Join SDP leader William Clouston in a series of cultural and political conversations with politicians, academics, authors, and public intellectuals.
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Skill Development Playbook is the only podcast that solely focuses on basketball skill development. If you are a coach, player, or parent that would like to get insights from some of the best basketball minds in basketball on skill development, then you have come to the right place. Coach TJ interviews the world's best trainers and coaches who share: what skill development means to them, how they prepare for a training session, advice for players who work out on their own, and much more. Sup ...
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Britain’s colonial past – a moral reckoning In this episode of SDPtalk, William Clouston is joined by Nigel Biggar, former Regius Professor Emeritus of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford, and author of several books including the Sunday Times bestseller, Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning. As calls for ‘decolonisation’ echo through…
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The Culture Transplant - is diversity really our strength? In this episode of SDPtalk, William Clouston is joined by Garett Jones, professor of economics at George Mason University and author of three books known as the Singapore Trilogy. In his latest book The Culture Transplant, Garett demonstrates that immigrants retain the socio-economic norms …
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Elections across the world are increasingly being won by parties described as ‘populist’, but what does the term actually mean? According to our national broadcaster, it means “far right-wing, neo-fascist, xenophobic, racist, anti-Islamist…(the list goes on)”. But they would say that, wouldn’t they? Parties described as ‘populist’ may be economical…
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What the Left gets wrong about ethnic minorities In this episode of SDPtalk, William Clouston is joined by writer and research analyst Rakib Ehsan, who specialises in matters of social cohesion, race relations and public security. In his new book Beyond Grievance: what the Left gets wrong about ethnic minorities, Rakib highlights the growing tensio…
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In this episode, Michael Taylor and William Clouston discuss how the SDP would tackle the UK’s housing crisis. The shortage of affordable homes is the largest domestic problem facing the UK. It entrenches immobility between generations and between regions, stifles everyone’s potential and cuts the productivity of the entire country. The SDP have a …
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Keynote address delivered by Party Leader William Clouston at the SDP Conference on 14th October 2023 in London. The full transcript of the speech can be found here:https://sdp.org.uk/sdptalk/william-cloustons-speech-at-the-sdp-conference-church-house-westminster-saturday-14th-october-2023/ Learn more about the SDP at: https://sdp.org.uk/ The openi…
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#51 – UK Housing Crisis - Causes and Solutions
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William Clouston, Liam Halligan, Kristian Niemietz and Charlotte Gill discuss "The UK housing crisis - causes and solutions" in a debate organised by the SDP and held in London on 19th September. Learn more about the SDP at: https://sdp.org.uk/ The opening and closing music for SDP Talks is "Prelude in C (BWV 846)" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com…
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In this episode of SDPtalk, William Clouston is joined by photographer, artist and author Laura Dodsworth. We are constantly bombarded with attempts to influence our behaviour, our speech and even our thoughts. Some are overt and transparent, such as advertisements which seek to persuade you to buy their product instead of a competitor’s. Others ar…
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In this episode, Michael Taylor and William Clouston discuss the Chinese economy. After decades of spectacularly rapid growth to become the world’s second largest economy, China now seems to be faltering. Local government debt has risen sharply due to over-investment in infrastructure, while income from land sales and land taxes has plummeted. Larg…
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In this episode, Michael Taylor and William Clouston discuss whether our leaders are acting in citizens’ interests. Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address concluded with the resolve that “government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” This should be the crucial test of any government’s actions but is clearl…
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In this episode, Michael Taylor and William Clouston discuss the Conservative Party’s proposals to abolish inheritance tax. Inheritance tax is paid at 40% on assets over £325,000. The tax-free threshold is inherited by a surviving spouse and rises to £500,000 if the beneficiary is a child or grandchild, meaning that no tax is paid on the first £1m …
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In this episode, Michael Taylor and William Clouston discuss the Conservative Party’s sudden change of direction on the environment. The Prime Minister’s proposal to grant over one hundred new oil and gas licences for the North Sea is sensible for economic and environmental reasons. But has it been thought through, or is it simply a knee-jerk react…
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#45 – Kathleen Stock
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In this episode of SDPtalk, William Clouston is joined by philosopher Kathleen Stock, the prominent gender critical feminist and author of ‘Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism’. The view that gender identity is distinct from biological sex, and that it should have greater recognition and legal protection than biological sex, is increas…
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In this episode, Michael Taylor and William Clouston discuss UK public debt. At the end of May, public sector net debt exceeded 100% of GDP for the first time since 1961. A staggering 40% of this debt is due to the short-term funding of Covid borrowing, which Michael calls ‘the most expensive blunder in the history of British government finance’. W…
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In this episode, Michael Taylor and William Clouston discuss the causes and impacts of the UK’s epidemic of family breakdown. The IFS Deaton Review of Inequalities states that parental separation is more frequent in poorer households and can further entrench existing inequalities through adverse effects on parents and children. The proportion of Br…
