The Current Thing
Comedian and commentator Nick Dixon talks to fascinating guests about politics, the culture war, and anything else that comes up.
Episodes
Dixon Cox is back!
This week: -Starmer clings on, but for how long? -Wes Streeting resigns -Is there a route back to parliament for Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham? -Several scheduled speakers at the Unite the Kingdom march are banned from the UK -How we could end up with Ed Miliband as prime minister -Trump has some interesting advice for Keir Starmer And loads more Go here for the full episode: https://www.nickdixon.net/p...
Dixon Cox is back!
This week: -As the local elections loom, we look at how voters are thinking -Is Andy Burnham gearing up to replace Starmer, and is he any different? -Is Kemi Badenoch more popular than her party? -Which political leaders do the public actually recognise? -Has Reform gone full ‘Yookay’ in its campaigning? -Do people know who Restore Britain are? And loads more!
Dixon Cox is back!
This week: -Morgan McSweeney gives his side of the Mandelson scandal -Keir Starmer avoids a privileges committee inquiry -The British ambassador to the US is caught saying Starmer doesn’t have long -Rumours of Labour reshuffles and leadership challenges And lots more!
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On this week’s episode of The Current Thing, I am joined by campaigns director and spokesman for Restore Britain, Charlie Downes.
We discuss: -Whether you are less British if you’re not Christian -If the next election is the last chance to save the country -Why Matt Goodwin lost -The potential gulf between Rupert Lowe and Zoomers on economics -Why Reform is weak on social conservatism -The reason the Green Party is doing well -Why ...
Dixon Cox is back! This week: -An Indian man mows down pedestrians in Derby -Tom Swarbrick gets red pilled about the migrant problem -Former Labour advisor Ayesha Hazarika makes a disturbing remark about grooming gangs -Zack Polanski and the Green Party dance in Trafalgar Square, with some party members notably absent -Clapham descends into feral chaos and lots more
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On this week’s episode of The Current Thing I am joined by writer, lawyer, and architectural historian, Michael Reiners.
We discuss: -His new bill to restore freedom of speech in Britain -Labour’s plan to scrap jury trials -What to do about ‘activist judges’ -‘Anti-Muslim hostility’ and the attacks on Nick Timothy -The disastrous new abortion bill -His proposed bill to clarify British citizenship -The problems caused by the Human...
Dixon Cox is back! This week: -Muslims take over Trafalgar Square, and MP Nick Timothy gets in trouble for calling it ‘domination’ -Kellie-Jay Keen ignites debate on the right about British identity -Is Netanyahu alive? and lots more
Watch/listen to the full episode here: https://www.nickdixon.net/p/islam-takes-over-trafalgar-square Subscribe here: www.nickdixon.net Support us with a donation here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ni...
On this week’s episode of The Current Thing I am joined by Foreign, Defence & Security Spokesman for the SDP, Henry Bolton.
We discuss: -What is actually happening in military terms with the war with Iran -How far Britain should be involved -Whether this war is a chance for smaller, anti-war parties to make a mark -What to do about ‘sectarian voting’ -The definition of an English and British person -The SDP’s tough immigration ...
Dixon Cox is back! This week: -A former advisor to Boris Johnson brings up ‘white genocide’ on GB News -Muslims on horseback in Manchester lament the demise of the Ayatollah -The government releases a sinister document on social cohesion -A dodgy vape shop causes a fire in Glasgow -Wildlife to feature on our bank notes instead of historical figures and lots more
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On this week’s episode of The Current Thing I am joined by writer, academic, and Senior Policy Fellow at Restore Britain, Harrison Pitt.
We discuss: -How Restore Britain can avoid the election failure we recently saw with Advance UK -The so-called sectarian voting problem -Dealing with the inevitable smears from the establishment -How to avoid being co-opted by powerful interests -The definition of an English and Britain person -Wh...
Dixon Cox is back! This week: -Trump attacks Starmer, after Starmer refuses to fully back US military action in Iran -Is Starmer just pandering to Muslim voters? -Reform UK back the war, while Restore Britain do not -Two Labour defectors join Reform UK, but what do they believe? -Man Utd fans say they are glad to be colonised -Kemi Badenoch takes a stand against DEI (better late than never?)
Full episode: https://www.nickdixon.net...
This is a special episode of The Current Thing, debating the merits of Reform UK vs Restore Britain with political commentator Lee Harris.
We discuss: -Why Lee still leans towards Reform UK -Whether the next election is our ‘last chance’ -Why Reform keep attacking their ostensible base -Laila Cunningham’s bizarre comments on whether Britain is a Christian country -Matt Goodwin calling Restore supporters racist -Nadhim Zahawi callin...
Dixon Cox is back. This week: -Peter Mandelson is arrested, after a tip-off from Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle -Leftists go berserk after a man with Tourette’s shouts a racial slur at the Baftas -The Gorton and Denton by-election looks incredibly close -The Green Party releases campaign ads in Urdu and Bangla -Trump gives his State of the Union address
Full episode here: https://www.nickdixon.net/p/the-left-suddenly-doesnt-understa...
On this episode of The Current Thing I am joined by Nick Buckley, who is standing in the Gorton and Denton by-election for Advance UK.
We discuss: -Why Nick joined Advance UK -Whether Advance will merge with Restore -Why he left Reform UK -Claims that newer parties on the right are ‘splitting the vote’ -Why he is the best candidate for Gorton and Denton -Whether the next general election is our ‘last chance’ -What he makes of prom...
Dixon Cox is back. This week: -The war between Restore Britain and Reform UK escalates -Advance UK and Restore Britain merger is not happening -Farage announces his ‘shadow cabinet’ -Labour Together are investigated over a smear campaign against a journalist
Full episode here: https://www.nickdixon.net/p/farage-announces-new-shadow-cabinet
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Today I recorded a special, ultra-topical episode of The Current Thing with Basil the Great, whom you will have seen on X with his many viral videos and other content.
We discuss: -The battle between Restore Britain and Reform UK -Why Matt Goodwin is wrong to attack Restore on grounds of ‘racism’ -Whether this election is the ‘last chance’ for the country -If Restore Britain is too vague on policy -Whether Restore is ‘playing ident...
Dixon Cox is back once again!
This week Starmer’s world unravels as: -Morgan McSweeney goes -Anas Sarwar says Starmer should resign -Wes Streeting releases his WhatsApps with Peter Mandelson -Matthew Doyle given a life peerage despite campaigning for a convicted sex offender -Ed Miliband appears to dictate the new direction for Labour
Plus another horrific Islamic stabbing incident in Brent, and more news on another sexual assault ...
Today, a treat for fans of my C.S. Lewis content, especially if they are also fans of Simon Evans. For what follows is a discussion on C.S. Lewis’s Ransom Trilogy with me and Simon.
We discuss which of the trilogy is Simon’s favourite, why That Hideous Strength has proved so prophetic, Lewis’s relationship with Tolkien, and lots more.
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Dixon Cox is back once again! This week: -Peter Mandelson’s connection to Epstein threatens to bring down Starmer -More revelations from the Epstein files, including shocking allegations about Bill Gates -The government’s plan to make the countryside ‘less white’
Watch and listen to the full episode here: https://www.nickdixon.net/p/could-the-epstein-files-bring-starmer
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