Banned From an Anti-Racism Meeting for Being Old and White | The Sceptic Ep.97

Banned from an anti-racism meeting for being too old and white, the geopolitical damage being done by Net Zero and why the Church of England seems hell-bent on trashing its own traditions.

In Episode 97 of the Sceptic, guest host Ellie Hodges speaks to Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner Rupert Matthews about the extraordinary moment he was told to leave an anti-racism workshop at De Montfort University for being too old and white.

Former government adviser Rupert Darwall discusses his new book The Age of Error and the West’s Undoing: Net Zero and the Destruction of the West and how the West went from prioritising energy security to relying on the weather.

And for our premium subscribers, Ellie talks to Steven Tucker about Leeds Minster’s extraordinary decision to display the names of thousands of Palestinians, including Islamic Jihad terrorists, during the Jewish New Year, why Western institutions seem increasingly determined to turn their backs on their own traditions, the Church of England’s enthusiasm for interfaith relations and the emergence of “multicultural personality disorder”.

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

00:00 Intro 01:29 Rupert Matthews on Being Banned From an Anti-Racism Workshop 02:00 Why He Attended the Workshop 04:08 Being Told to Leave 08:51 Too Old and White 10:23 What Anti-Racism Means 12:27 Identity Politics and Community Relations 15:13 The Dangers of Anti-Racism 17:14 Rupert Darwall on the Net Zero Obsession 18:56 Suppressing Climate Debate 21:08 Energy Security After Ukraine 23:21 How Experts Gained Power 24:43 Elites vs Voters 26:17 Taking Back Control 28:49 Steven Tucker on the Church’s Islamic Jihad Tribute 38:37 Why Institutions Reject Their Traditions 50:02 ‘Multicultural Personality Disorder’ 53:43 Critics of American Culture 01:05:28 The Future of Western Institutions