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.

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 building parallel institutions ourselves.

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.

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TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 – Introduction 00:01:18 – Why Britain Is Starting to Feel Like Argentina 00:02:37 – Is the UK Ready for a Milei Moment? 00:07:24 – Why Britain Needs Bitcoin 00:09:47 – The Return of Communist Ideology 00:22:28 – Policing, PR, and Political Theatre 00:30:00 – Private Sector vs Public Sector 00:36:46 – Why Bitcoin Is the Foundation for Real Change 00:43:52 – Bitcoin as Your Hedge Against the State 00:46:04 – Predictable Money vs Programmable Theft 00:52:18 – Argentina Warning to the West 00:55:27 – The Bitcoin Savings Mindset 00:59:00 – Why Inflation Kills Ambition 01:07:12 – Bitcoin’s BlackRock Era vs Its Cypherpunk Roots 01:13:36 – Has Bitcoin Become Boring? 01:17:24 – If Bitcoin Becomes the Monetary Base, Do We Win? 01:20:00 – Paper Bitcoin: Are We Recreating Gold’s Failure? 01:23:36 – What Happened to the Bitcoin Revolution? 01:26:04 – Fernando’s New Project: Perception 01:28:03 – Narrative Warfare & Media Fragmentation 01:34:00 – Are We Heading for a Post-Internet World? 01:38:00 – AI, Deep Fakes, Dead Internet 01:44:32 – Why Culture Matters More Than Content

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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 with progressive narratives. Is there a path back to order, tradition, and identity?

Sir John Redwood has been inside Downing Street and the Treasury. He’s seen the machine up close and he’s not impressed. Sir John explains why the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) and Treasury models are flawed, how Ireland beat Britain with smarter tax policy and what Thatcher got right that no one today is willing to say out loud. CONTACT PETE › Website - http://petermccormack.com › Feedback - https://www.petermccormack.com/contact › Email - [email protected] › Instagram - /mccormack555 › X/Twitter - https://x.com/petermccormack/ CONNECT WITH JOHN REDWOOD › X/Twitter - https://x.com/johnredwood SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ › Gemini - https://gemini.com/ › Casa - https://casa.io/ › Incogni - https://incogni.com/peter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: (0:00) – Introduction   (1:25) – Why government keeps making things worse   (4:14) – Taxing education & small business   (9:47) – Should we abolish the OBR?   (14:05) – Government too big, taxes too high   (18:52) – Are we heading toward another 1970s crisis?   (21:43) – How Thatcher fixed the mess   (31:28) – What would Thatcher think today?   (34:12) – Labour's economic strategy collapsing   (37:06) – Why Redwood entered politics   (48:34) – The water crisis & foreign ownership   (55:16) – What Thatcher got right   (58:59) – Jealousy politics & public perception   (1:02:20) – Why deregulation & low taxes aren’t a hard sell   (1:04:57) – Two-tier justice: public vs private sector failure   (1:07:26) – What makes a great Prime Minister?   (1:09:34) – Will Starmer survive a full term?   (1:12:04) – Rise of Reform & collapse in turnout   (1:18:17) – Should we audit the Bank of England?   (1:25:47) – The personal cost of political conviction - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST › Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K › Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu › Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM › YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM › Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePM FILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR › https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/ › https://x.com/curttayloruk/ EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK › https://x.com/ConorM04 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Former Conservative MP Guy Opperman joins me to discuss rebuilding Britain from the ground up. We explore local banking, Bitcoin’s potential role in pensions, infrastructure challenges, and how community action can revitalise struggling towns.

Drawing on his 14 years in Parliament and time as Pensions Minister, Guy explains why grassroots civic leadership and decentralisation are key to fixing Britain’s broken economy. We also discuss the failures of centralised politics, the importance of community banks, and how financial innovation – including Bitcoin – could help restore savings, trust, and economic resilience. CONTACT PETE › Website - http://petermccormack.com › Feedback - https://www.petermccormack.com/contact › Email - [email protected] › Instagram - /mccormack555 › X/Twitter - https://x.com/petermccormack/ CONNECT WITH GUY OPPERMAN › X/Twitter - https://x.com/GuyOpperman SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ › Gemini - https://gemini.com/ › Casa - https://casa.io/ › Incogni - https://incogni.com/peter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: (0:00) – Introduction   (2:58) – Labour's empty promises & voter regret   (8:36) – What’s really broken in local government   (13:01) – Why good people avoid politics   (18:03) – Are we living in managed decline?   (23:58) – Why the UK can’t build anything   (28:43) – If you want to change the world… look in the mirror   (35:56) – 14 years in office   (37:54) – The real fixes to local government   (40:34) – Building a community bank from scratch   (44:07) – Solving poverty through savings   (48:36) – Teaching kids about money in schools   (52:28) – Why big banks abandoned the working class   (1:00:26) – Crime, capital and community   (1:02:44) – Is there a role for Bitcoin in pensions?   (1:07:34) – MPs can do more than just make laws   (1:11:40) – Creating a civic wave   (1:13:52) – Regulation vs common sense in local action   (1:17:24) – Building local pride   (1:21:04) – Can Bitcoin solve pensions in broken nations?   (1:29:27) – Final thoughts: build something that lasts - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST › Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K › Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu › Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM › YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM › Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePM FILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/ https://x.com/curttayloruk/ EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

