Signal Chats, Political Arrests, and Independency
How can we balance confidentiality and integrity? Is democracy under attack in Turkey? What are the benefits of independency?
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In this episode, Phil Topham (Executive Director), Adrian Reynolds (Head of National Ministries), and John Stevens (National Director) discuss the stories in the news over the past weeks.
00:00 - FIEC news
04:40 - Signal chats and confidentiality
13:25 - Political arrests in Turkey
16:24 - Religious or secular societies
20:17 - Opposition to the Assisted Dying Bill
25:16 - Wigmore Hall and independency
Show notes
- FIEC Leaders' Conference 2025 (fiec.org.uk)
- Rising Lights (fiec.org.uk)
- Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal (theatlantic.com)
- Protests erupt in Turkey after Erdogan rival arrested (bbc.co.uk)
- Assisted dying in doubt as rollout could be delayed until at least 2029 (news.sky.com)
- Wigmore Hall quits 'crippling' funding system (bbc.co.uk)
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