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Starmer's Belfast Blame Game: Why Elite Fear TRUTH About Immigration?  #JonGaunt #Starmer #BelfastRiots #Immigration #Farage #TwoTierBritain #ECHR #UKPolitics #JohnHealey  The streets of Belfast are on fire, and the political class is hiding behind a smokescreen. Why is Keir Starmer more interested in policing Elon Musk's and Nigel Farage's language than addressing the massive elephant in the room: unvetted mass immigration and the total breakdown of our borders?  In today's show, Jon Gaunt exposes the staggering disconnect between the Westminster elite and the real people of this country. While the "Establishment" obsesses over "tone" and "narrative," they are ignoring the root causes of the riots and the legitimate concerns of patriots who feel like strangers in their own land. Is this the definition of a "Two-Tier" Britain? Why are the concerns of the native population labeled "far-right" while the causes of unrest are swept under the rug? How the political class uses Farage as a tactical distraction to avoid their own failures. The truth about the Belfast riots that the BBC and Sky News won't tell you. The "House of Rot" in Westminster has abandoned the working class. It's time for a factory reset.  Have your say! Are Starmer and the political class totally out of touch, or is this a deliberate attempt to silence dissent? SUPPORT INDEPENDENT MEDIA: If you want the raw, unfiltered truth that the mainstream media is too afraid to broadcast, make sure to: ✅ SUBSCRIBE to Jon Gaunt TV

After a year of political pressure from a growing number of Member States concerned to counter populist anti-ECHR rhetoric over asylum, illegal migration and deportation of foreign criminals, the 46 members of the Council of Europe issued the Chisinau Declaration on 15th May 2026 (https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/council-of-europe-foreign-ministers-adopt-political-declaration-on-the-echr-and-migration). The Declaration targets the two articles of the ECHR most frequently deployed by migrants to halt deportations – the Article 3 absolute prohibition on torture and inhuman/degrading treatment and the Article 8 qualified right to respect for private and family life. While the Declaration is a political document and not legally binding, it's clear purpose is to exert pressure on the European Court of Human Rights and domestic courts to change course so that member States have greater freedom to circumvent previous human rights barriers, more easily deport/extradite foreign nationals and process asylum applications with less legal scrutiny by the Strasbourg Court. In this week's episode Ken Macdonald KC and Tim Owen KC discuss the politics behind the Chisinau Declaration and ask what practical effect it will have in terms of the altering the decision making of the European Court of Human Rights. They also discuss the recent Judgment of the Court of Appeal in the controversial case involving an allegation of contempt of court against criminal defence barrister Rajiv Menon KC (https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Judgment-Rajiv-Menon-KC-CA-2026-000767-1.pdf?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email) and debate whether, as the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism and State Threat Legislation and now the Government believes, Britain really needs more laws to tackle state-based security threats to the UK (https://terrorismlegislationreviewer.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/19.5.25-State-Threat-and-Terrorism-report-1.pdf). -- Covering the critical intersections of politics and law in the UK with expert commentary on high-profile legal cases, political controversies, prisons and sentencing, human rights law, current political events and the shifting landscape of justice and democracy. With in-depth discussions and influential guests, Double Jeopardy is the podcast that uncovers the forces shaping Britain's legal and political future.  ​ What happens when politics and law collide? How do politics shape the law - and when does the law push back? What happens when judicial independence is tested, human rights come under attack, or freedom of expression is challenged? And who really holds power in Britain's legal and political system?  Get answers to questions like these weekly on Wednesdays.  ​ ​ Double Jeopardy is presented by Ken Macdonald KC, former Director of Public Prosecutions, and Tim Owen KC, as they break down the legal and political issues in Britain. From high-profile legal cases to the evolving state of British democracy, Double Jeopardy offers expert legal commentary on the most pressing topics in UK law, politics, and human rights.  ​ ​ Ken Macdonald KC served as Director of Public Prosecutions from 2003-2008, shaping modern prosecutorial policy and advocating for the rule of law. He is a former Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, a crossbench member of the House of Lords, and a leading writer, commentator and broadcaster on politics and the rule of law. ​ ​ Tim Owen KC has been involved in many of the most significant public, criminal and human rights law cases over the past four decades.  Both bring unparalleled experience from the frontline of Britain's legal and political landscape. ​ ​ If you like The Rest Is Politics, Talking Politics, Law Pod UK and Today in Focus, you'll love Double Jeopardy.​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You've probably seen the news over the past couple of days: Reform has been floating the idea of concentrating people going through the asylum and immigration system into camps, and then deliberately placing those camps in areas controlled by the Greens, as a form of (what they consider to be) political punishment for Green-voting constituencies.It's abhorrent. It's also almost certainly never going to happen, because the cost would be astronomical. But that's not really the point, and if we stop at “this is outrageous,” we miss what's actually going on.First, it's a distraction. A useful one, too, given that £5 million given to Farage wasn't declared. Second, and this is the part worth paying close attention to, the legislative agenda sitting behind this proposal is openly published on Reform's own website, and it's far more insidious.So let's talk about what that legislation actually does.Reform's proposed laws wouldn't just remove rights from asylum seekers or immigrants. They would remove rights from you, regardless of your nationality or immigration status.The package includes stripping away court oversight of detention, and removing Britain from the ECHR and any international body capable of scrutinising what the government does or protecting individuals from state action. What that means in practice is this: without judicial oversight and without international accountability, a potential Reform government gains the power to detain anyone indefinitely, without charge, and without meaningful legal recourse.When people hear “camps,” they tend to assume the policy is aimed at someone else: people of other colours, religions, or nationalities. That's the political framing Reform relies on, but the legal infrastructure they're proposing doesn't work that way. Rights removed from one group are rights removed from everyone. A state empowered to detain people indefinitely without oversight is a state empowered to detain you.I don't think Farage and most of his party are motivated primarily by racism. I think they want power. I think they find liberal democracy inconvenient, and I think they are perfectly willing to appeal to people who resent minorities in order to build the coalition they need. They hold those voters in contempt - they're a means to an end. The end is fewer constraints on power.If you support dismantling democratic safeguards because you dislike other people having rights, you should understand that those safeguards are also the only thing protecting yours.History has a consistent lesson here. The removal of democratic oversight, the normalisation of indefinite detention, the weakening of independent courts… these things have never, in any country, remained targeted only at the originally intended group. They expand. They always expand.Indefinite detention in camps, with no court oversight and no international accountability, is not a slippery slope argument, it's a description of what's on the table. It deserves to be called what it is, and it deserves to be taken seriously by everyone, whatever their politics. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit domtristram.substack.com

STARMER: NO MORE LECTURES ON ST GEORGE! PROTECT OUR BORDERS NOW  #Starmer #Brightonrape #JonGaunt #JonGauntTV #asylum #Dover  Another Saint Georges Day and another lecture from STARMER about our flag and patriotism. Why doesnt he just keep quiet , he is the fake patriot not us!  He seems to be on a mission to kill our great country.  Three Asylum Seekers have just been found guilty of a brutal gang rape in Brighton. Two of these animals were Dinghy boy illegals!  Meanwhile this lousy Labour Government have just agreed to give France many more millions to stop the small boats! Why can't we just rip up the ECHR and just put the Navy in the channel, the Army on the beach and DETER DETAIN AND DEPORT. Starmer's political career is finished but he must be removed before he finishes off our country.  Join me  to give me your views.  Jon Gaunt, JonGauntTV, live, Starmer, Keir Starmer, Jonathan Brash, PMQs, Labour Revolt, Lame Duck PM, UK Politics, Cost of Living Crisis, Parliament, Prorogue, Men in Grey Suits, Resignation, British Government, Breaking News, Political Analysis, Common Sense  #JonGaunt #JonGauntTV #live #Starmer #KeirStarmer #JonathanBrash #PMQs #LabourRevolt #LameDuckPM #UKPolitics #CostOfLiving #Parliament #Prorogue #MenInGreySuits #Resignation #BritishGovernment #BreakingNews #PoliticalAnalysis #commonsense  This is political blogging and hard-hitting social commentary from Triple Sony Gold Award-winning talk radio legend, Jon Gaunt — former host on BBC, Talk Radio, and Sky News. On Jon Gaunt TV, we cut through the noise and say what others won't. No political correctness. No censorship. Just real conversations that matter.

