Afternoon Empire with Ian Collins
Every Friday night, the coolest cat in radio gets his claws into the biggest news stories of the week, speaking truth to power and striking a blow for social justice.
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Episodes (140)
Fuel Price Fury, Inflation Surge, Mandelson Files & Migration Crime Row
Afternoon Empire with Ian Collins
Working People Squeezed, Energy Bailout Row & Iran War Fallout
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Sleeper Cell Fears, Migrant Deal Chaos & UK Energy Security Crisis
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Public Prayer Ban Row, Labour Civil War & Migration Crisis
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Surveillance State Row, Migrant U-Turn & Brexit Re-join Debate
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Extremism Fears, Hamas Row, Starmer Pressure & Assisted Dying Vote
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Starmer vs Trump on Iran, Reform UK Energy Bills Battle & Medical Marijuana Row
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Starmer Under Pressure, Al-Quds March Row & heating oil backlash
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UK Economy Stalls, Cost of Living Crisis & Mandelson Fallout
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Starmer Survival, Mandelson–Epstein Row & Britain’s Oil Reserves Crisis
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Digital ID Debate, Islamophobia Law Row & Mandelson Files Fallout
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Islamophobia Law Row, Iran War Escalation & Britain’s Free DEI Fight
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Energy Security, Iran’s New Ayatollah & Britain’s Role in the Strait of Hormuz
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Has Britain lost its respect on the world stage?
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Iran War, Starmer Under Fire & Britain’s Immigration Crackdown
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War Leadership: Who Should Lead Britain in a Global Crisis?
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Iran War, Starmer Under Fire & The Risk of World War 3
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Britain and Iran: On the Brink of War?
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Borders, net zero and NHS turmoil
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Mandelson and The Green Party - the disastrous left
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Mandelson’s arrest, Face Coverings Ban & Nottingham Killer Failures
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Is Britain Still a Christian Country? Churches, Mosques & Free Speech Debate
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Andrew’s Arrest: Monarchy Crisis & A Divided Right
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Fight for the Right & the royal arrest
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Who can fix the cost of living crisis?
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No Idea Keir
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Another Starmer U-Turn?
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Ban Men in Nurseries? Britain’s Safeguarding Reckoning
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Votes at 16, colonisation and Labour’s Rotten Elite
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This Government Is Failing Britain
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