An undercover journalist’s extraordinary journey onboard a migrant dinghy, the risk of war with Russia and Canada’s energy standoff with America.
In Episode 94 of the Sceptic, Ellie Hodges sits down with undercover reporter Christian Drogan to hear how he infiltrated migrant camps in northern France, paid €1,400 to cross the Channel and came face to face with smugglers, migrants and French authorities.
Strategist and ex-Royal Navy Commodore Steve Jermy on the West’s incompetent approach to the war in Ukraine, the risks of escalation with Russia and whether a negotiated path to peace is still possible.
And for our premium subscribers, Ellie speaks to the Daily Sceptic’s Energy Editor Dr Tilak Doshi about the growing trade and energy row between the US and Canada, and whether Mark Carney’s brinkmanship gamble will pay off.
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Produced by Richard Eldred.
Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.
00:00 Intro
01:51 Christian Drogen on His Undercover Channel Crossing
03:32 Getting Into the Migrant Camps
04:36 Timeline of the Operation
05:30 Posing as a Criminal on the Run
07:14 Life Inside the Camps
08:38 Danger in the Dunkirk & Calais Jungles
09:17 Why Migrants Want Britain
11:28 Demographics of the Boats
13:13 What it Felt Like on the Dinghy
14:13 Who Was on the Boat
14:49 Border Force Reaction
17:22 Home Office Criticism
17:54 Could Anyone Repeat This
19:42 How Smugglers Sell the Dream
21:10 French Police Involvement
24:22 How to Stop the Crossings
28:29 Finding the Documentary
29:15 Steve Jermy on the Ukraine War
30:48 What the West is Getting Wrong
33:06 Europe Preparing For War With Russia
35:40 Why Supporting Ukraine And Nato is Flawed
38:53 A Negotiated Path to Peace
42:04 Does Negotiation Reward Aggression
44:13 What the British Public is Missing
48:16 Tilak Doshi on Carneys Gamble
51:31 Who Has the Upper Hand
56:00 Could the Dispute Backfire On Canada
58:34 Ottawa vs Alberta
01:00:38 A Larger Geopolitical Reshaping
