the Institute of Economic Affairs? w/ Kristian Niemietz
The Institute of Economic Affairs is one of the most powerful and secretive think tanks in the UK, known for promoting free-market Thatcherism as a s…
1 year, 3 months ago
Downstream: Woke Capitalism Just Collapsed. Here’s Why w/ Brett Christophers
Donald Trump is the next president. Meta, Walmart and McDonald’s have forsaken their diversity policies. Elon Musk is demanding that Keir Starmer be …
1 year, 3 months ago