In this episode of The Activist Lawyer, we're joined by barrister Ifé Thompson, whose ground breaking work is reshaping criminal defence through a racial justice and linguistic lens. Ifé is the host of the Black British English Podcast and is widely recognised by communities and by her peers as a champion for linguistic, cultural and human rights.  From challenging the criminalisation of rap and drill lyrics in court to defending the cultural context of Black language, Ifé's work pushes the boundaries of how the law understands evidence and harm. We also explore her wider advocacy as a movement lawyer and how centring community can transform legal practice. Links to cases, organisations, and Ife's work are included in the show notes.   Ifé Thompson is a barrister at Nexus Chambers practising criminal defence, family law and human rights, nationally and internationally recognised for her pioneering work at the intersection of crime, racial justice, and human rights. Her practice focuses on youth justice, protest law, and racially aggravated matters, with a specialist emphasis on language-based injustice and the use of racial trauma within criminal defence matters. Her legal practice challenges how Black British English (BBE), African American Vernacular English (AAVE), and rap or drill lyrics are misrepresented in court as evidence of criminality rather than being recognised as cultural and linguistic rights.   She has transformed defence strategies by centring linguistic expertise and racial justice with now many lawyers using this strategy in their cases. In R v LZ (2024), she successfully defended a Black child prosecuted for using AAVE, and in R v L (2022), she successfully challenged the misinterpretation of Jamaican Patois by a non-linguist witness. In the widely publicised March 2025 “N-word trial,” she secured the withdrawal of charges against a Black woman accused of obscene communication for using the N-word, arguing that intra-community use of the term must be understood within its cultural and historical context.   She describes herself as a movement lawyer committed to confronting injustice at its roots. She treats the courtroom as a site of struggle in exposing state violence and systemic harm all while wielding legal tools in creative, disruptive ways. She believes the law, though shaped by oppressive systems, can be repurposed as a tool in the hands of communities fighting for liberation.   Prior to coming to the Bar, she founded two civil society organisations, one being BLAM UK, which supports Black cultural education and wellbeing alongside advocacy rights of Black children in UK schools and a legal observing group focused on protecting protest rights during Black Lives Matter. She was also a United Nations Human Rights Fellow in 2020 and continues to contribute to both international and domestic efforts to challenge systemic racism within the criminal justice system.     In April 2025, she was invited to deliver training to second-six pupils and junior tenants on challenging systemic racism in youth courts, as part of the Youth Practitioners' Association. She was also commissioned to update the Youth Justice Legal Centre's Rap & Drill Guide, introducing new sections on the criminalisation of Black language, relevant human rights arguments, and how to use international and ECHR case law when responding to challenges about the admissibility of expert evidence. The updated guide is now considered an authoritative resource for criminal defence practitioners.   Her presence on Legal Twitter has also had a significant professional impact. Lawyers frequently approach her in court after recognising her from social media, sharing how much they've learned from her case insights. Her tweets about the racial justice lens she applies in her criminal defence cases have led to requests from her peers for draft sentencing notes and strategic guidance when raising issues of race. These exchanges have contributed to a steady stream of professional instructions, recognition from her peers and have helped her grow a criminal practice grounded in accessibility and innovation. She is also a member of the Art Not Evidence campaign and has spoken on Represent Radio on the issue of the criminalisation of Rap and Drill music. Through her community organising and research, Ifé continues to champion linguistic rights and human rights. Her deep ties to her community give her a unique and grounded understanding of how systemic anti-Blackness operates, knowledge she uses to craft new and innovative legal arguments in the courtroom. Whether through challenging the racialised policing of language, integrating racial trauma experts into defence strategy, or advancing human rights frameworks in youth justice cases, Ifé's creative legal approaches are rooted in real-world insight and community accountability. Her ability to synthesise grassroots realities in criminal matters allows her to challenge discrimination in powerful and effective ways that stand out within her criminal defence practice.   Her work has been recognised through prestigious nominations, including: BBC! 1Xtra Future Figures Award 2025 Legal Aid Newcomer of the Year (Finalist), LALY Awards 2023 Outstanding Individual Award, 2020, for contributions to racial justice in the criminal justice system. Through innovative casework, strategic litigation, and public legal education, Ife Thompson is shaping a new and necessary direction for racial justice within criminal defence.    R V LZ – Bromley Youth Court 2024 – Crown offered no evidence to racially aggravated charges against Black child who used the AAVE ( African American Vernacular English) terms “Nigga” and “Cracka”. Defence instructed an AAVE linguists and wrote length representation as to the importance of respecting and honouring Black Language speakers rights. The crown on the day of trial offered no evidence. R v X, Wimbledon Magistrates Court 2023 – Defending on a case where the client was charged with calling a prospective Tory MP Candidate a “coon” on Twitter. The defence included complex human rights points on freedom of expression and Black political thought. 2024 – Currently being instructed on the N-Word Trial that has already gained media attention. R v L (Magistrates Court) 2022 Successfully raised issue of language injustice in closing speech as Crown sought to rely on a non-Jamaican patois speaker's wrong interpretation of a word used by the defendant. Client was found not guilty.   R v LZ – Bromley Youth Court 2024 and other cases: https://nexuschambers.com/barristers/ife-thompson/   Instagram: @ifedior   Twitter: @fufuisonme   BLAM UK – https://blamuk.org/   The Black British English Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/2caDrziJlWOtppmAdXl5ss   Guardian Newspaper - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/21/black-student-police-cps-hate-speech-laws-n-word   ABC News Law Report (Australia)  - https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/lawreport/race-language-and-the-law/105012404   Hyphen Newspaper - https://hyphenonline.com/2025/03/07/case-dropped-over-black-muslim-womans-n-word-tweet-about-alexander-isak/   Canary Newspaper - https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2025/03/07/jamila-abdi-charges-dropped/   The Voice Newspaper - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2025/03/14/charges-dropped-against-black-woman-who-used-n-word-on-social-media/    

In this episode of the Oxford Policy Pod, MPP student Marc Naro sits with Judge Mykola Gnatovskyy, Ukrainian Judge at the European Court of Human Rights.Judge Gnatovskyy was elected to the European Court of Human Rights in June 2022. He previously served as President of the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture, as an academic partner of the International Committee of the Red Cross, and as Associate Professor of International Law at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.The conversation addresses the functioning of the European Court of Human Rights and the role of a judge within it, the evolving case law on Russia's accountability following the judgment in Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia of July 2025, and the legal implications of Russia's expulsion from the Council of Europe in 2022. It also examines the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression established within the Council of Europe framework, the independence of international judges and the pressures they currently face, and the prospects for justice and reparation for the Ukrainian people.

