Gina Miller, the financial whiz and legal warrior who took on Brexit's biggest beasts. From challenging May and Johnson in court to facing death threats as a woman of colour, Miller unpacks the messy world of populist politics, tech bros, and the rise of snake oil salesmen.

"What I'm going to say may sound very odd..." — and indeed it does. Gina calls for the return of one of those very 'snake oil salesmen'. She shares her frustrations of the Brexit campaign — "they just kept telling me I was overreacting" — the shocking personal abuse she endured from her cancer ward bed, as recently as a few months ago, and her journey from City activist to Cambridge Chancellor candidate.

Please do check out my latest book, A Dead Cat On Your Table – available online and in all good book shops.

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Welcome to Peter York’s Culture Wars House Party. This episode, I’m joined by Matthew d’Ancona—former Spectator editor, Guardian columnist, and early prophet of the post-truth age. He left The Spectator, as he puts it, “when the world was falling apart,” and when “politics suddenly became downstream from culture.”

We trace his career—and his defence of identity politics, along with the “big fat message” he believes liberalism needs to hear.

Then there’s the “dark, dark stuff”: mass deportation as blunt-force politics, culture wars by design, and the question hanging over the media—has it already crossed the line from reticence to irresponsibility? Should words like fascist be in the BBC’s vocabulary?

What happens to political parties when the pendulum no longer swings back? Matthew has thoughts – and a few warnings.

And finally—we learn what he’d rather have been than a journalist.

Please do check out my latest book, A Dead Cat On Your Table – available online and in all good book shops.

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Last Friday, I was joined by Carole Cadwalladr—former Guardian journalist and, depending on who you ask, either a democratic heroine or the original “mad cat lady.” From exposing Cambridge Analytica and the Mercers to taking on Brexit, big tech, and Aaron Banks personally, Carole’s journalism has shaped how we think about power, influence, and the quiet dismantling of democracy through data.

We discuss the Observer’s recent change in ownership—who now owns it, and has it drifted to the right? Is the line between editorial and commercial content now too blurred?

Carole calls the government’s proposed changes to UK press ownership laws “shocking” and “baffling.” She questions whether the BBC and the political class are now in thrall to Silicon Valley’s influence, whose interests seem increasingly aligned with the authoritarian Trump agenda.

And finally: what do you wear to a TED Talk when, after your last appearance, you were branded a conspiracy theorist, sued for libel, and trolled by Andrew Neil?

Please do check out my latest book, A Dead Cat On Your Table – available online and in all good book shops.

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LinkedIn: Peter York's Culture Wars House Party podcast

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