Richard Eldred

“Coronation looms for Burnham as Streeting drops out of leadership race” – A glum-looking Rachel Reeves struggled to hide her dismay as Andy Burnham appears to be heading for a ‘coronation’ as Prime Minister, reports James Tapsfield in the Mail.

In Episode 83 of the Sceptic, guest host Michael Murphy speaks to Charles Talbot, author of the new Cambridge Circus Research report ‘Breaking the Blob’, about how a sprawling ecosystem of activist charities, quangos and captured institutions exerts a powerful chokehold on British political life, undermines government policy and leaves Britain feeling increasingly like a state at war with itself. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content. Follow Michael on X. Follow Charles on X.

In Episode 82 of the Sceptic, guest host David Shipley speaks to Dr Ben Jones, Director of Case Management at the Free Speech Union and author of Island of Strangers, on how 30 years of mass migration and hyper-diversity have transformed Britain into a fragmented “society of societies”, eroded free speech, fuelled cancel culture and created the conditions for two-tier policing and rising unrest.