I'M A BRIT GET ME OUT OF HERE: Put Navy in Channel Now! LIVE. #JonGaunt #BorderControl #DeterDetainDeport #Starmer #ChannelCrossing #SmallBoats #ECHR #UKPolitics "Deter, Detain, Deport." That is the only solution left. Today, tragedy has struck the Channel again with four more lives lost. Our borders are wide open, our laws are being dictated by the ECHR, and the British taxpayer is being fleeced to fund a French police force that isn't stopping the boats. It is time to declare a State of Emergency. We need the Navy in the Channel, the Army on the beaches, and a government that puts the security of its own citizens first. I'm fed up with Starmer "cosplaying" a leader on the world stage while our own borders are in tatters. From genderless ID cards to a justice system that sacks heroes and rewards the feral—I've had enough. I'm a Brit, get me out of here! Join me, Jon Gaunt, for this interactive live show. I want to hear from YOU. Should we rip up the ECHR today? Is it time for a full military blockade of the Channel? Have the lunatics finally taken over the asylum? Get involved in the comments. #JonGaunt #BorderControl #DeterDetainDeport #Starmer #ChannelCrossing #SmallBoats #ECHR #UKPolitics #LIVE Jon Gaunt, JonGauntTV, Live, I'm A Brit Get Me Out Of Here, Border Control, Channel Crisis, Small Boats, Deter Detain Deport, State of Emergency, UK Politics, Starmer, ECHR, Illegal Migration, National Security, Channel Tragedy, Two-Tier Justice #JonGaunt #JonGauntTV #Live #ImABritGetMeOutOfHere #BorderControl #ChannelCrisis #SmallBoats #DeterDetainDeport #StateOfEmergency #UKPolitics #Starmer #ECHR #IllegalMigration #NationalSecurity #ChannelTragedy #twotierjustice This is political blogging and hard-hitting social commentary from Triple Sony Gold Award-winning talk radio legend, Jon Gaunt — former host on BBC, Talk Radio, and Sky News. On Jon Gaunt TV, we cut through the noise and say what others won't. No political correctness. No censorship. Just real conversations that matter.

In this episode Harriet and Grahame discuss the recent ECHR case of Ferrieri and Bonnassisa in which taxpayers challenged the Italian regime for requesting confidential financial information from banks inside Italy. The findings laid out the way in which judicial oversight of decision making processes is a vital protection for taxpayers and their Article 8 ECHR rights.

In this case, the Supreme Court considered the application of Article 10 ECHR (the right to freedom of expression) in relation to terrorism offences. 'Proportionality by the back door? The Supreme Court on the support offence in section 12(1A) Terrorism Act 2000' by Gabriel Tan and Lewis Graham https://administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/28/proportionality-by-the-back-door-the-supreme-court-on-the-support-offence-in-section-121a-terrorism-act-2000/ https://uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe Music from bensound.com

The European Convention on Human Rights is often seen as one of the defining achievements of post-war Europe. Designed to protect fundamental freedoms and uphold democratic values, it has shaped the legal landscape of the continent for more than seventy years. But it is also increasingly contested, sitting at the centre of debates about sovereignty, migration, democracy, and the limits of judicial power. In this episode, we unpack what the Convention and the European Court of Human Rights actually are, how they work in practice, and why they continue to provoke such strong reactions. Where did the system come from? How has it evolved over time? What kinds of cases reach the Court, and how are decisions made? Our guest is Marko Bošnjak, former President of the European Court of Human Rights and now a judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union. Drawing on his experience at the highest levels of European law, his conversation with Prof Alan Renwick gives us a clear history and guide to the institutions that help define the rights of hundreds of millions of people.

In this episode of The Julia Hartley-Brewer Show, Julia is joined by Lord Foulkes (Labour peer and former minister under Tony Blair) and Brendan O'Neill (Chief Political Writer at Spiked) to unpack the growing political storm around Peter Mandelson's arrest last night in connection with the wider Jeffrey Epstein fallout. He was released on bail in the early hours of the morning. With Mandelson denying wrongdoing and there being no confirmed charges, the focus turns to Keir Starmer's political judgement in appointing Mandelson in the first place. Does Britain operate with one rule for the powerful and another for everyone else? Julia argues the story now lands squarely on Keir Starmer, because it raises questions about why someone with controversial associations was elevated to a senior diplomatic role — and what ministers and security vetting may have known.The episode also ranges across Reform UK's immigration and ECHR stance, proposals to restrict the Burka and other face coverings, and the Gorton & Denton by-election, including controversy over campaigning in languages other than English - namely Urdu, appealing to British-Pakistani voters - and the rise of sectarian-style politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CAN FARAGE AND YUSUF STOP THE BOATS, DITCH ECHR AND BAN BURQA  #NigelFarage #ZiaYusuf #ReformUK #StopTheBoats #ECHR #BurqaBan #JonGaunt #JonGauntTV  Britain's had enough. The borders are a joke, the system's broken, and the public's being ignored. So tonight we ask the questions the political class is terrified of. Can Nigel Farage and Zia Yusuf deliver what millions are demanding — or is this another promise that crashes and burns?  We tear into Reform UK's hard-line proposals, straight, loud, and unapologetic:

