The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #1451

Carl, Dan and Connor discuss two movies with the same mission, the tiresome anti-racists tropes on display at the World Cup and how the Scotland stabbings show things are escalating fast.

Reading List

• Things Are Escalating Fast

  • Police investigate alleged hate crime - BBC

  • Government announces new policy measures - BBC

  • Community tensions following recent incident - BBC

  • Latest developments in ongoing investigation - BBC

  • Politics UK report - Politics UK - X

  • John Swinney to meet Muslim community after Edinburgh attacks - The Herald

  • Keir Starmer statement - Keir Starmer - X

  • Mother says statement was toned down after asylum seeker murder - GB News

  • GB News report on asylum seeker case - GB News - YouTube

  • Nations and Nationalism (1983) - Ernest Gellner

  • GB News report - GB News - X

  • B7AKE commentary - B7AKE - X

  • Humza Yousaf statement - Humza Yousaf - X

  • Humza Yousaf statement - Humza Yousaf - X

  • Zack Polanski statement - Zack Polanski - X

  • Mehdi Hasan commentary - Mehdi Hasan - X

  • Rupert Lowe statement - Rupert Lowe - X

  • Peer who called Tories racist emerges as frontrunner for Islamophobia tsar - The Telegraph

  • MP criticised for sharing tweet telling abuse victims to stay silent - Metro

  • The baroness, Islamic extremists and a question of free speech - The Telegraph

  • Islamic radicals at the heart of Whitehall - The Telegraph

  • Why we should ban the Muslim Council of Britain - Connor Tomlinson

• A Tale of Two Movies

  • Getty Images photo of Thomas Tuchel - Getty Images

  • News article screenshot - Discord CDN

  • Social media post screenshot - Discord CDN

  • Online article screenshot - Discord CDN

  • News headline screenshot - Discord CDN

  • X post screenshot - Discord CDN

  • Citizen Vigilante film promotional image - Rotten Tomatoes

  • X post screenshot - Discord CDN

  • Article screenshot - Discord CDN

  • News article screenshot - Discord CDN

  • Online article screenshot - Discord CDN

  • Social media screenshot - Discord CDN

  • News report screenshot - Discord CDN

  • Citizen Vigilante - Rotten Tomatoes

  • Daily Mail report - Daily Mail - X

  • Boll FILMS post promoting Citizen Vigilante - Boll FILMS - X

• Angry Ginge Rages Against Racism

  • Thomas Tuchel reacts during England match - Getty Images

  • Thomas Tuchel - Wikipedia

  • Jayda BF commentary - Jayda BF - X

  • England appoint Thomas Tuchel as head coach - BBC News Pidgin

  • AngryGinge YouTube channel - AngryGinge - YouTube

  • AngryGinge - Wikipedia

  • 2021 Census: White English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British population map - Office for National Statistics

  • KillaKreww commentary - KillaKreww - X

  • Aware Wanderer commentary - Aware Wanderer - X

  • Great British MC commentary - Great British MC - X

  • AmericaPapaBear commentary - AmericaPapaBear - X

  • Thomas Tuchel outlines vision for England - BBC

  • ArdanXXII commentary - ArdanXXII - X