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The French insurrection: a warning to Europe?

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Show Notes

Tom Slater, Fraser Myers and Hugo Timms discuss why French civilisation is on the brink, how the left is fanning the flames of lawlessness, the uselessness and aloofness of President Macron, and why the rest of Europe could be next.

On the full, extended episode, they discuss the national-security adviser’s Hamas-defending wife, Labour’s civil war over immigration and the folly of neglecting the North Sea.

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