Why did the High Court quash the Home Secretary's decision to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation? And what are the prospects of the Home Secretary winning on appeal?    With Ken Macdonald KC refraining from public comment on public order/protest issues while he leads the independent review commissioned by Shabana Mahmood into existing public order and hate crime legislation, Tim Owen KC is joined by freelance criminal justice and policing expert Danny Shaw to discuss the background to Yvette Copper's June 2025 decision to proscribe Palestine Action and the reasoning which led the High Court to conclude that the proscription decision was unlawful both on the basis it was made in breach of the published policy governing terrorist proscription as well as being a disproportionate interference with freedom of expression and the right to assembly under the ECHR.  See here for a link to the Judgment https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/huda-ammori-v-secretary-of-state-for-the-home-department-3/  See also Professor Mark Elliott's commentary on the prospects of a successful appeal - https://publiclawforeveryone.com/2026/02/13/the-high-courts-judgment-in-the-palestine-action-case/  Tim and Danny also discuss Shabana Mahmood's radical proposals to reorganise policing in England and Wales and examine why the former Home Secretary Yvette Cooper was opposed to the “distraction” of major policing reform.    Finally they reflect on the scathing critique contained in the Public Accounts Committee's January 2026 Report into the Ministry of Justice's March 2022 decision to commit to spending £4m a year of taxpayer's money on HMP Dartmoor (an empty prison that it cannot use due to contamination by radon gas) at a time when the permanent secretary was Dame Antonia Romeo. -- Covering the critical intersections of politics and law in the UK with expert commentary on high-profile legal cases, political controversies, prisons and sentencing, human rights law, current political events and the shifting landscape of justice and democracy. With in-depth discussions and influential guests, Double Jeopardy is the podcast that uncovers the forces shaping Britain's legal and political future.     What happens when politics and law collide? How do politics shape the law - and when does the law push back? What happens when judicial independence is tested, human rights come under attack, or freedom of expression is challenged? And who really holds power in Britain's legal and political system?  Get answers to questions like these weekly on Wednesdays.    Double Jeopardy is presented by Ken Macdonald KC, former Director of Public Prosecutions, and Tim Owen KC, as they break down the legal and political issues in Britain. From high-profile legal cases to the evolving state of British democracy, Double Jeopardy offers expert legal commentary on the most pressing topics in UK law, politics, and human rights.     Ken Macdonald KC served as Director of Public Prosecutions from 2003-2008, shaping modern prosecutorial policy and advocating for the rule of law. He is a former Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, a crossbench member of the House of Lords, and a leading writer, commentator and broadcaster on politics and the rule of law.  Tim Owen KC has been involved in many of the most significant public, criminal and human rights law cases over the past four decades.  Both bring unparalleled experience from the frontline of Britain's legal and political landscape.  If you like The Rest Is Politics, Talking Politics, Law Pod UK and Today in Focus, you'll love Double Jeopardy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brendan O'Neill, author and writer for Spiked Online, and Suella Braverman, Reform spokeswoman for education, skills and equalities, come on The Julia Hartley-Brewer Show to discuss the war on woke and Reform UK's new ‘shadow cabinet'. Reform UK announced the first four members of their ‘shadow cabinet': the spokespeople for various ministerial roles that would make up Reform's cabinet if they get into power. Zia Yusuf was announced as ‘shadow home secretary',Richard Tice was announced as business, trade and energy spokesman and would be deputy PM, Robert Jenrick was announced as ‘shadow chancellor of the exchequer', And Suella Braverman was announced as education, skills and equalities spokeswoman. She vowed to repeal the Equality Act and stop schools from creating the ‘next generation of eco-zealots'. Brendan O'Neill has just written a book - Vibe Shift - that outlines how ordinary, working class people have fought against the out-of-touch political, media and business classes to rally against woke-ism on climate, Brexit, and transgenderism. Also: Labour's U-turn on council elections, as they announced 30 council elections would go ahead in May. Steve Reed, minister for local government, had previously sought to delay them as authorities were reorganised. But there was public outcry, as democracy would have been denied for over four million people. Reform were polling well in many of the districts that were going to have their vote denied. And how the ECHR could be used to enable family members of Gazan refugees to come to Britain. Julia Hartley-Brewer broadcasts on Talk from Monday to Thursday, 10AM to 1PM. Available on YouTube and streaming platforms, along with DAB+ radio and your smart speaker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Benedict Spence, conservative commentator, and Baroness Claire Fox, independent peer and director of the Academy of Ideas, discuss how the ECHR is causing more illegal migrant hand-outs in court. High court judges ruled that the police seizure of asylum seekers' phones amounted to a violation of European Human Rights Law, in contravention of article eight of the European Convention on Human Rights. Article eight outlines the right to a private and family life. The phones were seized as the migrants came to the country, enabling the police to gather evidence about any contact between them and people smuggling gangs. So far, an average of £6,500 per person has been paid to compensate migrants. 70 migrants have been paid. It is feared the total bill could run into the millions, as more migrants who have had phones seized make claims. Reform MP Robert Jenrick called the decision to compensate boat migrants a ‘farce'. Also: proposals to ban social media for U16s - including a potential ban on virtual private networks, used to circumvent the Online Safety Act. The news that the Home Office doesn't know how many migrants are pretending to be children, The case of a Filipino migrant who was funded to change sex by the NHS - before being given the right to stay in the UK,And the think tank that has propelled Keir Starmer's rise to power - Labour Together - using a PR firm to smear journalists investigating their funding. Julia Hartley-Brewer broadcasts on Talk from Monday to Thursday, 10AM to 1PM. Available on YouTube and streaming platforms, along with DAB+ radio and your smart speaker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The winter break continues on Planet Normal! In this, the third and final part of the three part best of the rocket series, our co-pilots take a look back at some of their most explosive voyages on the rocket of right thinking from 2025, before our intrepid co-pilots return next week!Back in November Liam spoke to Scottish born Rosie Kay who enjoyed a highly successful international career as a performer and choreographer, and in 2004 established the Rosie Kay dance company. Rosie tells the co-pilots how she was ousted from her own company following controversy of her ‘gender critical views'.We also feature a special report not from Planet Normal, but Planet Earth, when back in October, Co-Pilot Pearson joined the Pink Ladies Protest in Westminster. The Pink Ladies formed a network to take a stand against the impact of illegal migrant hotels on the safety of women and girls and communities up and down the country. And finally we hear from Tory heavyweight Suela Braverman who tells out co-pilots what she thinks Conservative party policy should be towards the ECHR.Read more from Liam: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/liam-halligan/ |Read Allison 'Twitter makes Two-Tier Keir look ridiculous, so of course he wants to ban it' : https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/14/two-tier-keir-ban-twitter/ |Read Allison 'The West Midlands police chief represents everything that's wrong with Britain': https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/13/west-midlands-police-chief/ |Read more from Allison: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/a/ak-ao/allison-pearson/ |Need help subscribing or reviewing? Learn more about podcasts here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/podcasts/podcast-can-find-best-ones-listen/ |Email: planetnormal@telegraph.co.uk |For 30 days' free access to The Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/normal | Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To start the New Year, Ken Macdonald KC and Tim Owen KC are joined once again by the UK's leading legal journalist and author of the daily blog, A Lawyer Writes, Joshua Rozenberg, to review some key issues in UK law and politics during 2025 and to look forward to likely developments in 2026.   Against the background of a polarised, often ill-informed, debate around migration, asylum and Article 8 of the ECHR, where does the embarrassing case of Alaa Abd El-Fattah fit in this confused, fevered political landscape?    2025 saw persistent populist attacks on the judiciary, with Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick the most persistent offender, and the trio debate whether judicial independence is under greater threat now than ever before.     With every corner of our criminal justice system in a state of apparently permanent decline, what do the cases of Andrew Malkinson, Tom Hayes, Carlo Palombo and Lucy Letby tell us about the ability of the system to prevent and ultimately reverse miscarriages of justice?   Looking forward to 2026, Ken, Tim and Joshua cover the prospects for effective regulation of the internet and the potential for conflict between the EU approach and that of the Trump regime.  They also debate the ability of the Government to secure Parliamentary approval for the plan radically to limit the right to jury trial and the chaotic way in which the proposals were leaked.     Finally, they consider whether the Sentencing Bill, once in force, can really be the magic bullet that will finally achieve the goal of reducing our dependence on imprisonment as the only acceptable form of punishment and lead to a lasting reduction in the prison population. For listeners to the special episode on the Pitcairn Island sexual abuse  case interested in reading the Privy Council judgment, click here - https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/d171ca10-d5ed-4106-a229-e9993bd9867a/content --   Covering the critical intersections of politics and law in the UK with expert commentary on high-profile legal cases, political controversies, prisons and sentencing, human rights law, current political events and the shifting landscape of justice and democracy. With in-depth discussions and influential guests, Double Jeopardy is the podcast that uncovers the forces shaping Britain's legal and political future.     What happens when politics and law collide? How do politics shape the law - and when does the law push back? What happens when judicial independence is tested, human rights come under attack, or freedom of expression is challenged? And who really holds power in Britain's legal and political system?  Get answers to questions like these weekly on Wednesdays.    Double Jeopardy is presented by Ken Macdonald KC, former Director of Public Prosecutions, and Tim Owen KC, as they break down the legal and political issues in Britain. From high-profile legal cases to the evolving state of British democracy, Double Jeopardy offers expert legal commentary on the most pressing topics in UK law, politics, and human rights.     Ken Macdonald KC served as Director of Public Prosecutions from 2003-2008, shaping modern prosecutorial policy and advocating for the rule of law. He is a former Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, a crossbench member of the House of Lords, and a leading writer, commentator and broadcaster on politics and the rule of law.  Tim Owen KC has been involved in many of the most significant public, criminal and human rights law cases over the past four decades.  Both bring unparalleled experience from the frontline of Britain's legal and political landscape.  If you like The Rest Is Politics, Talking Politics, Law Pod UK and Today in Focus, you'll love Double Jeopardy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You've been listening to the Prospect Podcast, Media Confidential's sister podcast. To subscribe on Spotify, click HERE. For Apple podcasts, click HERE. Is Britain becoming a police state?Last September, Ellen and Imaan were joined by Conor Gearty, a barrister and professor of human rights law at LSE. In his final interview before his passing, Conor explained how his views on the future of protest had changed—and why he was more concerned than ever. Plus, after hundreds were arrested for supporting the proscribed group Palestine Action, he discussed his reaction to the ban and criticised the Labour government's stance on protest, which he said panders to a “middle covert authoritarianism”. Are protests from the political left and right treated differently?Conor also weighed in on what will be at stake if Britain leaves the ECHR. How must Labour respond to Reform's rhetoric on human rights? And how can democracy be fortified?To read Conor Gearty's past writing for Prospect, click here.Or, to read an edited transcript of this interview, click here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Netherlands honors international human rights defenders, whilst the Council of Europe moves to weaken the interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights. Then: the Dayton Peace Agreement at 30, and the 22-year-old tackling medical inequality one skin-pic at a time. + skinforall.co.uk +

