John Prideaux
speaker
643 appearances
3 recordings
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 19 Jun
John Prideaux’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The Intelligence from The Economist · Tocqueville Road Trip: 1. Game of chance · 13 Jun 2026
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For pretty obvious reasons, John considers himself pro immigration.
non bricks.
I've checked this figure, and according to the most recent UK census, eighty four percent of Brits were born in the UK.
The country is also eighty two percent white, making it much less diverse than America.
London, my home, is an outlier.
Forty per cent of its population was born abroad.
This is a talking point that the far right influencer Tommy Robinson likes to repeat.
So perhaps that's where John heard the number.
But it's striking that someone so successful and well connected, who owns their own radio station, could be so fixated on a piece of misinformation.
The same thing happens off air, back in his office, when we discuss the new mayor of New York.
John tells me about a guest he recently heard talking on WABC.
The idea that Zoramamdani won because of an influx of foreign born voters is also evidence free.
But it feels true to John, for whom a belief that the West is being invaded by migrants has become melded with an existential fear for America's survival.
And it's a talking point you hear repeated a lot on his radio station.
John has hosted an Obama fundraiser in his apartment.
He was on the finance team for Hillary's first run for president.
His wife danced with Bill.
This is a man who arrived in America on a boat and ended up owning an airline.
But now he's certain that in twenty twenty four, because of their stance on immigration, the Democrats were within a whisker of bringing America to its downfall.
If Harris
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