Tom and Calum welcome Tom Jones to the KCIII. Jones is a councillor and essayist, and here emphasises the need for a radical reprioritisation of state spending, focusing on infrastructure and automation. He discusses the Boriswave, noting it has lowered living standards, and will cost taxpayers tens (or hundreds) of billions. Jones advocates for selective immigration, raising the salary threshold to £40,000, and promoting automation to boost productivity. He proposes a Royal Robotics Society and annual awards to elevate the status of robotics, aiming for a Britain capable of global influence.

Jones' ASI paper: https://www.adamsmith.org/research/selecting-the-best-building-a-future-focused-immigration-system

Jones' Substack: https://www.potemkinvillageidiot.com/

Jones' X profile: https://x.com/93vintagejones

And a correction: on 44:30, Jones says dependents are mostly economically inactive. He clarifies that it's a significant portion, but not more than half.

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The government is attempting to seal its giveaway of the Chagos Islands: a crucial archipelago in the Indian Ocean that was uninhabited when the Portuguese found them, but to which Mauritius – thousands of miles away – has made a specious claim. Extraordinarily, the British government is trying to indulge that claim – and to pay billions to continue to use the island that hosts a military base.

The public has still not been given a satisfactory explanation for the giveaway, but the prime minister and the attorney general are thought to be of the view that Britain should obey a non-binding judgment by a partisan international court. That court is stacked with enemies of Britain... but the wallet inspector must be obeyed!

Starmer and co are inches away from sealing the giveaway. But they reckoned without a ruddy young Anglofurist...

Our very own Calum Drysdale!

Calum and Lord Kempsell are together launching a judicial review into the putative giveaway. As news breaks of the judicial review, Tom and Calum discuss:

• The history of the Chagos Islands
• The bizarre logic of the government
• Britain's slender hopes of keeping the islands

HMG now has 14 days to respond to Calum and Lord Kempsell.

Co-presenters: Tom Ough and Calum Drysdale

Producer: Æron Laffere

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In 1768, Captain Cook set sail with secret instructions: to find the last unknown continent, theorised to lie at the globe's most southern extreme.

More than 250 years later, that continent remains protected by an international treaty. Britain's slice is about eight times as big as Britain itself – and its exposed rock makes it the best part of Antarctica for mining.

The British Antarctica Territory (BAT), in short, could make Britain fabulously wealthy. The treaty is up for discussion in 2048. But other countries want that slice...

Tom and Calum discuss the BAT's history, current state, and future – a Anglofuturist's dream.

Tom's Telegraph article on the topic: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/23/the-antarctic-oil-bonanza-that-could-save-britain/

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