In this episode, I reconnect with Peter from Hearts of Oak to discuss recent developments in Advance UK, including our smooth registration with the Electoral Commission and the vital role of local councillors in grassroots campaigning. I critique the current political landscape, focusing on our empowering college structure and the impact of ECHR on immigration control. We address taxation policies, systemic failures regarding grooming gangs, and the importance of accountability. I also express my enthusiasm for an upcoming interview with Ayaan Hirsi Ali, highlighting her insights on national identity. This conversation embodies Advance UK's commitment to clear principles and invites others to join our movement for change.   Connect with Ben Habib WEBSITE       Home - Great British PAC Advance UK  Advance UK

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Starmer wants tougher policing of Europe's borders and reforms of the ECHR. Plus: “High risk of death” for Palestine Action prisoners on hunger strike, and Australia introduces a minimum age for social media use. With: Michael Walker, NoJusticeMTG & Charlie Winstanley.

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theflyingfrisby.comBefore we come to the main thrust of today's piece, there is something I need to flag. We are just coming into North American tax loss selling season, and a number of you have asked if I will be putting together a portfolio of tax loss trades this year.The answer is, “maybe”.I'm not sure how well it will work this year for reasons you are about to find out, but it's something I am still considering, and I will I try to have a list of options for next week's missive. By my reckoning the dates when you'll find the biggest bargains this year will be Friday December 19, Monday December 22 and Tuesday December 23, though the window stretches from next week all the way to New Year's Eve.What am I talking about?At the end of the year in the US and Canada, investors (both retail and institutions) sell their worst performing stocks in order to realise losses to offset against gains elsewhere in order to reduce their tax bill.This selling tends to climax in the last two or three days of trading before Christmas and it means badly performing stocks, particularly illiquid ones, get way oversold only to experience something of a rally in the first few weeks of the following year as the selling dissipates.So the trade is simple: buy as the selling climaxes and then flip sometime in February (my Canadian broker says March and last year this proved very true).Nothing is guaranteed in this cruel world (except the further debasement of your national currency), but it is a trade with a remarkably successful hit rate, and a clear timescale. It also becomes apparent pretty quickly if it isn't working, enabling you to exit any losers early.If you live in a Third World Country such as the UK, I urge you to own gold or silver. The pound is going to be further devalued. The bullion dealer I recommend is The Pure Gold Company. Pricing is competitive, quality of service is high. They deliver to the UK, the US, Canada and Europe or you can store your gold with them. More here.By all means go back and audit me, but last year I believe 8 of the 9 ideas worked.Some picks work better than others. Some years work better than others, but gains of 20-50%, even doubles sometimes, are not uncommon. The trade works particularly well in smallcap Canadian resource stocks, as, when they are bad, they are really bad, and can get hugely oversold. However, this year Canadian resource stocks, particularly gold and silver miners, have had a bonanza year, so there won't be much tax selling there. In fact, markets more generally have been strong, so there is not the normal flood of dogs to be sold. However, I have some ideas. Crypto Treasury Companies, for example, could be big winners because of the huge losses they have generated. So keep an eye out and I will try and have something for you this time next week. Be ready to move quickly, as well, so have some cash to play with.Right. Changing the subject. Why both legal and illegal immigration is set to increase I can't go online now without seeing something about uncontrolled immigration. Yesterday saw the sentencing of two Afghan 17 year olds for raping a 15-year-old girl in Leamington Spa. (Spoiler: they weren't 17. They've lied about their age, on that I'll bet the house. Not that anyone in authority will have noticed). And it's not just online, it's in the world around me. I live in south London, so I see it all the time. I travel a lot around the country doing gigs and the changing demographics of the UK are everywhere, even in the remotest parts of the country. I think a little bit of immigration is a good thing, but this is happening too fast and on too big a scale.When a business messes up badly, it goes bust and another, better run business comes along and does the job better. When a state body messes up badly, a load more money gets spent on an inquiry - in the case of the rape gangs £65 million - usually headed by a Blob insider (in this case Starmer appointed peer Baroness Anne Longfield). The mess gets whitewashed as much by time as anything, and the state body continues as before, dysfunctional as ever, if not more so.Unlike those operating in a free market, the state as it currently functions, is incapable of reacting to the new realities of the world around us. There are more people than ever before in the world, and more of them than ever are on the move. Thanks to better planes, trains, boats and cars, they are able to move further and faster than ever before. Thanks to smart phones, which over 90% of the world's adult population now has, better information about how and where to go gets spread. Smart phones also create FOMO - you gaze at the life you could have - so there is more desire to move than ever before. And the fact that 3 billion people earn less than $40/day means there is a greater urge to move than ever. This is the reality of the world in which we live. It is patently obvious mass migration of people is going to increase. And yet the British government, nor most Western governments, have no plan in place to deal with it all. They can't even deal with current levels of migration, let alone illegal migration or future migration. There has been no debate or agreement on what the right levels of migration should actually be. With no clarity, policy is, inevitably, both incoherent and inadequate. Promises by every government since Cameron's coalition have been broken. The courts and legal system were designed for a different people in a different age and are no longer fit for purpose. This all assumes, of course, government could actually lower migration levels if it wanted, which I don't believe it actually can because of sheer weight of numbers. Thanks to the ECHR and a general unwillingness within the Blob to address this, there is not even the ability to properly tackle this issue anyway. State institutions and infrastructure - from roads to health to education to welfare - cannot cope with the increased numbers and are crumbling. Wealth creators are leaving to be replaced by net takers, resulting in an increased tax burden and eventual likely bankruptcy of the country. Trust has gone and we are accelerating along the road to ruin.Such repeated failure by a business over many years would result in the extinction of that business. But the state operates by a different set of rules, and the only thing that can end it is the destruction of the currency itself. Hence why I say own gold.So that's where we are. Exploiting the end of Britain: blood money and crony capitalism You can rant and rail and make a noise. But I don't see what you or anyone can actually do about it. A Reform majority at the next election is what many are pinning their hopes on, but a hung parliament looks more likely. Would even a runaway win for Reform at the next election change much? I doubt it, myself. There's too much opposition within the system. Liz Truss only tried to slash government spending by 2.5% and look what happened there. As investors our job is not to pass moral judgement on the rights and wrongs of all this. Many think it's a good thing the West gets destroyed! Our job is to navigate the waters as best we can. As you know I urge readers to own non- government currencies, money they can't debase - gold and bitcoin. But having just said our job is not to pass moral judgement, I do pass moral judgement when I invest. I shouldn't, but I do. I don't buy government bonds, especially gilts, for example, because in doing so you enable government, when government is the problem. Starve the monster is my take. I'm also not participating in the trade I am about to outline here, because it would make me feel dirty. But the more ruthless of you will be fine with it, and you'll get no flack from me. I hate getting ripped off at airports and train stations, so I have a bit of WH Smith in my portfolio as an offset. This is a little bit like that.There are companies making an absolute fortune from illegal migration. And while this situation continues, they are going to continue making money. Why shouldn't you as well?Their customer, the government, is a bureaucrat spending somebody else's money so will pay pretty much whatever. Demand for their services is only going to increase as migration increases. There is no competitive marketplace - you're not having to compete with other hotels, for example. These companies are all paid by the government - you in other words - to provide facilities for asylum seekers. The contracts are juicy, and those bureaucrat fingers are fat with taxpayer cash. Here's how to profit from illegal migration in the UK.

