The Terror Plot That Never Was | The Sceptic Ep.89

Why a major anti-Muslim terror scare appears to have been built on almost nothing, who’s really pulling the strings in Britain’s public debate and is the Government finally rowing back on Net Zero? In Episode 89 of the Sceptic, Ellie Hodges sits down with journalist Charlotte Gill to discuss the growing influence of taxpayer-funded activist groups, the blurred line between activism and journalism and why critics of mass migration are so often smeared as “far-Right”. Author Steven Tucker dissects the anti-Muslim terror plot in Suffolk that collapsed on contact with the facts and applies “eventism” – the theory that fear of an event is equivalent to the event itself – to explain why almost nobody involved has walked it back. And for our premium subscribers, the Daily Sceptic’s Environment Editor Chris Morrison asks whether the new Government’s backing for more North Sea oil and gas is a genuine change of direction or just a change in rhetoric. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content. Follow Ellie on X. Follow Charlotte on X. Read her articles here and here. Follow her on Substack here. Read Steven’s articles here and here. Follow Chris on X. Read his article here. Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio. 00:00 Intro 01:55 Charlotte Gill and the Tarbell Fellowship 04:06 Transparency Concerns Around Funded Journalism 05:43 Bureau Of Investigative Journalism 07:56 The Far Right Label 08:46 Power of Migration Charities 10:14 Valentine's Day Cards Controversy 13:00 Scrutiny of the Charity Sector 14:44 Reforming Charity Funding Rules 16:18 Changing Landscape of Journalism 17:47 State of the MSM 19:32 Burnham's First Weeks in Office 20:52 Is Labour Turning Left? 21:57 Can the Tories Bounce Back? 23:00 The Greens' Uneasy Coalition 24:36 Steven Tucker on the Terror Plot That Wasn't 30:07 Why No One Has Retracted the Claims 38:10 What is Eventism? 42:19 Anticipatory Violence 49:25 Connecting The Dots Between The Two Stories 53:50 Chris Morrison on Burnham's U-Turn on Oil And Gas 01:00:44 Why the CAN Bill Matters 01:06:35 Who is Funding Net Zero? 01:09:43 Britain's Sky High Electricity Prices