#125 - Tom Slater - Policing Speech & Ignoring Crime: The Decay of the UK

Tom Slater is the editor of Spiked, one of the most important voices in the UK free speech movement. We cover: – Why free speech is collapsing in Britain – The absurdity of arresting 30+ people a day for tweets – The rise of soft censorship & speech policing – Why Labour has abandoned the working class – Illegal immigration, NGO rackets & the new elite – The failure of the police – Why we need direct democracy and state decentralisation – The case for cultural renewal and citizen power CONTACT PETE › Website - http://petermccormack.com › Feedback - https://www.petermccormack.com/contact › Email - me@petermccormack.com › Instagram - /mccormack555 › X/Twitter - https://x.com/petermccormack/ CONNECT WITH TOM SLATER › X/Twitter - https://x.com/Tom_Slater_ SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ › Gemini - https://gemini.com/ › Casa - https://casa.io/ › Incogni - https://incogni.com/peter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 – Introduction   00:03:45 – State Overreach & Free Speech     00:13:10 – Labour's Class Betrayal 00:17:55 – NGO Rackets & Migration   00:22:47 – Hotel Contracts & Public Anger   00:26:38 – Crime, Housing & Council Collapse   00:31:14 – Police Don't Stop Crime   00:36:30 – 30 Arrests a Day for Tweets   00:40:45 – Real Free Speech Cases   00:46:02 – NHS, Rackets & Reform   00:51:00 – Can We Save Policing?   00:56:00 – Speech Laws, Censorship & Culture   01:00:40 – Why the Public Are Right   01:06:10 – Direct Democracy   01:11:00 – Councils & Local Control   01:15:00 – Media Bias   01:18:15 – The Political Class Is Finished   01:23:00 – Can Reform Deliver?   01:28:00 – Why Free Speech Still Matters  01:32:30 – The Middle-Class Protection Racket   01:36:45 – Cultural Decay & Cowardice   01:40:10 – Final Thoughts - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST › Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K › Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu › Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM › YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM › Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePM FILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR › https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/ › https://x.com/curttayloruk/ EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK › https://x.com/ConorM04 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -