51: Brendan O'Neill, Brexit, the nation state, self-determination, Israel and the hard-left

My guest today is Spiked Online editor, Brendan O’Neill.

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He’s one of the foremost political commentators across the English-speaking world and Brendan O’Neill’s profile has increased manyfold as the drama over our excruciating Brexit from the European Union has edged on.

I first spoke to Brendan in the weeks leading up to the referendum hosting my talkRADIO evening show back in 2016. I’ve watched and listened to him ever since, battling away for the 17.4m who voted for Britain to leave the EU.

This is of course, a Jewish and Israel podcast, so we frame our discussion around the hard left and its changed attitude to national self-determination, Israel and the anti-Zionist antisemitism that has followed. We also draw the obvious parallels between Brexit and Israel as a nation state.

We discuss the woke left’s latest cancellation, Julie Burchill, who of course, is an outspoken supporter of Israel and the Jewish people.

There’s taking the knee, being Irish, buying your council house and civil liberties in the era of Covid.

“I didn’t desert the left, the left deserted me!”, explains Spiked’s editor.

I can’t thank Brendan enough for this captivating and hugely popular episode.

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