We all know when we hear the Home Secretary say that they're going to work very hard on getting through the backlog of asylum applications. Everybody thinks, oh God, they're going to nod them all through. Shoplifting to become essentially be criminalised, but if you dare call them scumbags or try to name and shame them, we'll come down on you like a ton of bricks. If that's not, you know, law and order in this country right now, I don't know what else is this.

To get a British politician to go out and argue for sovereignty and borders mattering, and it's actually hard, you'd be hard pressed, right? Hello, and welcome back to the Spike podcast. I'm Fraser Myers, joined in studio as ever by Spike's editor, Tom Slater. Hello. And absolutely thrilled to be joined down the line by the director of the Academy of Ideas, Claire Fox.

Hi. as ever, by Spike's editor, Tom Slater. Hello. And absolutely thrilled to be joined down the line by the director of the Academy of Ideas, Claire Fox.

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