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Welcome to The Counter‑Insurgency, the Substack‑exclusive companion podcast to The Insurgency with Steve Baker. Every two weeks, Steve, Harry and political consultant Laura Emily Dunn analyse the week’s events through the lens of the principles of a free society.
This week, economic journalist Mani Basharzad joins Steve and Laura to unpack Nigel Farage’s “back‑me‑or‑sack‑me” Clacton by‑election, the future of the BBC licence fee, and the latest OBR report which makes clear that Britain’s finances are on a knife‑edge. Subscribe to Mani on Substack today and follow him on X.
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