Charles Talbot on how the Blob is stifling democracy in Britain and turning the state against itself.
In Episode 83 of the Sceptic, guest host Michael Murphy speaks to Charles Talbot, author of the new Cambridge Circus Research report ‘Breaking the Blob’, about how a sprawling ecosystem of activist charities, quangos and captured institutions exerts a powerful chokehold on British political life, undermines government policy and leaves Britain feeling increasingly like a state at war with itself.
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Produced by Richard Eldred.
Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.
00:00 Intro
00:00:47 Charles Talbot on the Blob
00:03:35 The Blob's Left-Wing Bias
00:05:16 A State at War with Itself
00:07:41 Why Government Funds Its Own Opponents
00:10:17 How the Blob Kills Policies it Doesn't Like
00:14:15 The Rwanda Scheme
00:16:17 Can Any Policy Survive the Blob?
00:18:19 Laws That Must Change
00:20:20 The Funnel Model & Weak Regulation
00:24:37 Charity vs Political Activism
00:27:12 Should Government Track Undermining Spending?
00:29:11 The Media’s Role in Aiding the Blob
00:36:08 What a Serious Government Must Do
00:39:05 Radical Reforms
00:42:29 Conspiracy or Ideological Alignment?
00:45:52 Future Work from Cambridge Circus Research
00:52:15 Where to Find the Report