In this episode of The Peter McCormack Show, I speak with Balaji Srinivasan, founder of the Network School (ns.com). We discuss the decline of the West, the rise of China, AI disruption, Bitcoin’s role in a collapsing dollar system, and why political polarisation is tearing America apart. Balaji explains why dollar inflation is global taxation, why U.S. empire is unsustainable, and how decentralised technology is reshaping money, media, and geopolitics. CONTACT PETE › Website - http://petermccormack.com › Feedback - https://www.petermccormack.com/contact › Email - [email protected] › Instagram - /mccormack555 › X/Twitter - https://x.com/petermccormack/ CONNECT WITH BALAJI SRINIVASAN › X/Twitter - https://x.com/balajis › Network School - https://ns.com SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ › Gemini - https://gemini.com/ › Casa - https://casa.io/ › Incogni - https://incogni.com/peter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 – Introduction  00:01:32 – West vs East: Power Rebalancing         00:06:33 – Asia Rising & West Declining  00:10:30 – Media Denial & Western Escapism  00:14:00 – Millionaire Migration Maps   00:18:20 – Exponential Collapse Trends Begin  00:20:10 – Red vs Blue vs China vs Internet  00:25:00 – Trade Wars & Tariff Illusions  00:33:05 – Blue America vs Internet  00:39:35 – The US Could Split Geographically  00:43:52 – Dollar Inflation = Global Taxation    00:49:30 – Left & Right Destroying Their Empire    01:07:20 – Super Bitcoinization Already Happening  01:26:00 – The Internet is the New West  01:32:00 – Debt Collapse vs Hyperinflation   01:42:00 – Foreign Trust in the US Collapsing  01:45:00 – Brain Drain: Talent Fleeing America  01:48:00 – India Rising, Fast & Quiet   01:54:00 – Bitcoin vs State Power  02:03:00 – America Cannot Handle Being #2  02:06:00 – Debt & Broken Promises  02:12:00 – Internet = West 3.0  02:14:30 – The Internet Will Replace the Empire   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST › Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K › Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu › Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM › YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM › Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePM FILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/ https://x.com/curttayloruk/ EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Businessman, former MEP, and leader of Advance UK Ben Habib joins The Peter Mccormack Show to deliver a blistering critique of Britain’s political and constitutional decline. In this discussion, Ben exposes how Tony Blair’s reforms, the Human Rights Act, and decades of globalist policies have eroded British sovereignty, weakened our borders, and crippled our economy.  We discuss the collapse of public trust, the migration crisis, EU entanglements, judicial overreach, and why Keir Starmer’s Labour government poses an existential threat to Britain’s future. Ben reveals Advance UK’s plan to rebuild the nation from the ground up: secure our borders, return power to Parliament, revive our economy, and defend British values. CONTACT PETE › Website - http://petermccormack.com › Feedback - https://www.petermccormack.com/contact › Email - [email protected] › Instagram - /mccormack555 › X/Twitter - https://x.com/petermccormack/ CONNECT WITH BEN HABIB › X/Twitter - https://x.com/benhabib6 SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ › Gemini - https://gemini.com/ › Casa - https://casa.io/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 – Introduction  00:01:08 – The UK is in a downward spiral  00:02:23 – The rise of globalism   00:03:56 – Starmer’s economic vandalism  00:08:03 – The EU trap & sovereignty erosion  00:10:16 – Why Starmer is anti-British  00:13:59 – Red tape vs economic freedom  00:16:02 – Local councils are broken  00:17:35 – Why businesses are dying  00:18:41 – The cost of firing people  00:19:56 – Civil unrest is coming  00:34:21 – The Human Rights Act must go  00:40:31 – Shaming Tony Blair  00:43:02 – Advance UK vs Reform  00:47:56 – Free speech & Lucy Connolly  00:50:33 – Reform’s failures & Farage  00:59:33 – Advance’s College model  01:12:33 – Tommy Robinson & political prisoners  01:17:04 – What Advance would do in power  01:22:53 – Ditch Net Zero, cut welfare  01:25:50 – Where to cut government  01:26:13 – What drives Ben Habib  01:27:26 – Final thoughts   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST › Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K › Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu › Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM › YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM › Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePM FILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/ https://x.com/curttayloruk/ EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Katie Lam, a Conservative parliamentary candidate and former senior civil servant, joins The Peter McCormack Show to deliver a critique of Britain’s cultural decay, political cowardice and the institutional failures undermining national trust. From grooming gangs and immigration to women’s safety and the collapse of political consensus, Lam calls for a bold new conservatism rooted in honesty, dignity and real public service.

