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EPISODE · Dec 12, 2025 · 1H 23M

Why I’m Taking on ‘Hope not Hate’ | Jack Rankin – The Sceptic Ep.61

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Andrew Orlowski on Britain’s weird utilitarian cult, Jack Rankin MP on the Tories vs the Blob and Ben Pile on green rent-seeking. In Episode 61 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to Andrew Orlowski, business and technology columnist at the Telegraph, on Britain’s weird utilitarian cult, the ‘Mansards’, and why they’re everywhere. Jack Rankin, Conservative MP for Windsor, on where the Tories went wrong in their 14 years in power and whether they can recover. Plus: why he’s referred ‘Hope not Hate’ to the Charity Commission. And for our premium subscribers, Laurie speaks to Ben Pile, journalist and Daily Sceptic regular, on the scourge of the rent-seeking Green Blob, and the worrying campaign to bring back lockdown measures because of the flu. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content.  Follow Laurie on X.  Follow Andrew on X. Follow Jack on X. Follow Ben on X. Read Ben’s articles on the Daily Sceptic here and here. Subscribe to the Daily Sceptic YouTube Channel here.  Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.

Andrew Orlowski on Britain’s weird utilitarian cult, Jack Rankin MP on the Tories vs the Blob and Ben Pile on green rent-seeking. In Episode 61 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to Andrew Orlowski, business and technology columnist at the Telegraph, on Britain’s weird utilitarian cult, the ‘Mansards’, and why they’re everywhere. Jack Rankin, Conservative MP for Windsor, on where the Tories went wrong in their 14 years in power and whether they can recover. Plus: why he’s referred ‘Hope not Hate’ to the Charity Commission. And for our premium subscribers, Laurie speaks to Ben Pile, journalist and Daily Sceptic regular, on the scourge of the rent-seeking Green Blob, and the worrying campaign to bring back lockdown measures because of the flu. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content.  Follow Laurie on X.  Follow Andrew on X. Follow Jack on X. Follow Ben on X. Read Ben’s articles on the Daily Sceptic here and here. Subscribe to the Daily Sceptic YouTube Channel here.  Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.

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