The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #1137

Carl, Stelios, and Steven discuss the right's prospects in France after Le Pen's conviction, why the British state is promoting Islam, and how Glasgow is a sanctuary city.

Reading List

• The French Rally For Le Pen

  • Pro Le Pen demonstration - PeterSweden7 - Twitter

  • Le Pen gave a speech - MLP_officiel - Twitter

  • My people, My country, my honour - MLP_officiel - Twitter

  • Anti Le Pen demonstration was a flop - F_Desouche - Twitter

  • Humzah Yusaf: the far-right can be defeated - DaveAtherton20 - Twitter

  • Economist article supports banning Le Pen - TheEconomist - Twitter

  • Jordan Bardella is projected to win the French presidency - TheEconomist - Twitter

  • On Bardella - Associated Press

  • A sceptical view about the trajectory of RN - raphpaillot - Twitter

  • European commission admits … - visegrad24 - Twitter

• Why is the British State Promoting Islam?

  • 93.5% of people are not Muslims - Office for National Statistics

  • There’s a reason the Americans think we’ve been conquered - RoyalFamily - Twitter

  • Labour have never made a post about Lent, but post every year about Eid - UKLabour - Twitter

  • Starmer’s iftar event in Parliament - VividProwess - Twitter

  • Holy month of Ramadan - Keir_Starmer - Twitter

  • BBC decides to use the Islamic framing for referring to Islam - BBCNews - Twitter

  • They changed the article title - BBC

  • Muslims think you’re a right wing nutter for not already being a Muslim - RmSalih - Twitter

  • 40 minutes of BBC1 prayers from Bradford Central Mosque - TPointUK - Twitter

  • Pushed Islam for years - 2014 - BBC

  • South Lakes Mosque - BBC

  • How many people convert to Islam every year? - The Guardian

  • Even Reform are like this - Daily Mirror

  • Why I think they’re pushing it - Sargon_of_Akkad - Twitter

  • Dave Atherton post - DaveAtherton20 - Twitter

• Glasgow Is In Trouble

  • Glasgow has prided itself on being a sanctuary city - Scottish Refugee Council

  • SNP has welcomed Asylum and people smugglers proposing asylum seekers can work - Scottish Daily Express

  • Scottish government believes asylum seekers are the new Scots - Scottish Government

  • It created a new scots refugee integration strategy - Scottish Government

  • And is begging government to more money as asylum system is risking social cohesion - The Guardian

  • Housing under strain as Glasgow is facing massive asylum seekers influx - Scottish Daily Express

  • NOW want more money - The Guardian