This is The View from 22 from The Spectator.

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Welcome to The View from 22 podcast.

I'm Isabel Hardman, the assistant editor of The Spectator.

In this week's issue, Laura Patel discusses whether the next refugee crisis emerging in Turkey could dwarf the first which has gripped Europe.

Turkey has taken in two and a half million refugees, nearly three times as many as the number who have sought refuge in Europe.

But there are signs that the country is starting to struggle under the strain of Syrian refugees as more arrive each day.

What could it mean for Europe if Turkey reaches breaking point?

Joining Laura is Alana Thomas from Think Tank Migration Watch UK, who will be discussing

the impact on Europe and Britain if Turkey's migrant problem becomes ours.

Also in the magazine, the spectator's political editor James Forsyth

critiques the Prime Minister's assessment that, on the basis of his proposed package of

renegotiation with Europe, he would join the EU right now. James argues that David Cameron's

position seems odd, given that the inside strongest arguments focus on the disruption

Brexit would cause.

Is David Cameron barking up the wrong tree?

Joining him to discuss this is spectator-editor Fraser Nelson.

And from big political questions to the biggest animals which have ever drawn breath on earth.

What is the basis of our fascination with whales?

Simon Barnes says humans used to see the huge creatures as protein mountains and oil mines for hunting.

But now, he writes, whales excite a widely held curiosity and delight.

Our attachment to whales makes the number of the creatures being beached this year all the more tragic.

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