Morse code transcription: vvv vvv Storm Bram brings flooding and travel disruption to UK European nations to begin major talks on ECHR migration rule changes Nigel Farage meets French far right leader Bardella in London Lithuania declares emergency situation over risks from balloons from Belarus Mutated H3N2 flu virus is circulating so should you buy a vaccine this year UK Armed Forces member dies in accident in Ukraine Some schools disrupted amid rise in flu cases TV faithful Claudia Winkleman made MBE by the King at Windsor Castle Turner Prize 2025 Nnena Kalu earns historic win Trump criticises weak European leaders over Ukraine and immigration

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An exclusive investigation by Andy Hughes, co-host of The Crime Agents and LBC crime correspondent, raises disturbing questions about whether a London police officer was operating a grooming gang in the capital. He speaks to Lewis about his report, the accusations of a cover up, and the Met police response. Later, Keir Starmer has been leading efforts today to get Europe to reform the ECHR. He's claimed that the best way to fight "the forces of hate and division" is to show that mainstream politics can fix the problem. Is he right? Jake Richards, the justice minister, came in to the News Agents studio to discuss what's at stake.You can listen to the special investigation from The Crime Agents here:https://www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/42L4DG/Andy's video report is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9f_qHJeCpUThe News Agents is brought to you by HSBC UK - https://www.hsbc.co.uk/EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal -> https://nordvpn.com/thenewsagents Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee

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Get a better way to stay informed at https://ground.news/winston and see through biased media. Subscribe through my link for 40% off unlimited access. Britain is at a breaking point, and on this episode of The Winston Marshall Show, I sit down with Rob Bates, founder of the Centre for Migration Control, for a forensic breakdown of Shabana Mahmood's new asylum and immigration reforms.We dig into what these proposals really mean: from 20-year settlement routes, the so-called “jewellery clause,” and Labour's attempt to reframe illegal Channel crossings as an acceptable path to refugee status to the ballooning cost of asylum hotels, the collapse of border enforcement, and how Britain ended up spending billions housing people the state has lost track of.Rob exposes the shocking scale of visa overstayers, the true size of the illegal migrant population, and why the small boats crisis is only the visible tip of a much larger system failure. We explore the data wars, crime figures, FOI revelations, nationality vs. country-of-birth disputes, and the politicised fight over who gets to define the truth.We also get into the deeper structural rot: the ECHR bottleneck, the Modern Slavery Act being gamed, human rights loopholes exploited by foreign offenders, and how gangs, trafficking networks, and the black-market economy have embedded themselves into Britain's immigration system.All this, small boat crossings, overstayers, asylum hotels, the £16 billion bill, ECHR constraints, crime data controversies, and the political revolt inside Labour in a conversation cutting through the spin to what's really happening at Britain's borders.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------To see more exclusive content and interviews consider subscribing to my substack here: https://www.winstonmarshall.co.uk/-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA:Substack: https://www.winstonmarshall.co.uk/X: https://twitter.com/mrwinmarshallInsta: https://www.instagram.com/winstonmarshallLinktree: https://linktr.ee/winstonmarshall---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shabana Mahmood has announced a major asylum crackdown, in a clear attempt to pacify the Right of Labour and the country at large.The Home Secretary's plans, based on a model successfully implemented in Denmark, include a 20-year wait for refugees to apply for indefinite leave to remain, reviews of refugees status every 30 months, and legislation that will promote British law over the ECHR.Camilla and Tim ask whether a policy that Labour MPs are calling “divisive” and “cruel”, and that Reform's Richard Tice says sounds like “an application for vetting to join Reform”, will actually end up pleasing no one.We want to hear from you! Email us at thedailyt@telegraph.co.uk or find @dailytpodcast on TikTok, Instagram and X► Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditorProducer: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganVideo Producer: Will WaltersStudio Operator: Meghan SearleExecutive Producer: Charlotte SeligmanSocial Producer: Nada AggourEditor: Camilla Tominey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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This week, on another packed episode, Ashleigh, Alyx and Flint rake over the coals about: Esther Ghey, mother of Brianna Ghey, has launched a campaign called Phone-Free Education and the team consider its implications. Multiple organisations have submitted evidence to the Global Alliance of National Human Rights institutions showing that the EHRC is, to put it lightly, not really fulfilling its stated role. A symphony of statistics from two new GLP-instigated YouGov polls.  Labour backbenchers warn of "chaos" if the EHRC's guidance is implemented as is, but not for the reasons you might be expecting.  Before moving on to the meat of the episode, which we've developed alongside https://www.wearequeeraf.com/ and Claire Prosho (https://linktr.ee/CTransTalks). This final part in our series about the UK's Gender Clinic system looks at potential future outcomes, including: The upcoming -although much delayed- Levy Review. Suggested ways for the GIC's to deal with their extreme backlog of patients. The numerous failures of the "specialist clinic" model as it stands. A lack of consistent data standards across the clinics and why this presents a problem.  References: https://whatthetrans.com/ep143 Action Alley:  Widnes Bridge Walk: Walk in solidarity for Transgender Awareness Week If you've been affected by the Virgin active ban on trans people in bathrooms and changing  rooms, as either a member or a staffer, then the Good Law Project would like to hear from you: Post by @goodlawproject.bsky.social TransActual's MP emailing tool: Scrap the Bathroom Ban - Action Network Amnesty's emailing tool to ask the government to remain in the European Convention on Human Rights: Defend our Human Rights – Tell Your MP to Back the ECHR

 Harry, Josh (didn't he leave?) and Firas discuss leaving the ECHR, the divisions within New York politics, and how the internet is getting worse. Join us this Thursday 30th at 6pm GMT for another free webinar and Q&A, where Stelios and Luca will be discussing Plato's critique of democracy. Register here