We discuss how the Left abandoned fairness, how the Right lost courage, and why Britain needs a cultural revival not just another election cycle. CONTACT PETE › Website - http://petermccormack.com › Feedback - https://www.petermccormack.com/contact › Email - [email protected] › Instagram - /mccormack555 › X/Twitter - https://x.com/petermccormack/ CONNECT WITH KATIE LAM › X/Twitter - https://x.com/katie_lam_mp SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ › Gemini - https://gemini.com/ › Casa - https://casa.io/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 – Introduction 00:01:17 – Why politics is broken 00:03:45 – Immigration promises repeatedly broken 00:06:34 – Life inside Parliament 00:09:15 – Grooming gangs & cover-ups 00:18:50 – No justice for cover-up 00:21:39 – Community relations over victims 00:26:23 – System punishes rule-followers 00:30:52 – Bureaucracy & debt threats 00:35:14 – Anarcho-tyranny in Britain 00:38:57 – Taxes, red tape rising 00:43:25 – Labour’s economic fantasy 00:46:42 – Why small businesses struggle 00:50:10 – Can Tories rebuild trust? 00:52:20 – Should we leave ECHR? 00:56:47 – What Liz Truss got right 00:58:20 – Assisted dying & abortion 01:04:13 – Britain's identity crisis 01:08:00 – Katie’s return to faith 01:11:25 – Assimilation vs. multiculturalism 01:14:10 – What is British culture? 01:16:47 – Katie’s political mission 01:18:57 – Final thoughts - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST › Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K › Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu › Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM › YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM › Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePM FILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/ https://x.com/curttayloruk/ EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK https://x.com/ConorM04 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Swiss politician Samuel Kullmann joins The Peter McCormack Show for a deep dive into Switzerland's unique model of governance and why it offers a powerful alternative to Britain's broken system. Kullmann breaks down the power of direct democracy, the importance of decentralised government, and how a nation run by part-time politicians with real-world skin in the game avoids the corruption and incompetence plaguing Westminster.

Drawing a sharp contrast, he compares the stable, prosperous, citizen-led approach of Switzerland with the top-down, bureaucratic failure that is driving the UK's decline and wealth exodus. This is a lesson in how real democracy works, a blueprint for political accountability, and a vision of a future where power truly belongs to the people. CONTACT PETE › Website - http://petermccormack.com › Feedback - https://www.petermccormack.com/contact › Email - [email protected] › Instagram - /mccormack555 › X/Twitter - https://x.com/petermccormack/ CONNECT WITH SAMUEL KULLMANN › X/Twitter - https://x.com/samuelkullmann SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ › Gemini - https://gemini.com/ › Casa - https://casa.io/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:00:58 - A Swiss Perspective on the UK 00:04:03 - The Power of Referendums 00:05:57 - Decentralised Tax & Government 00:07:32 - Approachable Politicians 00:08:41 - The Strength of the Swiss Franc 00:12:48 - No Staff Means No Stupid Laws 00:15:23 - Can the Swiss System Be Copied? 00:18:55 - Lawlessness in the UK 00:22:19 - Direct Democracy 00:29:11 - Bitcoin & Switzerland 00:33:57 - Fighting Against Centralisation 00:38:19 - The UK System Rewards Morons 00:40:58 - The Incentives of Swiss Politics 00:44:28 - Why Socialism Always Fails in Switzerland 00:48:41 - The UK's Obsession with a Wealth Tax 00:57:01 - How Switzerland Handled COVID 01:01:41 - Law & Order in Switzerland 01:04:57 - The Dark Side of Switzerland 01:21:58 - A Christian Framework 01:25:27 - Modernising the Church 01:31:04 - The Singularity of Faith, Bitcoin & Governance 01:36:28 - Bitcoin Regulation in Switzerland 01:40:55 - The Swiss Healthcare System 01:46:01 - Switzerland's Generous Social Safety Net - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST › Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K › Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu › Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM › YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM › Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePM FILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/ https://x.com/curttayloruk/ EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -