The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #1217

Beau, Luca and Leo discuss how the British state bans free speech, How the economist fails to understand the hotel protests and how no one cares about women's football.

Reading List

• The British State Bans Free Speech

  • Starmer vs Vance – POLITICO

  • Morgoth: Online Safety Act – Morgoth

  • Carl Benjamin: Beheading comment – Carl Benjamin

  • Elon Musk: Suppression – Elon Musk

  • Proton VPN surge – Proton VPN

  • Repeal Online Safety Act – Petitions

  • Crit: britbongs – Crit

  • Lewis Brackpool: Ofcom override – Lewis Brackpool

  • Protest footage blocked – The Free Speech Union

  • Elite police squad – The Telegraph

  • Luca Johnson: Anti-migrant – Luca Johnson

  • Rupert Lowe letter – Rupert Lowe

  • Morgoth: Times cartoon – Morgoth

• The Economist FAILS To Understand The Hotel Protests

  • BBC: London crime coverage – BBC News

  • Guardian: Girl admits charge – The Guardian

  • Tommy Robinson: Disorder reaction – Tommy Robinson – Source

  • Asylum hotel incident archive – Archive

• No One Cares About Women's Football

  • England Women reach Olympic play-off – BBC Sport

  • UK weather: July washout – BBC News

  • Sunak defends Rwanda plan – BBC News

  • Women's Nations League live – BBC Sport