The Delingpod - James Delingpole - Robert Jackman - A Taster
Aired: 2020-05-20
Duration: 01:56


=== The Dellingpole Cafe Insights (01:56) ===

[00:00:00]  Welcome to The Delling Pod with me, James Dellingpole.
[00:00:03]  I've got a really great podcast, as per usual, lined up for you today.
[00:00:07]  It's with a fellow spectator contributor, Robert Jackman.
[00:00:12]  And Robert Jackman, like me, is a lockdown sceptic, and he tells me all about his adventures in breaking the lockdown.
[00:00:19]  And he tells me other interesting things besides, like, for example, how to get really good seats in the theatre for not very much money.
[00:00:29]  Anyway, I think you're going to enjoy this podcast very much.
[00:00:32]  If you want to listen to it now, do please subscribe on my Patreon page.
[00:00:38]  I'm building up a really good community of like-minded people.
[00:00:41]  I call it the Dellingpole Cafe or the Cafe Dellingpole.
[00:00:45]  It's like...
[00:00:46]  It's like a cafe where the coffee's really good and I choose the music and everyone likes my music and everyone there is simpatico.
[00:00:54]  So please join my Patreon and don't miss out.
[00:00:58]  Otherwise, of course, you can wait a few days and listen to the podcast free.
[00:01:01]  Thank you for listening.
[00:01:02]  Bye.
[00:01:04]  ...to enable them to have functioning businesses.
[00:01:07]  Yeah.
[00:01:08]  And I think it's not just the economy.
[00:01:11]  I mean, I think the thing that scares me is just how little discussion there is About the moral value of freedom in itself.
[00:01:18]  A few weeks ago, we'd effectively criminalised going outside, and you had people talking about phoning their neighbours and reporting people to the police.
[00:01:26]  You were having people moved on in parks for sitting down on a bench.
[00:01:31]  And I think even leaving the economy aside, they're just, apart from a few voices, you know, Jonathan Sumption was very good on this, the former Supreme Court judge.
[00:01:39]  You know, there really didn't seem to be a sense that people should be free to make responsible decisions.
[00:01:44]  And by all means, you know, nudge them towards making those decisions.
[00:01:48]  Like, you look at what, you know, what's going on in Sweden.
[00:01:51]  They are social distancing.
[00:01:54]  You know, they are shielding older people.