The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #921

Carl, Calvin, and Stelios discuss the announcement of a July 4th general election, will Farage take up the mantle of the right in the UK?, and what is the actual agenda behind the left.

Reading List

• The Public Humiliation of Rishi Sunak

  • Connor had a chat with Stefan Molyneux this week - The Lotus Eaters

  • The Tories have been deeply down in the polls, but remember Rishi has a plan - PolitlcsUK - Twitter

  • Sunak calls an election - BBC

  • Things can only get better - Scottygb - Twitter 

  • Steve Bray - snb19692 - Twitter

  • Banned from Parliament - snb19692 - Twitter 

  • Why did they do it this way? - memorialdevice - Twitter 

  • The worst optics - Sargon_of_Akkad - Twitter 

  • As Liz Truss said recently, the PM can be removed but the Gov of the Bank of England can’t - The Lotus Eaters - Twitter

  • Delusional Conservative MPs - LBC - Twitter

  • Delusional conservative press - Telegraph - Twitter 

  • Keir’s response - PolitlcsUK - Twitter

  • Why Rishi just called the election - RishiSunak - Twitter

  • Sky say it is because no-confidence letters were coming in - implausibleblog - Twitter 

  • Letters to the 1922 committee - Dan Wootton - Twitter

  • Call off the election - Christopher Hope - Twitter

  • One option - Spencer Morgan - Twitter 

  • Remember how things were in 2020? - Britain Elects - Twitter 

  • Makes no sense - Neil Clark - Twitter 

  • We are at war with Russia - Wide Awake Media  - Twitter 

  • Will Farage make a bid? - Nigel Farage - Twitter

• Will Nigel Farage Stand Against the Tories?

  • Will Farage make a bid? - Nigel Farage - Twitter 

  • He will likely campaign but not stand himself - Isabel Oakeshott - Twitter 

  • As Tice has confirmed - Richard Tice - Twitter 

  • 2013 stormed the local elections - BBC

  • 2014 European Parliament election - BBC

  • 2015 General Election - BBC

  • 2016 EU Referendum - BBC

  • Farage left UKIP. Destroyed the party. Called it Islamophobic - BBC

• The agenda behind the progressivist rhetoric

  • Stelios’ conjecture about leftist identitarian politics - Panagiotou90St - Twitter 

  • Thread by Anne Applebaum which links opposition to progressivism - Anne Applebaum - Twitter 

  • Everyone should read Project Over Zero's report on LGBTQ scapegoating - it's an analysis of how this tactic has been used in authoritarian campaigns around the world - Anne Applebaum - Twitter 

  • Project Over Zero report on LGBTQ+ scapegoating - Project Over Zero

  • The Report on LGBTQ+ scapegoating - Project Over Zero

  • Winston Marshall vs. Nancy Pelosi - callme_Chari - Twitter

  • More projection - Panagiotou90St - Twitter 

  • Helen McEntee profoundly disconnected with the people she claims to represent - Irish Mirror

  • Irish referendum???? - HdxAcademy - Twitter 

  • Jeremy Corbyn - Jeremy Corbyn - Twitter

  • Freya India on a culture promoting victimhood - Freya India - Twitter

  • Checking in on my gay friends. You haven’t overheated? Be careful this summer. - Billboard Chris - Twitter 

  • Same-sex couples more vulnerable to the negative effects of climate change - The Williams Institute