Historian David Starkey returns to The Peter McCormack Show for a blistering historical analysis of why modern Britain is broken. Starkey unleashes on the 'neophilia' of the Blair years, the catastrophe of incorporating universal human rights into English law, and the failure of modern conservatism to defend the nation's unique heritage.

Drawing a line from the French Revolution to today, he contrasts the organic, bottom-up wisdom of English individualism with the top-down, bureaucratic model of continental Europe. This is a lesson in the ideas that underpin true liberty, the importance of historical continuity, and the urgent need to recover the values that once made Britain exceptional.

Max Winga, an AI safety advocate from Control AI, joins The Peter McCormack Show for a sobering look at the existential risk posed by artificial intelligence.

In this episode, Max reveals how the reckless race for superintelligence, a profound lack of enforceable safety measures, and the apathy of global governance are putting humanity on a potential path to extinction. We explore the chilling capabilities of emerging AI, the concept of a runaway "intelligence explosion," why top AI researchers are sounding the alarm, and what happens when we can no longer control our own creations.

Kathryn Porter, energy analyst and founder of Watt-Logic, joins The Peter McCormack Show for a data-driven takedown of the UK’s broken energy system. In this episode, Kathryn exposes how Net Zero ideology, civil service incompetence, and corporate rent-seeking have driven up bills, destabilised the grid and betrayed the public.

We dive into the real cost of wind, the myth of “cheap renewables,” the politics behind energy policy and why nuclear and gas remain the only viable paths forward. This is a forensic, clear-eyed look at the UK’s energy crisis and what needs to happen to fix it.

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TIMESTAMPS:
(0:00) – Introduction
(1:32) – Why UK energy is broken
(5:46) – Green ideology & subsidy waste
(12:15) – The civil service problem
(18:08) – Wind vs gas: the real costs
(22:53) – Curtailment, grid costs & bill inflation
(28:45) – Who profits from the scam?
(35:12) – Moral cost of renewables
(43:03) – Nuclear: the real solution
(49:37) – Biomass, solar & offshore outsourcing
(57:06) – KEPCO plan: 6 reactors, £30bn
(1:03:38) – Why wind will never be cheap
(1:09:07) – Labour, Miliband & net zero politics
(1:16:04) – How to actually fix it
(1:23:02) – The Heathrow power failure
(1:29:09) – Closing thoughts & policy reform

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