Chaos Addicts – Why the Right wants a summer of anger

Oh God, What Now?

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Politics, Government, News, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Far-right agitators are amping up protests against a migrant hotel in Epping and Farage claims Britain is “close to civil disobedience on a vast scale”. We look at why populists are so desperate for chaos on the streets. Plus, as our brand new podcast Talk ’90s To Me launches, host Miranda Sawyer joins the panel to explain how the decade of Cool Britannia, Britpop and New Labour changed everything. And in the Extra Bit: The Internet is horrible but is it just a few people ruining it for everyone? • Don’t miss the very first episode of Talk ’90s With Me: Oasis! presented by Miranda Sawyer. ESCAPE ROUTES • Rachel has been bingeing on Only Connect on BBC iPlayer. • Jarv recommends Memoir of a Snail on the BFI Player. • Miranda is enjoying Baxter Dury’s new album Allbarone. • Alison is off to see Superman at the pictures (verdict TBC). • Back us on Patreon for ad-free listening, bonus materials and more. Advertisers! Want to reach smart, engaged, influential people with money to spend? (Yes, they do exist). Some 3.5 MILLION people download and watch our podcasts every month – and they love our shows. Why not get YOUR brand in front of our influential listeners with podcast advertising? Contact [email protected] to find out more Presented by Alison Phillips with Rachel Cunliffe and Jacob Jarvis. Audio production by Tom Taylor and Robin Leeurn. Theme music by Cornershop. Produced by Chris Jones. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you like our podcasts and you want us to punch above our weight among the big broadcasters,
0:04.5	then please support us on Patreon.
0:07.1	Every single backer is worth literally thousands of individual advert plays.
0:11.5	So when you pledge to support us, it really helps.
0:14.2	Click the link in the show notes now and help us keep on podcasting.
0:17.7	Want to know the real story of how Oasis made Britain mad for it?
0:21.5	How friends turned us on to coffee culture and super-layered hair.
0:25.3	The secrets of Nirvana, train spotting, gay hookups, Diana's revenge dress,
0:30.3	and what it was really like to be a spice girl?
0:33.2	Flung back into the decade when the world fell for cool Britannia, Bumster jeans and Lemon Hooch.
0:39.2	With Talk 90s to Me, you can listen now wherever you get your podcasts.
0:43.4	And if you use Spotify, you can watch the whole show too.
0:46.8	That's Talk 90s to Me, out every Monday.
0:50.3	This episode was recorded immediately before Kirstama announced his plans to recognise the state of Palestine.
1:08.3	Welcome to Oh God, what now? I'm Alison Phillips and on today's show.
1:13.9	Protests against an asylum seeker hotel in Epping are taking place almost exactly a year after the Southport riots began.
1:21.2	Neo-Nazis are infiltrating the demonstrations and Nigel Farage insists that Britain is close to civil disobedience on a vast scale.
1:30.4	But is that really true?
1:33.2	Is Britain really a breaking point?
1:35.6	Or the right wingers just really wish that it was?
1:38.3	Plus, there's a brand new podcast from the House of Oh God What Now.
1:42.0	On Talk 90s to Me, Friend of the Pod, Miranda Sawyer, delves deep into the decade that transformed Britain.
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