The Peter McCormack Show

Ewen Stewart is one of the UK's sharpest economic thinkers. In this conversation, we unpack what's gone wrong, from bloated welfare and debt-fuelled decline to brain drain, overregulation, collapsing growth and the cultural death spiral hollowing out the UK. CONTACT PETE › Website - http://petermccormack.com › Feedback - https://www.petermccormack.com/contact › Email - me@petermccormack.com › Inst...

Ant Middleton is a Special Forces veteran, author, and former SAS: Who Dares Wins star. He joins the show for a conversation about identity, violence, service, and what's gone wrong in Britain. From his military career and time in prison to his rise in the media and now politics, Ant lays out why he feels a duty to serve again — this time as Mayor of London. CONTACT PETE › Website - http://petermc...

Tom Slater is the editor of Spiked, one of the most important voices in the UK free speech movement. We cover: – Why free speech is collapsing in Britain – The absurdity of arresting 30+ people a day for tweets – The rise of soft censorship & speech policing – Why Labour has abandoned the working class – Illegal immigration, NGO rackets & the new elite – The failure of the police – Why we need dir...

Zia Yusuf returns to the show for a follow-up on where Britain is going and how Reform UK plans to fix it. We cover: – Why Britain is no longer investable – The flight of wealth & what it means for services – Immigration, sectarian politics & cultural decline – Why reform needs real power – Energy policy & net zero – A first principles approach to taxation, debt & GDP – What Reform's economic plan...

Ian Rogers ran digital at LVMH and worked with everyone from Apple to the Beastie Boys. In this conversation, we dive into culture, technology, politics, and the collapse of the old systems & what might replace them. We explore: – Why education is broken & what should replace it – AI, quantum & disruptive technologies – From state to network: Balaji's thesis and the network future – Creativity, fr...

William Clouston returns to the show for a wide-ranging conversation about Britain's decline, from collapsing public services and economic stagnation to mass immigration, energy failure and the breakdown of trust in our institutions. We explore: – Why the UK economy is no longer investable – The energy crisis, net zero myths & failed privatisation – NHS failure & workforce caps – The collapse of p...

In Part 2 of our conversation, Curtis Yarvin covers political decay, Austrian economics and the origins of money and Bitcoin. We explore: – Monarchy as the most honest system of rule – The flaw in free-market libertarianism – Mises vs Keynes vs Friedrich List – What the Austrians got right & wrong – Why personal net worth is the real inflation metric – The theoretical origin of money – Bitcoin vs...

Lisa Townsend is the elected Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for the Conservative Party in Surrey. In this interview, we discuss openly about the failure of prohibition, the politicisation of policing & growing crime. We discuss: – Crime, police priorities & why frontline officers are demoralised – Drugs, gangs & the rise of middle-class shoplifting – Whether prohibition has failed & what to d...

Curtis Yarvin — aka Mencius Moldbug — is the most controversial political thinker alive. In this interview, he lays out his honest analysis of how the modern West is ruled: not by democracy or elections, but by an entrenched oligarchy of institutions, academia, media and the permanent bureaucracy. We explore: – Why democracy is an illusion & always was – The Fabian takeover & the myth of progress...

Neema Parvini is the author of The Populist Delusion, a defining work in dissident political theory. We discuss: – Why democracy is a "soft dictatorship" – The real purpose of populist parties – Elite theory, the ruling class & regime mechanics – Tony Blair, the NGOs & managerial capture – Globalism, Israel & power double standards – How power always recentralises post-revolution CONTACT PETE › We...

In 1995, 28-year-old trader Nick Leeson caused the collapse of Barings Bank after racking up £862 million in hidden losses. He fled Singapore, was arrested in Frankfurt, extradited and served over 4 years in a Singaporean prison. We cover: – How it started with a £10K loss – What went wrong, who knew & how it was hidden – Why the bank kept giving him money – Being on the run – Life in prison & how...

Jamie Jenkins is a former statistician at the ONS and BBC, now known for exposing the government's spin through hard data. We cover: – Why CPI doesn't reflect real inflation – What's broken in the NHS & who's to blame – Energy price lies & Net Zero distortions – The truth about migration, jobs & economic growth – Public sector bloat & collapsing productivity – Why crime stats don't match what peop...