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In this episode, Michael Taylor and William Clouston discuss the increasing integration of digital technology into our lives. Digital technology offers many benefits, such as instant communication and access to information and entertainment. While some are concerned about implications for privacy, many people seem prepared to ‘pay with their data’ …
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#41 – Toby Green
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In our latest SDP Talks, Toby Green discusses The COVID Consensus with SDP Leader William Clouston in front of an audience of SDP members in London. Toby Green is a British historian who is a Professor of Precolonial and Lusophone African History and Culture at King’s College London. He is the author, along with Thomas Fazi, of ‘The Covid Consensus…
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In this episode, Michael Taylor and William Clouston discuss the Bank of England’s recent decision to increase interest rates to 5% in an attempt to tackle inflation. As the UK’s current inflation is driven by supply issues, raising interest rates to crush demand will not resolve the situation. The immediate impact on mortgage holders will cause wi…
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In this episode, Michael Taylor and William Clouston discuss the state of the UK’s main political parties. The Labour Party’s right and left factions take turns to purge their ideological adversaries, while Conservative Party infighting has led to another spate of resignations. The main parties are now just incoherent coalitions. Career politicians…
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In this episode, Michael Taylor and William Clouston discuss the recent proposal to trial UBI in England. Thirty residents of Jarrow in South Tyneside and East Finchley in London will be given £1,600 a month for two years and monitored to see how it affects their wellbeing. Advocates believe that UBI can provide economic security to everyone, simpl…
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In this episode, Michael Taylor and William Clouston discuss the global fight to tackle climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Data from the Global Monitoring Laboratory shows that this approach is not working and gives no reason to expect that it will work. William and Michael agree that reducing reliance on fossil fuels is important…
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In this episode, Michael Taylor and William Clouston discuss the scandalous state of our labour market. While the UK suffers a serious labour shortage across multiple sectors, 5.3 million citizens are receiving out-of-work benefits. Instead of addressing this through long-term measures, such as welfare and healthcare reform coupled with investment …
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In this episode, Michael Taylor and William Clouston discuss the UK’s railways. They lament the lack of integration and accountability of the current system, agreeing that allowing UK rail operators to be run by foreign states is unpatriotic and doesn't serve the public. William and Michael debate whether rail transport should be brought back into …
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In this episode, Michael Taylor and William Clouston discuss the main political parties’ lamentable lack of vision, or ‘story’. Instead, Labour and Conservative politicians speak of ‘narrative’. ‘Narrative’ is superficial and short-term. It is merely about what sounds good for the current news cycle and can be changed at will. Unlike ‘story’ it doe…
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In this episode, Michael Taylor and William Clouston talk about getting things done. How do we overcome Government indifference, civil service incompetence and bureaucratic red tape to build much-needed houses? In the 1960s, newly independent Singapore had a devastating housing shortage due to high immigration and failure to build. Sounds familiar?…
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In a special episode of Wednesday Night Fightback, Michael Taylor and William Clouston discuss the SDP’s local election campaigns. Our candidates and their supporters have been working hard in the run-up to the 4th of May, but in the last local elections just under 36% of potential voters went to the polls. William and Michael discuss why so many h…
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In our ninth Wednesday Night Fightback, Michael Taylor and William Clouston respond to the recent Manchester Utd and Manchester City ‘slavery’ badge row, which was started by this Guardian article. Michael calls this an abominable slur on Manchester, whose working-class people played an important role in calling for abolition, even though they knew…
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In our eighth Wednesday Night Fightback, Michael Taylor and William Clouston discuss possible outcomes of the Russia-Ukraine war. A year into the conflict, neither Russia nor Ukraine has the upper hand militarily. Western efforts to build a global consensus against Russia have failed; sanctions are not being applied with unanimity and are having li…
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In our seventh Wednesday Night Fightback, Michael Taylor and William Clouston discuss the growing tendency for politicians to use coercion rather than persuasion. Where once political persuasion and argument might have been considered, Britain’s political class now talk only in the language of fines and bans. This erodes the mutual trust necessary …
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In our sixth Wednesday Night Fightback, Michael Taylor and William Clouston discuss the UK’s recent accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). After two years of negotiations, our membership of the world’s fastest growing trade bloc was announced with great fanfare as a major post-Brexit success.…
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In our fifth Wednesday Night Fightback, Michael Taylor and William Clouston discuss the implications of recent international bank failures for the UK economy. As the SDP warned in ‘The End of Indifference’, a debt-fuelled economic model cannot go on forever. Banks will be forced to tighten credit for years to come, which will impact businesses and …
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In our fourth Wednesday Night Fightback, Michael Taylor and William Clouston discuss attitudes to Brexit. Despite the name-calling and the media’s determination that the Brexit vote should cause incurable rifts, there are areas of agreement and shared concerns between ‘Leavers’ and ‘Remainers’. William and Michael ask whether it is time to talk to …
