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Here’s How 83 – Right-wing Positions

Feb 28, 2019 ~ Written by William Campbell

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Rowan Croft runs the YouTube political channel Grand Torino. He says that he’s politically centre-right, not extreme right or alt-right, though his channel heavily features figures such as Justin Barrett of the National Party and formerly of Youth Defence, Herrmann Kelly of Irexit, Jim Dowson, the former BNP and Orange Order member who has been involved in supplying equipment to paramilitary vigilanties hunting asylum-seekers crossing the Turkish-Bulgarian border.

During the interview, we talked about Rowan’s faith in Qanon, a bizarre online conspiracy theory which holds that there exists no investigation into Donald Trump conspiring with Russian intelligence, and that the Mueller investigation is, in fact, a cover for investigating how Hillary Clinton and many of her top associates are pedophiles who have abused and murdered dozens of children. Both Rowan and the anonymous online source ‘Q‘ have made many predictions to prove their access to inside knowledge. No substantial prediction has come true.

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Here’s How 82 – RTÉ and the AA

Feb 06, 2019 ~ Written by William Campbell

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Dr Michael Foley is professor emeritus at the school of media at TU Dublin – formerly DIT – also a member of the NUJ’s Ethics Council, and has been invited by the International federation of Journalists and UNESCO to write a syllabus on journalism safety and ethics.

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Because of the detailed nature of the podcast, I sent a rough cut of the show to Neil O’Gorman of RTÉ in advance for his comments a couple of days before publication, and invited his comments. Below is Neil’s response, with interjections in italics from myself.

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Here’s How 81 – Unionists and a United Ireland

Dec 12, 2018 ~ Written by William Campbell

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Jamie Bryson is the editor of Unionist Voice and a prominent Loyalist activist.

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Homelessness has been in the news a lot recently, as it deserves to be. In most normal societies, even though it’s not really polite to say so, homelessness, in the sense of people living on the streets, or very marginal accommodation, is a very different  issue to the high prices in the rental and property market, and difficulty for people in finding a place to live.

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Here’s How 80 – Brexit Common Sense or Unicorns?

Nov 27, 2018 ~ Written by William Campbell

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Richard Tice is a British businessman, heavily involved in property management and development, and is best known as founder of the pro Brexit organisation Leave Means Leave and former co-chair of the referendum campaign group Leave.EU. 

He wrote recently that May’s deal is the worst deal in history. Richard queried my quote from David Davis that “my preference would be that we should remain within the Customs Union of the EU”, even if this meant the UK would have to “give up some freedoms in terms of negotiating our trading arrangements with third countries.” ~ read more ~

Here’s How 79 – Cervical Fact Check

Sep 27, 2018 ~ Written by William Campbell

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David Robert Grimes is a physicist, cancer researcher and frequent writer and commentator on scientific topics. 

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I was talking in the last couple of podcasts about water charges, and the resistance to them, ~ read more ~

Here’s How 78 – Water Charges

Aug 30, 2018 ~ Written by William Campbell

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Brendan Ogle is the spokesperson for Right2Water, and is Unite the Union’s Senior Officer in the Republic of Ireland.

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In the last podcast I had an interview with presidential candidate Gemma O’Doherty, and I have to say that I found the reactions to it pretty depressing. There was a twitterstorm in a teacup  ~ read more ~

Here’s How 77 – Running for President

Aug 21, 2018 ~ Written by William Campbell

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Gemma O’Doherty worked for the Irish Independent for 17 years before being dismissed following her investigation of the penalty points scandal. Since then she has worked as an independent journalist on a number of high-profile scandals and particularly on failed murder investigations. On 19 August, she announced her intention to seek nominations to be a candidate in the forthcoming presidential election.  ~ read more ~

Here’s How 76 – the Future of Labour

Aug 14, 2018 ~ Written by William Campbell

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Aodhán Ó Ríordáin is a Labour Party senator and former TD.

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I wanted to comment a bit about the controversy that blew up in the UK last week about Boris Johnson’s comment about Muslim women who wear burkas.

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Here’s How 75 – the Future of Renua

Jul 10, 2018 ~ Written by William Campbell

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John Leahy became leader of Renua Ireland in September 2016. I spoke to him about aspects of his policies set out on the Renua website, including the proposal to

Introduce 90-day detention orders for those Gardai suspect of being actively involved in preparations to murder another or of being responsible for directing the activities of an organised criminal gang.

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Here’s How 74 – The Case for Brexit

Jun 26, 2018 ~ Written by William Campbell

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Graham Gudgin is a founder of Briefings for Brexit, and a research associate at the Centre For Business Research at the University of Cambridge and the Senior Economic Advisor with Oxford Economics. He was a special adviser to the Northern Ireland First Minister on economic policy from 1998  to 2002.

