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Welcome to The Insurgency with Steve Baker, a podcast from Fighting for a Free Future.Every two weeks, join Rt Hon Steve Baker FRSA and Harry Richer, the Director of FFF, as they sit down with leading figures from the worlds of politics, journalism, and academia and together interrogate the public debate and the issues which matter most.Please subscribe today to support FFF. If you wish to see bonus episodes & extended interviews, please consider becoming a paid supporter at voices.fightingforafreefuture.com
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- Today29 min
"My Toddler Will Retire Before Parliament Gets Fixed" | Dr Lawrence Newport
Sponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com to find out more.To learn more about Dr Lawrence Newport and support Looking for Growth, please visit lookingforgrowth.uk/kickstartbritainParliament could take 68 years and cost up to £40bn to repair, and officials are still calling that "on time." Dr Lawrence Newport, co-founder of Looking for Growth, joins Steve Baker and Harry Richer to explain why Britain's flagship building has become a symbol of national dysfunction.📰 Exclusive post-show: voices.fightingforafreefuture.com🛒 Merch: shop.fightingforafreefuture.com📧 Advertise or partner: liam@stevebaker.info
- 6 days ago12 min
Is the Iran War Worth It? Our Panel Splits Down the Middle | The Counter-Insurgency
👉 Listen to the full episode on Substack: voices.fightingforafreefuture.comSponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com.This week: FFF Director Harry Richer, broadcaster and political commentator Albie Amankona, and FFF Network Manager Ted Grainger go head-to-head on the Iran war, sparked by recent congressional testimony on its ballooning cost.Thumbnail image: "Operation Roaring Lion, 2026" by IDF Spokesperson's Unit, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Operation-Roaring-Lion-0013.jpg. This image has been modified for use in this video's thumbnail.
- 3 weeks ago12 min
Farage vs Count Binface: Britain’s Pointless By‑Election | The Counter‑Insurgency
👉 Listen to the full episode on Substack: voices.fightingforafreefuture.comSponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com.Subscribe and follow Mani on Substack: https://substack.com/@manibasharzad?r=5pey14&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=stories&shareImageVariant=blurand X: https://x.com/ManiBasharzadSteve Baker is joined by Laura Emily Dunn and Mani Basharzad to unpack Nigel Farage’s “back‑me‑or‑sack‑me” Clacton by‑election and ask whether a Farage vs Count Binface contest is anything more than a pointless stunt.Thumbnail image: “Count Binface” by Count Binface, used and adapted under the Creative Commons Attribution‑ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY‑SA 4.0) licence. This thumbnail is an adaptation of that work and is itself distributed under CC BY‑SA 4.0. Changes may have been made. See https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ for full licence terms, including attribution, non‑endorsement and share‑alike requirements.
- 3 weeks ago36 min
How the Right Really Wins | Lord Matthew Elliott
Sponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com to find out more.You can buy Lord Elliott's excellent new book, 'Ten Years On: The Untold Story of Brexit – Reflections on a Life of Campaigning', here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ten-Years-Untold-Reflections-Campaigning/dp/1837360758.Steve Baker and Harry Richer sit down with Lord Matthew Elliott, the strategist behind the TaxPayers’ Alliance, Big Brother Watch, NOtoAV and Vote Leave, to ask how the right really wins – and why its victories so rarely shrink the state or entrench prosperity. Together they trace Elliott’s journey from Milton Friedman and Hayek to Westminster power, unpack his three‑M playbook of messages, messengers and media, and explore what a serious, pro‑market right must build next if Britain is to become freer, richer, and less complacent.📰 Exclusive post-show: voices.fightingforafreefuture.com🛒 Merch: shop.fightingforafreefuture.com📧 Advertise or partner: liam@stevebaker.info
- Jun 29, 202637 min
Argentina’s Warning: Is the UK Sleepwalking to Collapse?
Sponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com to find out more.Subscribe to Rob's substack today: https://ofwealth.substack.com/Argentina hit annual inflation of over 200%, multiple exchange rates and soaring poverty before voters handed Javier Milei a mandate for radical free‑market shock therapy. Rob Marstrand breaks down what his government has actually done so far, from slashing the state and deregulating at chainsaw speed to forcing inflation sharply down and narrowing Argentina’s risk premia, and then compares it to Britain’s cautious drift into higher taxes, heavier regulation and long‑term decline.📰 Exclusive post-show: voices.fightingforafreefuture.com🛒 Merch: shop.fightingforafreefuture.com📧 Advertise or partner: liam@stevebaker.infoThumbnail image: “Javier Milei VIVA 24” by Vox España. Original: https://www.flickr.com/photos/voxespana/53732400023/ – via Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Javier_Milei_VIVA_24.jpgLicensed under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (public domain): https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
- Jun 26, 202616 min
Labour's 'Degrowth' Delusion and Miliband's Next Job | The Counter-Insurgency
👉 Listen to the full episode on Substack: voices.fightingforafreefuture.comSponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com.Steve Baker, Laura Emily Dunn and Harry Richer unpack Andy Burnham’s Labour, Ed Miliband’s next job and the rise of “degrowth” ideologies among Labour backbenchers.Thumbnail image: “Andy Burnham visits Human Appeal’s UK winter coat collection campaign” – © Human Appeal (staff member), used under the Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 International licence. Image may have been cropped and colour‑adjusted for this thumbnail.Source: Human Appeal / Wikimedia Commons.Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.
- Jun 23, 202657 min
10 Years On: Why Britain Still Can't Get Over Brexit | Prof. Paul Dolan
Sponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com to find out more.Buy The Brexit Effect, 2016–2026: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brexit-Effect-2016-2026-Anthony-Seldon/dp/1009749625You can find Prof. Paul Dolan's books here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Paul-Dolan/author/B001HON1OU?ref=ap_rdr&shoppingPortalEnabled=true.On the 10th anniversary of the Brexit vote, Steve Baker sits down with his unlikely friend and co-author Professor Paul Dolan of the LSE to explore why Britain is still so divided over the decision to leave the EU, and whether behavioural science can help us agree to disagree more gracefully. Together they unpack "beliefism," the psychology of affective polarisation, and their EMBRACE framework for embedding tolerance by design into our institutions, workplaces, and public debate.📰 Exclusive post-show: voices.fightingforafreefuture.com🛒 Merch: shop.fightingforafreefuture.com📧 Advertise or partner: liam@stevebaker.info
- Jun 22, 202637 min
Is There a Ceiling for Christians in Politics? | Tim Farron MP
Sponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com to find out more.Former Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron joins Steve Baker to explore what real freedom means in practice. The discussion ranged from the Christian conviction that every person has equal worth, to whether there is a “ceiling” for people of faith in British politics. They dive into social media’s coarsening of debate, the limits of free speech in an age of incitement, and why secure, affordable housing and meaningful work are, in Farron’s view, the true foundations of a free society.📰 Extended cut: voices.fightingforafreefuture.com🛒 Merch: shop.fightingforafreefuture.com📧 Advertise or partner: liam@stevebaker.info
About The Insurgency with Steve Baker
Welcome to The Insurgency with Steve Baker, a podcast from Fighting for a Free Future.Every two weeks, join Rt Hon Steve Baker FRSA and Harry Richer, the Director of FFF, as they sit down with leading figures from the worlds of politics, journalism, and academia and together interrogate the public debate and the issues which matter most.Please subscribe today to support FFF. If you wish to see bonus episodes & extended interviews, please consider becoming a paid supporter at voices.fightingforafreefuture.com
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