How did it feel to take on then Prime Minister Boris Johnson when Baroness Hale ruled his suspension of Parliament "unlawful"? Why does the Trump administration present such a threat to the international rule of law? The ‘Spider Woman' has been at the centre of the legal battle for women's rights, how have these changed in the past 50 years? Rory and Alastair are joined by Baroness Hale, the first female President of The Supreme Court, to answer all this and more.   Get more from The Rest Is Politics with TRIP+. Enjoy bonus episodes, ad-free listening, early access, live show ticket priority, our members' newsletter, and private Discord community – plus exclusive mini-series like The Rise and Fall of Rupert Murdoch. Start your 7-day free trial today at therestispolitics.com For Leading listeners, there's free access to the Wordsmith Academy - plus their report on the future of legal skills. Visit https://www.wordsmithai/politics To save your company time and money, open a Revolut Business account today via https://www.revolut.com/rb/leading, and add money to your account by 31st of December 2025 to get a £200 welcome bonus or equivalent in your local currency. Feature availability varies by plan. This offer's available for New Business customers in the UK, US, Australia and Ireland. Fees and Terms & Conditions apply. For US customers, Revolut is not a bank. Banking services and card issuance are provided by Lead Bank, Member FDIC. Visa® and Mastercard® cards issued under license. Funds are FDIC insured up to $250,000 through Lead Bank, in the event Lead Bank fails. Fees may apply. See full terms in description. For Irish customers, Revolut Bank UAB is authorised and regulated by the Bank of Lithuania in the Republic of Lithuania and by the European Central Bank and is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland for conduct of business rules. For AU customers, consider PDS & TMD at revolut.com/en-AU. Revolut Payments Australia Pty Ltd (AFSL 517589). Social Producer: Celine Charles Video Editor: Josh Smith Producer: Alice Horrell Senior Producer: Nicole Maslen Head of Politics: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's Tory conference and Kemi Badenoch is talking about leaving the ECHR and having ICE style crackdowns here in Britain. Will any of this cut through? Plus, we look at other domestic issues and check in on conflicts across the globe with Gavin Esler and Jacob Jarvis.  Head to nakedwines.co.uk/thebunker to get 6 top-rated wines from our sponsor Naked Wines for £39.99, delivery included.   We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to Indeed.com/bunker for £100 sponsored credit.     www.patreon.com/bunkercast       Written and presented by Jacob Jarvis with Gavin Esler. Audio production: Robin Leeburn. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The shadow chancellor Sir Mel Stride gave the keynote speech on day two of the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, and painted the Tories as the only party trying to save the high street, as he promised to scrap business rates for 250,000 pubs, restaurants and other small businesses.Joining the Daily T after his speech, Sir Mel told Camilla Tominey and Tim Stanley that he's comfortable cutting international aid to 0.1pc of GDP in order to pay for the cut, why he believes leaving the ECHR is the right thing to do and whether he thinks Liz Truss should be expelled from the party.Camilla and Tim also caught up with the shadow home secretary Chris Philp, who explained how the Tories pledge to remove 150,000 illegal immigrants will work, as well as speaking to Katie Lam, shadow home office minister and a widely-touted future Conservative leader.► Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditorWe want to hear from you! Email us at thedailyt@telegraph.co.uk or follow @dailytpodcast on Instagram, TikTok and XProducers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganVideo Producer: Will WaltersCamera Operator: Andy MackenzieExecutive Producer: Charlotte SeligmanSocial Producer: Nada AggourProduction assistance from Hugo Verelst-WayEditor: Camilla Tominey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Morse code transcription: vvv vvv GWR fined 1m over train passengers death in Bath Widespread damage as Storm Amy hit harder than expected Saudi comedy festival Inside the controversial Riyadh event starring comedians Dave Chappelle, Bill Burr, Jack Whitehall and Jimmy Carr Storm Amy hits parts of UK with heavy rain and strong winds Performative male contest London Best crowned after Soho Square event Gis le Pelicot returns to court after trial made her an icon and tore her family apart UK will leave ECHR if Tories win election, Badenoch says Synagogue attacker Jihad Al Shamie was on bail after rape arrest, police say Fatal attack revives debate over controversial shark nets in Australia Russell Vought from Project 2025 to Trumps shutdown enforcer

In this special episode, we take a deep dive into the ideas and career of our esteemed colleague and friend of the podcast, Professor Veronika Fikfak. Following her inaugural lecture as Professor of Human Rights and International Law at UCL's Department of Political Science, we use the occasion to explore broader themes in international law, human rights, and academic life.Veronika brings a wealth of experience from institutions across Europe, including Oxford, Cambridge, Copenhagen, and London. She currently serves as co-director of UCL's Institute for Human Rights and as an ad hoc judge at the European Court of Human Rights. Her leadership of two major European Research Council-funded projects places her at the forefront of cutting-edge human rights scholarship.Mentioned in this episode:Prof Fikfak's inaugural lecture on YouTubeProf Fikfak's staff profile page and publicationsHuman Rights Nudge project UCL's Department of Political Science and School of Public Policy offers a uniquely stimulating environment for the study of all fields of politics, including international relations, political theory, human rights, public policy-making and administration. The Department is recognised for its world-class research and policy impact, ranking among the top departments in the UK on both the 2021 Research Excellence Framework and the latest Guardian rankings.

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In EVN Report's news roundup for the week of September 19: The European Court of Human Rights has issued its most significant ruling in regards to the deadly March 1, 2008 crackdown on protesters in Yerevan; the head of Armenia's National Security Service is in Baku leading a delegation participating in an International Security Forum and Netherlands has pledged €14 million in aid to help Karabakh refugees with affordable housing.

#trump2025 #Starmer #IllegalImmigration #JonGaunt #ECHR #FreeSpeech #UKPolitics Will Starmer listen… or bottle it?  Jon Gaunt says NO WAY — Sir Keir's glued to the ECHR while the borders are in chaos. He brags about his “one in, one out” plan after finally shipping ONE migrant back to France — leaving hundreds of thousands still pouring in!  TRUMP schooled STARMER on Wind farms, Putin, Free Speech, Palestine Status and Drill Baby Drill. Starmer froze like a rabbit in the headlights when grilled on Free Speech, dodging claims of 12,000 arrests over social media posts last year. And when the Mandelson questions came… panic mode! How long can Starmer duck the real issues of mass migration and free speech crackdowns? Biggest question is Why can't we have a tough leader like Trump who puts our country first?  Join in and have your say. #Trump #Starmer #IllegalImmigration #SendInTheTroops #MigrationCrisis #BorderControl #ECHR #OneInOneOut #FreeSpeech #UKPolitics #MigrantCrisis #PoliticalShowdown#JonGaunt Trump, Starmer, Illegal Immigration, Send In The Troops, Migration Crisis, Border Control, ECHR, One In One Out, Free Speech, UK Politics, Migrant Crisis, Political Showdown, jon Gaunt, This video is a politics blog and social commentary by award winning talk radio star, Jon Gaunt  

