{"podcast":{"title":"The spiked podcast","slug":"the-spiked-podcast-1052435","podcast_index_feed_id":1052435,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/APL1714635157","website_url":"https://www.spiked-online.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/68cf71c2-4ce6-11f0-b2af-cfc3cbf0658e/image/5533da23e5d3d283cbc1697fd8b9a544.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"spiked","episode_count":488,"summary":"spiked is the magazine that wants to make history as well as report it. Subscribe to The spiked podcast for our weekly round-up of politics and culture.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T06:19:25.643750+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-spiked-podcast-1052435"},"episode":{"title":"‘The woke Foreign Office doesn’t stand for Britain’ | Ameer Kotecha","slug":"the-woke-foreign-office-doesn-t-stand-for-britain-ameer-kotecha","published_at":"2026-03-10T15:36:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-spiked-podcast-1052435/the-woke-foreign-office-doesn-t-stand-for-britain-ameer-kotecha","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-spiked-podcast-1052435","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/APL8609857173.mp3?updated=1774543238","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/APL8609857173.mp3?updated=1774543238","summary":"On the day Kabul fell to the Taliban, UK Foreign Office diplomats were invited to take part in a panel discussion on World Afro Day. As the Iran War broke out, and a British air base in Cyprus came under attack from Hezbollah, the civil-service intranet was urging mandarins to ‘take charge of their development’. Such woke excesses and HR distractions are merely the tip of the iceberg, according to former diplomat Ameer Kotecha. Here, he explains why he quit the Foreign Office, how it fails to put Britain’s national interest first, and how foreign policy is being swayed by sectarian voting blocs. Get tickets for the spiked summit – a brand-new flagship live event bringing spiked’s writers and high-profile friends together for a day of bold debate, live Q&As and on-stage exchanges in Westminster, London. Find out more and book here: https://www.spiked-online.com/event/spiked-summit/ Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"On the day Kabul fell to the Taliban, UK Foreign Office diplomats were invited to take part in a panel discussion on World Afro Day. As the Iran War broke…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1179,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-spiked-podcast-1052435/episodes/the-woke-foreign-office-doesn-t-stand-for-britain-ameer-kotecha/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-spiked-podcast-1052435/the-woke-foreign-office-doesn-t-stand-for-britain-ameer-kotecha.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}