How “Islamophobia” Protects the Grooming Gangs

Welcome to Episode 26 of the Sceptic! On the show this week, host Laurie Wastell speaks to the following guests:

Dr. Freddie Attenborough, Digital Communications Director at the Free Speech Union, on how Labour’s “Islamophobia” definition has stifled discussion of the Pakistani-Muslim rape-gangs scandal – and what that means for local inquiries.

David Turver, author of the Eigen Values Substack, on how we narrowly avoided blackouts during the cold snap last week, and what that says about the parlous state of Britain’s energy grid.

And for our premium subscribers, Laurie is joined by freelance investigative journalist Charlotte Gill, author of the Woke Waste Substack, on the shady Left-wing funding networks and foreign billionaires influencing our politics.

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Produced by Richard Eldred.
Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.

00:00 Intro
02:04 Freddie Attenborough Labour's "Islamophobia" definition
31:57 David Turver on the UK's narrow blackout miss
01:02:54 Charlotte Gill on the Left's shady funding networks