Andrew Doyle: Labour's Grooming Gang Shame

Welcome to Episode 35 of the Sceptic! On the show this week, host Laurie Wastell speaks to the following guests:

Andrew Doyle, comedian, broadcaster and author, on Labour minister Lucy Powell's outrageous dismissal of the grooming gangs scandal as a “dog whistle” – and what it says about her party. Plus a preview of his new book, The End of Woke.

Andrew Orlowski, Business Columnist at the Telegraph, who joins Laurie in the studio to discuss the problems with the UK-India trade deal, why Reform councils are right to take on Net Zero and much more.

And for our premium subscribers, Laurie is joined by Canadian filmmaker Dean Rainey, on his new documentary on the plight of a Canadian man who suffered a debilitating vaccine injury, Why Can’t We Talk About This?

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

00:00 Intro
02:27 Andrew Doyle on Lucy Powell's "dog whistle"
34:06 Andrew Orlowski on Reform's Net Zero war
01:09:50 Dean Rainey on his new film 'Why Can’t We Talk About This?'