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You’ll remember that in the last podcast, I was talking to Steve Hinks from the British anti  ~ read more ~

Here’s How 73 – Antivax Claims

Jun 07, 2018 ~ Written by William Campbell

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‎Steve Hinks‎ speaks for the UK Association of HPV Vaccine Injured Daughters, and he attended a conference in Dublin in April organised by the the International Federation for Injured Children and Adults. The conference was also attended by Anna Cannon of REGRET and Dr Jesper Mehlsen.

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Here’s How 72 – Feminism and Trans Issues

May 29, 2018 ~ Written by William Campbell

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Natalie Parrott produces the YouTube channel ContraPoints. I highly recommend her videos. I mentioned the interview I did Linda Bellos in February. 

In our discussion, I mentioned the soaring referrals to the UK’s Tavistock clinic (which specialises in ~ read more ~

Here’s How 71 – Referendum Campaigning

May 08, 2018 ~ Written by William Campbell

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David Quinn is a founder of the Iona Institute, a newspaper columnist and a regular media commentator.David Quinn

During the marriage equality referendum campaign, David said that

Should the referendum pass, a same-sex couple could demand a right to marry in a church … In Denmark, we have already seen that the Lutheran Church, a State Church admittedly, has been forced to conduct same-sex weddings.

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Here’s How 70 – The Exit from Brexit

Mar 13, 2018 ~ Written by William Campbell

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Sandra Khadhouri is one of the founders of Renew Britain, a new political party set up to resist Brexit. James Cousins, a former Conservative party member of Wandsworth Council has recently joined their party but they have not yet had a chance to test their electoral strength. 

In our conversation, I mentioned The Road to Somewhere: The Populist Revolt and the Future of Politics by David Goodhart, which charts the cultural gulf that has opened between different groups in Britain and elsewhere.

Here’s How 69 – Battles within Feminism

Feb 21, 2018 ~ Written by William Campbell

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Linda Bellos is a businesswoman, radical feminist and gay-rights activist. She was a member of the collective that produced Spare Rib, a British feminist magazine, and was a member of Lambeth Borough Council in London and was the leader of the council from 1986 to 1988. 

The term ‘TERF‘ is widely used as a term of abuse by third wave feminists for second-wave feminists, often with extreme hostility and even threats of violence. Linda was invited, and then un-invited to speak to the Beards Society in Cambridge University, as part of a bitter dispute between factions within feminism.

Here’s How 68 – Comreg and Protecting Customers

Feb 06, 2018 ~ Written by William Campbell

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I talked to Director of Retail and Consumer Services at Comreg, Barbara Delaney.

Yourtel appear to still be advertising to the Irish market, despite being convicted on 88 sample charges (out of 880) of ripping off their customers. They were fined just €750 of a maximum fine of €5,000 in each case – a total of €66,000. Their pricing scheme and the fact that they have ~ read more ~

Here’s How 67 – Mysterious Case of the Disappearing Videos

Oct 09, 2017 ~ Written by William Campbell

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Ken Foxe

Ken Foxe is a lecturer in DIT and a freelance journalist.

On June 27 last, the Irish-American academic and blogger Catherine Kelly was leaving Ireland through Dublin airport when she was detained by two plain clothes gardaí, and questioned about ~ read more ~

Here’s How 66 – A Libertarian in Ireland

Jul 25, 2017 ~ Written by William Campbell

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Keith Redmond is an independent member of Fingal County Council, having been elected on the Fine Gael ticket in 2014 previously run for the Progressive Democrats and briefly been a member of Renua Ireland. He’s also a founder member of the Hibernia Forum. 

The Libertarian Party in the US is known for its anti-government stance and espousal of Austrian economics.

Here’s How 65 – Cop on Comrades

Jun 30, 2017 ~ Written by William Campbell

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I normally wouldn’t do a podcast about a blog post, but this is a blog post that has been signed by almost 500 people, so it’s not an ordinary blog post. 

You might have heard about Dean Scurry, he’s one of the activists who organised Home Sweet Home, the occupation of Apollo House by the homeless. Dean also set up a ~ read more ~

Here’s How 64 – Investigation: Unproven Meds Part 3

Jun 14, 2017 ~ Written by William Campbell

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In the main interview, I talked to Gino Kenny of the People Before Profit party. 

Gino’s Facebook page shared the Facebook group Medical Cannabis Testimonials Ireland & UK, and encouraged people to share supposed ‘testimony‘ of people benefiting ~ read more ~

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