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Ben Jones discusses his new book and the implications of multiculturalism on free speech and social cohesion in Britain.

Ben Jones talks to spiked’s Fraser Myers about his new book, author of Island of Strangers: Diversity, Decline and Free Speech in Crisis. They discuss what Keir Starmer got right about Britain’s fraying social fabric, why Islam is granted special protections, and why two-tier policing is inevitable under multiculturalism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Fraser Myers

Guest: Ben Jones

Topics covered

• free speech
• mass migration
• multiculturalism
• social fabric
• policing
• Islam
• diversity

Keywords

• free speech
• mass migration
• multiculturalism
• social fabric
• Islam
• policing
• Keir Starmer

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Books & works: Island of Strangers: Diversity, Decline and Free Speech in Crisis

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