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In our third Wednesday Night Fightback, Michael Taylor and William Clouston discuss traffic reduction schemes. Low emission zones, 15-minute cities and low traffic neighbourhoods are proliferating in towns and cities across the UK, frequently without any consultation. William and Michael discuss the pros and cons – will these initiatives bring clea…
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In this episode of SDP Talks, William Clouston is joined by writer and academic Matthew Goodwin, author of ‘Values, Voice and Virtue: The New British Politics’. Matthew and William discuss the emergence of Britain’s ‘new elite’ – an increasingly liberalised, globalised ruling class, which dominates politics and culture. This has left millions of pe…
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In the second episode of our new Wednesday Night Fightback podcast series, the SDP’s Michael Taylor and William Clouston discuss the lockdown files. WhatsApp messages between senior politicians and civil servants during the pandemic reveal gung-ho attitudes, an obsession with comms, disregard for evidence, and utter contempt for the British people.…
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In the first episode of our new Wednesday Night Fightback podcast series, the SDP's Michael Taylor and William Clouston discuss the concept of a low trust society. Every one wants to live in a stable community. We have a collective memory of a higher trust society, which resurfaces now that we are suffering the miseries and privations of a low trus…
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#21 – Ed West
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In this episode of SDP Talks, William Clouston is joined by writer Ed West to discuss social conservatism and the problems caused by lack of ideology in the Conservative party. Ed and William discuss what social conservatives should believe in and the values they should strive for. They cover the importance of marriage and family, religion, culture…
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In this episode of SDP Talks, William Clouston is joined by journalist Peter Hitchens to discuss his book ‘A Revolution Betrayed: How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Education System’. Peter and William discuss the impacts of the deliberate destruction of the post-war grammar schools system, and describe the misjudgements made by politicians which…
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In this episode of SDP Talks from January 2023, William Clouston is joined by journalist and former MEP Patrick O’Flynn. Britain has finally left the EU, but have we found our way? With record immigration, a massive trade deficit and low growth, they discuss whether the Tory vision of Brexit has failed, and whether we could get a better Brexit visi…
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In this episode of SDP Talks, William Clouston is joined by writer and academic Joanna Williams, author of the book ‘How Woke Won’. Joanna and William discuss the origins and evolution of the term ‘woke’, explore how this ideology has gained power and consider its impacts on UK society and democracy. Learn more about the SDP at: https://sdp.org.uk/…
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In this episode of SDP Talks, SDP leader William Clouston is joined by comedian, Triggenometry co-host and writer, Konstantin Kisin. Konstantin and William discuss his new book, 'Do We in the West take our freedoms, prosperity and culture for granted?'. They explore the reasons why democratic societies tend to do well, how a communitarian handles f…
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In this episode of SDP Talks, SDP leader William Clouston is joined by campaigner and writer for The New Statesman, Louise Perry. Louise and William discuss her new book, the case against the sexual revolution. They ask whether the revolution has harmed women to a greater extent than men? What is the feminist case for marriage? And, is marriage bec…
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In this episode of the SDP Podcast, Coach TJ shares some important information on what true skill development is. Coach TJ discusses some important factors that go into developing the individual player in a team setting and how it carry over into competition. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sdp-podcast/support…
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In this episode of the SDP Podcast, Coach TJ discusses former players that have transitioned into trainers. He gives his thoughts on if players make the best trainers, what advantage do former players have, and what are some shortcomings of former players that now train. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sdp-podcast/…
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In the latest episode of the SDP Podcast, Coach TJ discusses trainers and coaches that teach players skills vs how to play skillfully. He discusses how players, especially at the youth level, are more skilled than ever, but struggle knowing how to play the game. Coach TJ also touches on who should be responsible for relating a player's skills to th…
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In the latest episode of the SDP Podcast, Coach TJ discusses the three different type of trainers there are. Click play to have a listen and join the conversation on Twitter/Instagram (@nbnbball). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sdp-podcast/support
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In this episode of the SDP Podcast, Coach TJ discusses whether players should train with multiple trainers. The discussion starts with why parents or player may want to train with multiple players, things to be aware of when training with multiple trainers, and is there a scenario when a player should train with multiple trainers. Let us hear your …
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In this episode of the SDP Podcast, I discuss tips on how to develop youth basketball players. I also have a very special guest to share their thoughts on how youth players should develop. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sdp-podcast/support
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In this episode of SDP Talks, SDP leader William Clouston is joined by Fraser Nelson, editor of The Spectator. Fraser and William discuss Scotland’s place and future in the United Kingdom. They ask whether devolution has strengthened or weakened the union, the role of national identity and economics, and the impact of Brexit on Scottish nationalism…
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In this episode of SDP Talks, SDP leader William Clouston is joined by commentator, broadcaster, and associate fellow at Civitas, Emma Webb. Emma and William discuss Emma's new film, "Britain's Silent Cultural Revolution", which charts the fall of many of our institutions to progressive ideology. William and Emma explore how this has happened,…
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