Dr. David Unwin is an award-winning NHS GP and a clinical expert in Type 2 Diabetes. He has pioneered a low-carb lifestyle approach that has reversed the condition for many of his patients and saved the NHS hundreds of thousands of pounds on medication. We discuss: – The global pandemics of Type 2 Diabetes & fatty liver disease – Why junk food is scientifically designed to be addictive – How to re...

Sir Vince Cable served as Secretary of State for Business in the coalition government and later became leader of the Liberal Democrats. We discuss: – Why the UK economy is fundamentally broken – The failures of the Conservatives & Labour – Whether the Lib Dems have a future – Why growth has stalled & public trust collapsed – Coalition government, tuition fees & political regret – Liz Truss, Brexit...

Dilly Hussain is a journalist, broadcaster & deputy editor of 5Pillars. We talk about: – Islam, integration & the reality of British Muslim life – Grooming gangs, community tensions & institutional failure – Palestine, Zionism & the legacy of British colonialism – Whether Sharia courts should exist in the UK – Free speech, mockery & whether blasphemy laws are returning – Tommy Robinson, Muslim ste...

Suella Braverman served as Home Secretary in the UK's last Conservative government and was sacked for telling the truth. In this interview, we talk about: – Immigration, mass migration & legal loopholes – Grooming gangs, trans ideology & moral cowardice – Why she was forced out of cabinet – Why Rishi Sunak was the worst Prime Minister ever – The betrayal of British values by the police & media – R...

Liz Truss returns with a firestorm of truth about what really runs Britain & why the system fought her every step of the way. In this interview, we talk about: – Her resignation & the forces behind it – The real power of the Treasury, Bank of England & civil service – Why free speech is dead in Britain – Immigration, lawlessness & sectarian violence – Why the UK feels like a broken state – How to...

Whitney Webb is one of the world's most fearless investigative journalists. In this episode, we go deep into the truth about Jeffrey Epstein and the global criminal network that protects itself through blackmail, surveillance and systemic corruption. This is not just about sex crimes. It's about intelligence agencies, organised crime, arms trafficking, Silicon Valley and the politicians and billio...

Michael Malice is a bestselling author, anarchist and political commentator known for his savage wit and surgical insight. In this episode, we discuss the UK's political collapse, the rise of civil unrest, grooming gangs, anarchism, why America has freedom and Britain doesn't, and whether anything can be saved. We cover: – Tories and Labour as rival gangs – Why free speech is over in the UK – Civi...

Tommy Robinson is one of the UK's most controversial public figures. Demonised by the press, jailed repeatedly, and banned from social media. In this episode, we talk about free speech, grooming gangs, government lies, working-class rage & the weaponisation of the judiciary. We cover: – The media smears & public perception – His prison experiences & assassination attempts – The truth about groomin...

Reem Ibrahim is a 23-year-old libertarian and one of Britain's most articulate defenders of freedom. In this powerful episode, we talk about her journey from Corbyn-supporting teen to Rothbard-reading free market radical. We cover everything from why the state fails, why the NHS is collapsing, to why young people are 53% socialist & what we can do about it. CONTACT PETE › Website - http://petermcc...

Daniel O'Reilly, also known as Dapper Laughs, was one of Britain's most cancelled comedians. Now he's back sober, sharp, and with something to say. In this episode, we dive into comedy, cancel culture, fatherhood, immigration, addiction, the working class & why Britain feels broken. CONTACT PETE› Website - http://petermccormack.com › Feedback - https://www.petermccormack.com/contact › Email - me@p...

Carl Benjamin joins me for a conversations about the UK's decline. From moral collapse and socialism-by-stealth to town centre decay and mass apathy, we dive into what went wrong and why fixing it might not be possible through conventional politics. Carl and I share personal plans for Swindon and Bedford, compare strategies and ask whether it's time to stop waiting for government and start buildin...

Fernando Nikolić is a Bitcoiner, a former VP at Blockstream, and the founder of Perception, a tool for tracking global Bitcoin narratives. He joins me to talk about Argentina's collapse, the danger of inflation, and why fiat currency is the biggest gaslighting project in modern history. CONTACT PETE › Website - http://petermccormack.com › Feedback - https://www.petermccormack.com/contact › Email -...

Laila Cunningham joins me to discuss the cultural crisis facing Britain and the West. We talk about mass immigration, the failure of multiculturalism, political identity, social disintegration, and the collapse of national cohesion. Laila explores the deep psychological impact of globalist policies, the struggle for meaning in a hyper-liberal age, and why the youth are increasingly disillusioned w...