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Rupert Lowe on Uniting the Right | The Sceptic Ep.90
1 hour Posted Aug 7, 2026 at 7:50 am.
Intro02:03 Rupert Lowe’s Offer To Reform UK08:20 Prospects For A Reform–Restore Deal10:15 Restore Britain’s Election Plans15:12 Continuing To Challenge Reform UK17:07 Lowe’s Definition Of Corruption18:42 Restore Britain’s Economic Policy27:55 On Becoming Chancellor31:39 Carl Heneghan and the Problems With Heat Death Estimates35:16 Reliability Of Future Heat Death Data37:34 The Problem With Statistical Certainty39:27 Climate Alarmism And Media Headlines42:43 Downfall Of Anthony Fauci47:10 Lessons From The Covid Inquiry49:21 Nathan Kaunas on Breaking The Jason Arday Story56:00 The Response To Criticism Of Arday57:09 Carter-Ruck And Legal Threats58:03 Investigating Arday’s Academic Work01:03:18 Claims Of Unequal Academic Standards01:04:36 The Real Story Behind Arday01:06:11 Fears Of Legal Action01:06:38 Contacting Arday And Cambridge01:07:56 Initial Reaction To The Story01:08:39 Arday’s Extraordinary Biographical Claims01:11:00 The Story Goes Viral01:11:29 Concerns About Racial Motives01:13:53 Arday’s Resignation01:14:19 Attacks From Arday’s Defenders01:15:51 Simon Baron-Cohen’s Defence Of Arday01:17:31 The Story’s International Reach01:19:25 Responding To Racism Accusations01:21:08 Nathan's Controversial Blog Post01:27:04 Case For Affirmative Action01:28:11 Impact On University Hiring01:29:09 Cambridge’s Handling Of The Plagiarism Allegations01:30:14 Accountability For Arday’s Appointment01:32:09 Double Standards In Academic Hiring01:33:51 Vindication And Revenge
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Rupert Lowe on uniting the Right, are thousands really dying from summer heatwaves and how one academic’s investigation ended in a DEI superstar’s Cambridge resignation.
In Episode 90 of the Sceptic, the Daily Sceptic’s Editor-in-Chief Toby Young sits down with Restore leader Rupert Lowe to discuss his attempt to mend fences with Nigel Farage, whether Reform and Restore can still work together and what a united Right might look like ahead of the next election.
Professor of Evidence Based Medicine Carl Heneghan examines the UK Health Security Agency’s claim that nearly 3,000 excess deaths were caused by this summer’s heatwaves and asks whether the evidence really supports such alarming headlines.
And for our premium subscribers, Dr Nathan Cofnas, Postdoctoral Researcher in Philosophy at Ghent University, reflects on breaking the Jason Arday story, the extraordinary fallout that followed and whether he ever expected it to end with Arday’s resignation from Cambridge.
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Produced by Richard Eldred.
Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.