Ctrl Alt Deceit: Democracy in Danger

🎙 Ctrl Alt Deceit: Democracy in Danger is BACK for Season 2. And we’ve launched with a bang—with a live debate @frontlineclub💥 AI could shred the job market. So how do we tax tech giants—and democratise the future? In this week’s Ctrl Alt Deceit, @ggatehouse doesn't hold back. "Who's going to be making the money? It’s not us!" 🔗 Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/4Lmx6T…

🚨 “It’s not a conservative paper. It’s abandoned compassion, continuity — and reality. Now it’s just ranting columnists from outer space.” Peter Oborne - @OborneTweets on the fall of The Telegraph — and why it matters who owns the media. 🎧 UAE money. Editorial collapse. A democracy at risk. Listen to our season finale → #CtrlAltDeceit

You can't have a free press if you can't afford to have it - @NinaDRDS In our Ctrl Alt Deceit season finale, we ask: If we can’t afford real journalism, trust our feeds or agree on the facts — how does democracy stand a chance? 🎧 Listen now 👇

Your feed isn’t reality — it’s bespoke. And in a world run by algorithms, the onus is on you to seek the truth. @peterjukes joins Ctrl Alt Deceit to expose the media revolution we’re sleepwalking through. Can citizen editors save democracy from customised lies? 🎧 Listen now 👇

🚨 “Transfer the money. Or we break your legs.” Russian blockchain entrepreneur @sergei000 thought he was meeting a friend. Instead, five strangers locked the door and demanded $1 million — because a token he backed had dropped in value. This isn’t a Netflix script. This is the real crypto underworld. From our latest episode of Ctrl Alt Deceit: Democracy in Danger — the truth they don’t want you to hear - link below 👇🏽

Trump’s Coin Is Booming — and There’s No One Watching 🚨 $2B from Abu Dhabi is now sitting in Trump’s stablecoin, USD1 — via Binance. His family’s crypto firm profits off the interest. It’s already one of the biggest stablecoins on the market. Tune in to hear journalist @MattBinder break it down: “This doesn’t just naturally happen. There are deals behind the scenes — and no regulation.” “The new Senate crypto bill? It’s written not to touch Trump.” 🎧 Listen now - link below

‼️ Trump’s Crypto Isn’t a Currency — It’s a Backdoor to Power 🎙️ He launched USD1 just before returning to office. $2B from Abu Dhabi. $300M from an unknown Chinese investor. The top 220 holders? Invited to dinner with him at his golf club. His family’s crypto firm profits off the yield. No regulation. No oversight. Tune in to hear what @FT columnist @EdwardGLuce has to say: “This may be the biggest conflict of interest — maybe the biggest heist — in modern political history.” 🎧 Listen - link below

🎓 Is Foreign Money Silencing British Academia? “When Gulf states fund UK universities, those departments go quiet on human rights.” @OwenBennettJ & @NinaDosSantos reveal how funding from authoritarian regimes — from the Gulf to China — may be shaping what’s researched, what’s taught and what’s never said. Listen now, link below👇🏼

Free Speech on Trial: The @Harvard Showdown 🔥 🎙️ Will Harvard be the first to fall? Trump’s war on universities has begun — using civil rights law as a political weapon. @TylerCoward of @TheFIREorg tells us why free speech is being weaponised — and why Harvard is the test case. Is this about protecting students — or punishing political dissent? Listen now 👇🏽

As ⁦@nytimes⁩ reports “Trump Administration Escalates Harvard Feud” ⁦@OwenBennettJone⁩ & I have been probing that exact topic on our pod ⁦@ctrl_danger⁩ This week’s episode is out now w/ ⁦⁦@tylercoward⁩ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ctr… nytimes.com/2025/05/15/us/…

“Farage, I’ve come to realise, is the ultimate political expedient,” former @reformparty_uk UK co-leader @benhabib6 tells us — as news breaks that ex-party MP @RupertLowe10 won’t face charges over what he says were false allegations. “For the good of our country, Nigel Farage must never be prime minister.” He says. Listen now 👇🏽 #CtrlAltDeceit #Farage #ReformUK

🚨 Farage 2.0? Once the face of hardline immigration. Now says mass deportations won’t work. 
Praised Putin. Now backs Ukraine.
 Pivot to power — or just a polished performance? @NinaDRDS & @OwenBennettJone unpack the makeover — and the battle for Britain’s right 🗳️ 
 Intrigued? Listen now - link below👇🏽 #CtrlAltDeceit #Farage #UKPolitics