#Starmer #Deportation #Mandelson #UKPolitics #TommyRobinson #Trump #JonGaunt Keir Starmer has failed again. His one in one out deal has collapsed as predicted. Meanwhile he accuses protestors of being Far RIGHT and London Mayor Sadiq Khan has joined in too. Both are out of step with the population who want none in and all illegals out. He should listen to Donald Trump when he arrives tonight and rip up the ECHR and start mass deportations now. But he won't as he is a spineless coward as proved by him refusing to go to the Commons and answer questions about his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson to Washington. He is playing for time as Parliament is about to go into recess for two weeks. He mustn't be allowed to dodge scrutiny. What is your view? #Starmer #ProtestLies #Mandelson #EpsteinScandal #TheyThinkWereMugs #UKPolitics #TommyRobinson #MainstreamMediaLies #BritishPolitics #GovernmentScandal #Patriotism #ProtestNumbers #FlagRow #PoliticalCorruption #Epstein Starmer, Protest Lies, Mandelson, Epstein Scandal, They Think We're Mugs, UK Politics, Tommy Robinson, Mainstream Media Lies, British Politics, Government Scandal, Patriotism, Protest Numbers, Flag Row, Political Corruption, Epstein This video is a politics blog and social commentary by award winning talk radio star, Jon Gaunt

UK is SINKING under STARMER.  #Starmer #JonGaunt #UKPolitics # Shabana Mahmood #digitalidcards #deportation  12 months after Labour's landslide victory the UK is sinking under the leadership of Keir Starmer. What a mess! The Cabinet reshuffle last week has been widely derided as rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic and it appears the Captain of the ship, Starmer is not at the wheel. He wanted to sack Ed Miliband. He refused to shift so the net zero nonsense continues.  Starmer moved others around but left the architect of many of his problems in position, Rachel Reeves.  He has a new Home secretary in the shape of Shabana Mahmood who is talking tough but without ripping up the ECHR and mass deportation, the UK will still hit that massive illegal immigration iceberg.  Now Starmer is talking about Digital ID cards to combat illegal working thereby penalising us all for the failure of politicians to secure our borders or control all forms of immigration.  Instead of hiding in his bunker, Starmer should address the Nation, declare a State of Emergency, apologise for the 12 months of chaos, and actually listen to the demands of the people and act upon them.  What do you think? Tell Jon Gaunt at 6.30 tonight on this live show.  #Starmer #JonGaunt #UKPolitics # Shabana Mahmood #digitalidcards #deportation #Bordersecurity #illegalmigrants #deputyleadershipelection, Starmer, Jon Gaunt, UK Politics, Shabana Mahmood, digital id cards, deportation Border security, illegal migrants, deputy leadership election, vlog, political commentary, opinion  This video is a politics blog and social commentary by award winning talk radio star, Jon Gaunt  

Can Starmer Survive as Farage Sets UK Politics Agenda? #Starmer #Farage #ReformUK #UKPolitics #MilitaryCamps #ECHR #JonGaunt #CloseHotels Nigel Farage has basically taken over the UK political agenda. Reform UK had its conference, the polls are moving fast, and we've even got Tory MPs jumping ship to join him. Meanwhile, Starmer suddenly wants to put illegal migrants in military camps and shut down migrant hotels — but let's be honest, it feels like he's copying Farage's homework. Too little, too late. But Farage? He's promising to rip up the ECHR and deport illegal migrants within two weeks of taking power. No wonder people say they trust him more than Labour or the Conservatives right now. Tonight, we'll break it all down: the polls, the defections, the immigration debate, and what this all means for the next election. Plus I will debate whether the old parties can fight back — or if Farage has already won the argument. Hit like, share & subscribe — this is going to be lively. #Starmer #Farage #ReformUK #UKPolitics #ToryDefections #LabourParty #PoliticalDebate #Immigration #IllegalMigrants #MigrantHotels #CloseHotels #MilitaryCamps #ECHR #BritishPolitics #NigelFarage #KeirStarmer #JonGaunt #uknews Keywords: Starmer, Farage, Reform UK, UK Politics, Tory Defections, Labour Party, Political Debate, Immigration, Illegal Migrants, Migrant Hotels, Close Hotels, Military Camps, ECHR, British Politics, Nigel Farage, Keir Starmer, Jon Gaunt, UK News This video is a politics blog and social commentary by award winning talk radio star, Jon Gaunt

STARMER: Stop Treating Us Like Mugs! FAKE PATRIOT?! Starmer #JonGaunt #FakePatriot #UKPolitics #StarmerResign #MigrantHotels #Unionflag #ECHR #YvetteCooper Flags, spin, and no answers — the Fake Patriot can't fool us anymore.  Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper have been parading their “love for the flag” across the media — but people aren't buying the spin anymore.  Instead of photo-ops and words, the public want action: Close the endless migrant hotels Deport illegals and leave the ECHR Secure borders with real enforcement  Now, even Starmer admits he wouldn't want a migrant hotel on his street!  Meanwhile, today's poll shows his lowest ratings ever. On his birthday, is it time he finally woke up to reality — or better yet, resigned?  Join the debate and have your say in the comments.  #Starmer #KeirStarmer #Labour #Politics #UKPolitics #StarmerResign #MigrantHotels #Immigration #Borders #ECHR #Polls #UKNews #DebateLive #BritishPolitics #YvetteCooper #StopTheSpin #JonGaunt #Flags #FakePatriot  Starmer, Keir Starmer, Labour, Labour Party, UK politics, Starmer resign, migrant hotels, immigration, borders, ECHR, polls, UK news, live debate, British politics, Yvette Cooper, stop the spin, JonGaunt, Flags, FakePatriot  This video is a politics blog and social commentary by award winning talk radio star, Jon Gaunt  

Today James Heale has been on quite the magical mystery tour. Bundled into a bus at 7.45 a.m. along with a group of other hacks, he was sent off to an aircraft hangar in Oxfordshire where Nigel Farage finally unveiled his party's long-awaited deportations strategy. The unveiling of ‘Operation Restoring Justice' was accompanied by some impressive production value, including a Heathrow-style departure board and an enormous union flag.The headlines of Farage's mass deportation initiative are as follows: Reform will leave the ECHR and disapply the Refugee Convention for five years if elected in 2029; a new British Bill of Rights will be introduced, with all government departments required to make the migration crisis their number one ministerial priority; and all this at a cost of £2 billion. But how realistic is it? And since we now have headline deportation plans from the parties at the top of the polls (just), which is more impressive?Oscar Edmondson speaks to James Heale and Karl Williams, research director at the Centre for Policy Studies.Produced by Oscar Edmondson.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts.Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today James Heale has been on quite the magical mystery tour. Bundled into a bus at 7.45 a.m. along with a group of other hacks, he was sent off to an aircraft hangar in Oxfordshire where Nigel Farage finally unveiled his party's long-awaited deportations strategy. The unveiling of ‘Operation Restoring Justice' was accompanied by some impressive production value, including a Heathrow-style departure board and an enormous union flag.The headlines of Farage's mass deportation initiative are as follows: Reform will leave the ECHR and disapply the Refugee Convention for five years if elected in 2029; a new British Bill of Rights will be introduced, with all government departments required to make the migration crisis their number one ministerial priority; and all this at a cost of £2 billion. But how realistic is it? And since we now have headline deportation plans from the parties at the top of the polls (just), which is more impressive?Oscar Edmondson speaks to James Heale and Karl Williams, research director at the Centre for Policy Studies.Produced by Oscar Edmondson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Katie Lam became an MP in 2024 after a career in finance. She's also an accomplished scriptwriter, having co-written five musicals. She's one of the most exciting new intake MPs, and she's ruffling feathers in Westminster and beyond. She joins political editor Tim Shipman to discuss everything from her vision for the country to the ECHR, and shares her political ambitions.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts.Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk