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Is Nick Timothy right about public Islamic prayer?

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 17:48:00 -0000

Connie Shaw, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the row over the call to prayer in Trafalgar Square, Bob Vylan’s star turn at the Al-Quds Day protest and the sixth-former politics of Hannah Spencer.

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‘I tried to save them’ | Grooming-gangs whistleblower Maggie Oliver

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 09:19:00 -0000

Victims of the grooming gangs are being let down – again. The UK’s Labour government is stalling a public inquiry into the industrial-scale abuse of Britain’s working class girls by mainly Pakistani Muslim men. Speaking to spiked’s Georgina Mumford, former police constable Maggie Oliver – who blew the whistle on the Rochdale child-abuse ring – reveals how these crimes were covered up by the authorities, and how the victims were neglected, blamed and even criminalised. She is currently suing the UK government over its failures to protect young girls.

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Why Ed Miliband – not Iran – is to blame for the UK’s energy crisis | David Turver

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 09:00:00 -0000

As the Iran War sends oil and gas prices spiralling, Labour’s Ed Miliband has doubled down on his Net Zero zealotry. Switching from fossil fuels to renewables, the UK energy minister claims, will drive costs down, reduce volatility and protect British consumers from external shocks. Here, David Turver – energy analyst and author of the Eigen Values Substack – demolishes Miliband’s green-energy delusions. Labour’s crusade against fossil fuels, Turver says, has proven far more damaging than the war in Iran. Britain has been lumbered with an energy system that is needlessly expensive, overly reliant on imports and that carries the risks of widespread blackouts.

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What’s the point of Trump’s war in Iran?

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:49:00 -0000

Brendan O’Neill, Paul Embery and Fraser Myers on the folly of foreign intervention, Britain’s ayatollah apologists, Starmer’s bonfire of civil liberties and Labour’s Islamo-censorship.

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‘Islamists will exploit Labour’s “Islamophobia” ban’ | UK terror tsar Jonathan Hall

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:09:00 -0000

Jonathan Hall KC – the UK government’s independent reviewer of terrorism legislation – warns that Labour’s new definition of ‘anti-Muslim hostility’ is not fit for purpose. Here he tells spiked’s Georgina Mumford that it will not only fail in its aim of tackling prejudice against Muslims – it will also censor vital discussion on Islamism, terrorism and immigration, potentially emboldening religious hardliners and extremists.

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‘The woke Foreign Office doesn’t stand for Britain’ | Ameer Kotecha

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:36:00 -0000

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.

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Iran: the folly of ‘regime change’

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:46:00 -0000

Miriam Cates, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on Trump’s gamble in the Middle East, why British students are mourning the ayatollah and why the UK is so vulnerable to the new world disorder.

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‘Gorton and Denton was a nightmare for Labour’ | James Johnson

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 17:45:00 -0000

What does the Gorton and Denton by-election spell for the future of British politics? Top pollster James Johnson – co-founder of JL Partners – spoke to spiked’s Georgina Mumford to pore over the results. Labour is crumbling in its heartlands. The Greens are riding sectarian grievance to victory. Reform has been humbled in Greater Manchester, but remains strong across the country. The old politics is gone and it isn’t coming back.

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Gorton and Denton, the Greens and the new sectarianism

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:01:00 -0000

Rakib Ehsan, Tom Slater and Georgina Mumford discuss the Greens’ by-election victory, the disintegration of Labour, the rise of Islamic sectarianism and whether the Reform revolt is stalling.

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Japan’s iron lady? | Philip Patrick

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:57:00 -0000

Sanae Takaichi is hailed by supporters as Japan’s ‘rockstar’ prime minister and derided by critics as a far-right ultra-nationalist. What everyone agrees is that her recent landslide snap-election victory is a revolutionary moment in Japanese politics. Here, Philip Patrick – journalist and lecturer at Tokyo’s Sophia University – talks to spiked’s Georgina Mumford about Takaichi’s radical plans for immigration and the economy, her hawkishness towards China, and what Western leaders might learn from her stunning electoral success.

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Andrew, Epstein and our feckless elites

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 18:21:00 -0000

Joanna Williams, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the plot to kill Manchester’s Jews and Keir Starmer's war on democracy

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‘Immigration is the issue of the century’ | Lionel Shriver

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 20:00:00 -0000

We need to talk about immigration, says novelist Lionel Shriver. Mass migration is fundamentally changing our societies and fuelling a monumental political backlash, yet is still near impossible to discuss openly and frankly. Here, she sits down with spiked’s Fraser Myers to talk about her new novel, A Better Life, which explores America’s migrant crisis through the lives of a New York family who come to regret opening their home to an unvetted stranger. Lionel and Fraser also discuss the left’s warping of language to excuse illegal migration, the decadence and decline of Western society, and how she managed to get her book published in our censorious climate.

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Aberdeen: the city killed by Ed Miliband | Nick Tyrone

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:07:00 -0000

Aberdeen is at the coalface of Britain’s Net Zero catastrophe. Around 400 workers in the North Sea oil and gas sector are being laid off every fortnight. The dismantling of one of Scotland’s leading industries has come at a staggering social and economic cost. And yet, Ed Miliband, Britain’s eco-zealous energy secretary, is turning a blind eye to the devastation around him. Here, Nick Tyrone – author of Cliff Edge and researcher at the Jobs Foundation – warns that without an immediate and drastic change of course, oil and gas workers will become the coal miners of the 21st century, condemned to joblessness, poverty and welfare dependency. Industry in Aberdeen, he fears, will be left broken beyond repair by Miliband’s green diktats.

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Spain’s woke autocracy | Maria Reglero

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:00:00 -0000

Pedro Sánchez’s Spain has become a testing ground for all the worst woke ideas. His ‘progressive’ coalition has embraced trans ideology and gender self-identification. It is planning to grant legal residency to hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants. Meanwhile, two fatal train crashes in short succession point to the government’s corruption, nepotism and negligence. Yet criticising these failings could soon get a lot more difficult, as ministers are mulling a total ban on X, Elon Musk’s free-speech platform, as part of a crackdown on dissenting speech. Here, Barcelona-based journalist Maria Reglero warns that freedom and democracy are on the line.

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How broken borders enabled the Afghan child rapist

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:02:00 -0000

Mark Dolan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the small-boats crime wave, Keir Starmer’s stay of execution and the witch-hunting of Jim Ratcliffe.

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What is Xi Jinping up to? | Cindy Yu

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:21:00 -0000

Xi Jinping has just carried out the most significant purge of China’s military in decades. Top general Zhang Youxia, alongside other leading figures and formerly close allies, have been arrested, accused of treason and corruption. Is this a sign of Xi’s strength and his iron grip on power and his party? Or is it a sign of weakness, paranoia and growing internal dissent? Here, Cindy Yu – columnist and contributing editor at The Times and The Sunday Times – talks to spiked’s Fraser Myers about what Xi might be thinking. Plus, they discuss the threat to Taiwan, the trade war with Trump, and how Britain should navigate China’s rise.

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Will the Mandelson scandal bring down Starmer?

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 10:51:00 -0000

Albie Amankona, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the fallout from the Epstein Files, the Iran apologists in Britain and Spain’s insane new migration policy.

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Gorton and Denton: has Reform rattled Labour?

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 18:26:00 -0000

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Reem Ibrahim, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the smears, scandals and sectarianism surrounding the Manchester by-election. Plus, the clownishness of Andy Burnham and Suella Braverman’s defection.

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The Greenland debacle has exposed Europe’s weakness

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:44:00 -0000

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Jacob Reynolds, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on Trump’s sabre-rattling, Starmer’s surrender of the Chagos Islands and China’s spy HQ in London.

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‘Starmer has surrendered to the EU’ | Bruno Waterfield

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:39:00 -0000

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Keir Starmer’s ‘Brexit reset’ may be his worst negotiation yet. The UK is set to pay exorbitant amounts to the EU, hand over control of vital industries, and receive some nasty surprises in return. Here, Bruno Waterfield – Brussels correspondent at The Times – explains why Starmer’s sellout to Brussels could lead to higher food and energy prices, and to the stifling of innovation and industry. He warns that Britain will pay a heavy price for so casually surrendering its sovereignty.

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The real reason Jenrick joined Reform

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 16:45:00 -0000

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Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the death of the Tories, the brutality of Iran’s ayatollahs and Starmer’s totalitarian war on X

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Venezuela, Greenland and Trump’s new world disorder

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 14:48:00 -0000

Claire Fox, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the perils of the ‘Don-roe doctrine’, Iran’s struggle for freedom and the police lies about Maccabi Tel Aviv.

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How over-protective parents raised an anxious generation | Lenore Skenazy

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 15:49:00 -0000

When Lenore Skenazy let her nine-year-old use the New York Subway on his own, she was dubbed ‘America’s Worst Mom’. In our age of safetyism, children are expected to be supervised, monitored and coddled at all times – not left alone to explore the outside world. No generation has ever been so sheltered. And nor has any generation felt so anxious and depressed. Here, Lenore Skenazy – president of Let Grow – makes the case for free-range parenting, for letting kids have some independence from their parents, and toning down the panic over ‘stranger danger’.

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2025: the year of the vibe shift? | spiked podcast: unlocked

Wed, 24 Dec 2025 13:33:00 -0000

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Simon Evans, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss Britain's broken borders, the revolutionary rise of Reform, the revenge of the millennial left, and why woke refuses to die.

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2025: Civilisation, barbarism and censorship

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 17:24:00 -0000

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Simon Evans, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the Bondi Beach attack and the scourge of Islamist anti-Semitism, and the battle for free speech after the murder of Charlie Kirk.

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The Afghan asylum crime wave

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:53:00 -0000

Ella Whelan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on how our broken borders threaten women and girls, Sandie Peggie’s fight for single-sex spaces and Jamie Michael’s never-ending persecution.

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‘The police have imbibed the activist worldview’ | Ex-officer Paul Birch

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 23:00:00 -0000

‘The police have imbibed the activist worldview’ | Ex-officer Paul Birch

Arrests in Britain for social-media posts have soared by 58 per cent since 2019. Meanwhile, actual crimes like burglary or assault are only rarely pursued or solved. Here, Paul Birch – former Metropolitan Police officer and counter-terrorism specialist – explains why the police became so obsessed with tackling so-called thoughtcrime. Social-justice activism, he says, is now fully institutionalised, warping police priorities and ensuring a two-tier approach to justice.

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The lies of Rachel Reeves

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 18:05:00 -0000

Esther Krakue, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the UK chancellor’s ‘creative accounting’, David Lammy’s tyrannical war on juries and the celebrities on the march against Reform UK.

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‘Trans activists are little Hitlers’ | Graham Linehan

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 15:17:00 -0000

Fresh from his acquittal for ‘harassing’ a trans activist, Graham Linehan – creator of Father Ted, Black Books and The IT Crowd – sat down with spiked’s Georgina Mumford to discuss the legal campaigns to have him silenced, the activist capture of the arts, and why the TERFs are finally on the winning side.

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How Rachel Reeves is bankrupting Britain

Fri, 28 Nov 2025 18:16:00 -0000

Liam Halligan and Fraser Myers discuss the horrors in the autumn budget, why our sky-high taxes lead to dreadful public services, and where the next economic crisis could come from.

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The Covid inquiry’s pro-lockdown propaganda | Michael Simmons

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 15:18:00 -0000

The UK’s Covid inquiry has made the audacious – and utterly misleading – claim that an earlier lockdown could have saved thousands of lives. Here, Michael Simmons – economics editor at the Spectator and host of the Reality Check podcast – exposes the dodgy data being peddled by the ‘experts’, the groupthink that pushed us into lockdown, and the economic devastation that is still being felt today.

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The free-speech film they tried to censor

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:53:00 -0000

Joanna Williams, Candice Holdsworth, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on Rich Mix’s cancellation of ‘Think Before You Post’, the left’s meltdown over Shabana Mahmood and the miserablism of the milkshake tax.

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The end of men in women’s sports? | Sharron Davies

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 17:44:00 -0000

Cheating. That’s how Sharron Davies – Olympic medallist, Tory peer and CEO of the Women’s Sports Union – describes the Olympics’ deranged policy of letting men enter women’s sports. Here, she tells spiked’s Georgina Mumford how ‘trans inclusion’ treats female athletes as second-class citizens, eroding fair competition and placing them in physical danger.

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The fall of the BBC

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 15:44:00 -0000

Miriam Cates joins Tom Slater and Georgina Mumford for the latest episode of the spiked podcast. They discuss the BBC bias scandal, Labour’s meltdown and the Olympics trans farce.

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How Wikipedia lies to you | Ashley Rindsberg

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:31:00 -0000

Wikipedia has been hijacked. Although the free internet encyclopedia poses as a neutral, unbiased and trustworthy source of information, it can easily be manipulated by ideologues, governments and other partisan actors. Here, Ashley Rindsberg – editor and chief investigative officer of @NPOVMedia – lifts the lid on the behind-the-scenes policies that make bias inevitable and allow a handful of anonymous editors to rewrite reality.

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Huntingdon: another mass stabbing in broken Britain

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 18:13:00 -0000

Benedict Spence joins Tom Slater and Georgina Mumford for the latest episode of the spiked podcast. They discuss the horrific knife attack on a train in Cambridgeshire, Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York City and the BBC’s fake news about Donald Trump.

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After Uxbridge: our broken borders are a threat to us all

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 18:13:00 -0000

After Uxbridge: our broken borders are a threat to us all

Colin Brazier, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the horrific attack in west London, whether Sarah Pochin has a point about diversity in advertising, and why our censorship documentary has been censored.

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Grooming gangs: another shameful Labour cover-up

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 14:47:00 -0000

Andrew Fox, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on Jess Phillips’s betrayal of grooming-gang victims, Graham Linehan’s victory over the tweet police and the Jew hunt at City University.

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Jew hatred, borders and censorship

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:39:00 -0000

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Farage’s path to power | Pollster James Johnson

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 18:10:00 -0000

James Johnson – co-founder of JL Partners – talks to Fraser Myers about the Reform UK surge, why a second term for Labour is more likely than you think, and why the Tories need to stop chasing the ‘liberal centrist’ vote.

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Why Trump’s Gaza peace plan infuriates the left

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 16:09:00 -0000

Jake Wallis Simons, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the hypocrisy of the Israelophobes, the truth about 7 October and the stain of anti-Semitism in Britain.

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‘The censors are insatiable’ | Adam Szetela on how ‘sensitivity readers’ captured publishing

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 14:06:00 -0000

There is more than one way to burn a book. In the modern publishing industry, books are censored, edited or scrapped entirely to avoid straying from woke dogma. ‘Sensitivity readers’ scour for words, characters and plot lines that could cause offence to minorities. ‘Morality clauses’ ensure that authors espouse the correct views in public. The result is books that are bland, predictable and utterly safe. Here, Adam Szetela – author of That Book is Dangerous! – lifts the lid on how the publishing industry itself became the enemy of literature.

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The intifada comes to Manchester

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 14:35:00 -0000

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Harry Cole, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the anti-Semitic savagery of the Manchester synagogue attack, Labour’s smearing of Farage, Trump’s Gaza peace plan and why America is so worried about Britain.

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The Muhammad cartoons that shook the world | Flemming Rose

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 06:18:00 -0000

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Twenty years ago, Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published 12 cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, sparking protests, riots and boycotts across the Muslim world. Clashes outside Danish embassies led to at least 200 deaths. Flemming Rose was the culture editor who commissioned the cartoons. Here, he explains why we must fight for the right to draw Muhammad, why we must never bow to Islamic intolerance and why self-censorship is the greatest enemy of free speech.

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The Islamic State of Great Britain

Fri, 26 Sep 2025 16:36:00 -0000

Mark Dolan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the knife attack on a Koran-burning protester, Jimmy Kimmel’s return, the nothingness of Andy Burnham and the tyranny of digital ID.

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‘Starmer is worse than Chamberlain’ | Andrew Fox

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 16:50:00 -0000

Keir Starmer’s recognition of Palestine has been hailed by Hamas as a victory for its cause. The anti-Semitic army has thanked the UK prime minister for rewarding the 7 October pogrom, the deadliest day for Jews since the Nazi Holocaust. Here, Andrew Fox – former British Army officer and co-host of the podcast, The Brink – argues that this is a moment of shame for Britain. Starmer’s gambit, he says, will do nothing for ordinary Palestinians and will not bring an end to the war in Gaza. It will only embolden those committed to Israel’s destruction. Watch, share and be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel.

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Charlie Kirk’s killer and the nihilism of the online left

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 16:11:00 -0000

Tom Harwood, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on Tyler Robinson, Trump’s state visit, the splits in Your Party and the disastrous ‘one in, one out’ migration scheme.

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RIP Charlie Kirk: a dark day for free speech and America

Fri, 12 Sep 2025 16:03:00 -0000

Francis Foster, Rakib Ehsan and Tom Slater on the murder of Charlie Kirk, how America failed Iryna Zarutska, and Mandelson’s Epstein scandal.

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‘Blackouts are coming’ | Kathryn Porter

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 14:33:00 -0000

Politicians are finally waking up to the folly of Net Zero. The Tories have called for drilling in the North Sea. Reform UK wants to lift the ban on fracking. But the UK’s Labour government remains totally committed to renewables, no matter the costs. Here, Kathryn Porter – energy consultant and founder of Watt-Logic – explains why Britain’s bet on wind power has proved so disastrous. The result is rising prices, deindustrialisation and even the risk of major blackouts. The time to change course, she says, is now.

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The horrifying arrest of Graham Linehan

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 16:15:00 -0000

Connie Shaw, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on Britain’s free-speech emergency, how Zack Polanski hypnotised the Greens and Keir Starmer’s plastic patriotism.

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Will Farage stop the boats?

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 16:00:00 -0000

Gareth Roberts, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on Reform UK’s deportation plans, how ‘sensible centrists’ lost touch with reality and how Essex Man could save Britain.

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‘It’s totalitarian’ | Wesley Yang on the ‘successor ideology’

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 15:41:00 -0000

When a man can declare himself a woman, how do we know what is true or false anymore? The institutions we might once have looked to – from academia to journalism to science – have all rallied around the absurdity that we can change sex at will. Here, Wesley Yang – essayist and author of The Souls of Yellow Folk – explains how a ‘successor ideology’ has captured the liberal mind. It has swapped tolerance and pluralism for brutal authoritarianism. And it has redefined reality itself, embedding lies in the fabric of our institutions. Democracy, Wesley says, is our only hope of resisting it.

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Lucy Connolly, the hotel wars and Net Zero

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 17:09:00 -0000

Ross Clark – author of Not Zero and Far From EUtopia – joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers to discuss the childminder jailed for a tweet, the closure of the Epping migrant hotel, Operation Raise the Colours, and the grand folly of greenism.

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Everything you wanted to know about (biological) sex | Colin Wright

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 16:50:00 -0000

Can humans change sex? Is there a third sex, beyond male and female? Can a child be born in the ‘wrong’ body? The answer to all of these questions is a definitive no. The sex binary in human beings is an established biological fact. So why do so many once-reputable scientific institutions now say otherwise? Here, Colin Wright – evolutionary biologist and founding editor of Reality’s Last Stand – explains how trans ideology has distorted even the hard sciences. Plus, he discusses the Imane Khelif boxing scandal and the right-wing threat to scientific progress.

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Will the small boats be Starmer’s undoing?

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 16:28:00 -0000

Will the small boats be Starmer’s undoing?

Claire Fox joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers to discuss illegal migration, the Great British crime debate and the Trump-Putin summit.

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Woke privilege | Musa al-Gharbi

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 14:32:00 -0000

Woke privilege | Musa al-Gharbi

The woke love to pose as the voice of the marginalised. All their activism, they say, is for the benefit of those who face oppression and discrimination. Here, Musa al-Gharbi – author of We Have Never Been Woke – explains why the real base for woke is the elite. The professional middle class and above use ‘progressive’ ideology to both compete among themselves and to justify their position above the masses. They pass off their own personal interests, he argues, as the interests of those at the bottom. This is a class war disguised as a culture war.

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The cover-up of migrant crime

Fri, 08 Aug 2025 17:13:00 -0000

Patrick Christys, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the asylum crimewave and the ‘Mind the Grab’ awareness campaign.

Plus, Matthew Lesh explains why the worst of the Online Safety Act is yet to come.

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‘The progressive era is over’ | Eric Kaufmann

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 16:25:00 -0000

The re-election of Donald Trump has heralded more than just a ‘vibe shift’. Here, Eric Kaufmann – director of the Centre for Heterodox Social Science at the University of Buckingham – argues that 60 years of woke orthodoxy are in the administration’s crosshairs. Policies institutionalised for decades, from affirmative action to PC speech codes, are finally being unpicked. The post-progressive era has arrived.

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The Online Safety Act: the silencing of Britain

Sat, 02 Aug 2025 13:08:00 -0000

Josh Howie, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the UK’s new online censorship regime, Southport one year on and Keir Starmer’s gift to Hamas.

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How Britain became a tinderbox

Fri, 25 Jul 2025 14:00:00 -0000

Colin Brazier, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the Epping asylum-hotel protests, Jeremy Corbyn’s botched comeback and Sussex University’s sexist sop to Eddie Izzard.

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The Afghan scandal: the kill list and the cover-up

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 16:38:00 -0000

Andrew Doyle, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the fallout from the Afghan data breach, Sandie Peggie’s battle for women’s rights and the MasterChef witch-hunt.

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7/7: 20 years of Islamist terror

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 16:56:00 -0000

Inaya Folarin Iman, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the 20th anniversary of the London Bombings, Macron and Starmer’s lame-duck summit and why ‘Islamophobia’ must not be banned.

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‘Britain is at breaking point’ | Harry Saul Markham

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 14:52:00 -0000

‘Britain is at breaking point’ | Harry Saul Markham

Terror attacks. Hate marches. Blasphemy laws by the backdoor. These are some of the bitter fruits of decades of multiculturalism. Dividing Britons by their ethnic, religious and cultural background was supposed to promote tolerance, openness and a more cohesive society. Instead it has fuelled hatred, narcissism and a vicious strain of Islamism. Yet as democracy and liberty are being slowly eroded, our cowardly elites refuse even to notice. Here, Harry Saul Markham – author of new book The Melted Pot – warns his fellow liberal centrists that complacency is not an option. Unless we restore a sense of shared values, British society will continue to unravel.

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Useless Starmer and Two-Tear Reeves

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 19:42:00 -0000

Rakib Ehsan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the unravelling of the Labour government, Bob Vylan’s vile rant at Glastonbury and the grooming gangs that are still plaguing Britain.

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The crimes of Palestine Action

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 12:49:00 -0000

Ella Whelan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the narcissism of the pro-Palestine set, Reform’s path to power and Zohran Mamdani’s woke intifada.

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The barbarians inside the campus gates | Yascha Mounk

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:48:00 -0000

America’s Ivy League universities have long been hotbeds of censorship and intolerance. Unpopular views are deplatformed, unorthodox professors are cancelled and research prioritises PC fads over facts. Donald Trump has vowed to force universities to clean up their act – but is he helping on hurting? Here, Yascha Mounk – editor of Persuasion and author of The Identity Trap – argues that Trump’s campus diktats are only stoking a woke backlash. Free speech and reason are just as imperilled as ever, he says. The university could now be in its death throes.

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369: Could Israel topple Iran? | Andrew Fox

Mon, 16 Jun 2025 17:11:22 -0000

Israel’s aerial assault on Iran has stunned the world. Surgical strikes have wiped out much of Tehran’s military leadership. Its nuclear-weapons capabilities have been severely degraded. The brutal Islamist regime, loathed at home and abroad, is at its weakest point in decades. Here, Andrew Fox – former British Army officer and associate fellow at the Henry Jackson Society – discusses why Israel felt it had to act, whether the Iranian regime can survive, and what risks lie ahead for Israel and the West.

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368: Why Los Angeles is on fire

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 17:01:32 -0000

How ‘progressives’ destroyed LA, the Ballymena riots and Greta’s ship of fools. Featuring Joel Kotkin, Paul Embery, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers.

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367: ‘The woke are like zombies’ | Gad Saad

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 14:30:00 -0000

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Woke ideology is unfailingly irrational. Claims of systemic oppression in the West are easily disproven. And while activists claim to stand for tolerance and empathy, their intolerance and authoritarianism know no bounds. Here, Gad Saad – evolutionary psychologist, host of The Saad Truth and author of The Parasitic Mind – explains why woke spreads, despite its obvious dangers and contradictions. Indeed, it is the well educated, he argues, who are especially vulnerable to these infectious ideas. To win the culture war, we must inoculate society against this ‘mind virus’.

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366: How Koran-burning became a crime in Britain

Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:23:03 -0000

Liam Halligan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss Hamit Coskun’s conviction, Rachel Reeves’s fantasy economics, Trump’s tariff masterplan and the anti-Semitic attack in Colorado.

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365: Is woke over? | Andrew Doyle live in London

Wed, 04 Jun 2025 11:00:00 -0000

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364: Fear, loathing and Liverpool

Fri, 30 May 2025 16:47:34 -0000

Candice Holdsworth, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the aftermath of the Liverpool tragedy, Starmer’s war of words with Farage, and why the police think TERFs are Nazis.

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363: ‘We lost our minds’ | Lord Sewell on BLM

Wed, 28 May 2025 12:32:17 -0000

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Five years ago, the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis sent the Black Lives Matter movement global. Activists declared Britain to be a ‘systemically racist’ nation, where ‘white privilege’ reigns. Lord Sewell was tasked by the then Conservative government to investigate the state of racism in the UK. His findings, in the Commission for Race and Ethnic Disparities report, caused uproar among the identitarian elites. Here, he tells spiked why there was no truth behind the BLM narrative in Britain, why class matters more than race, and why ethnic minorities must resist the label of victim.

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362: Starmer’s Brexit sellout

Fri, 23 May 2025 18:01:28 -0000

Claire Fox, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss Keir Starmer’s dreadful deal with the EU, the Lucy Connolly scandal and the cover-up of Joe Biden’s frailty.

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361: ‘The EU is laughing at us’ | David Frost on Starmer’s surrender

Thu, 22 May 2025 13:54:37 -0000

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Keir Starmer’s ‘Brexit reset’ is a comprehensive betrayal of the Leave vote. That’s the verdict of Lord Frost, former chief Brexit negotiator for Boris Johnson. Here, he tells spiked why this is such a bad deal for Britain. Frost slams Starmer for handing control over food, fishing, energy and more to Brussels, and for so little in return. This surrender to the EU, he warns, is dangerous for democracy, sovereignty and the UK economy.

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360: Is Keir Starmer the new Enoch Powell?

Fri, 16 May 2025 16:03:36 -0000

Esther Krakue, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the PM’s ‘island of strangers’ speech, the ‘very Brexity’ books that landed a pensioner in a police cell and why men should not play women’s football.

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359: The people vs Keir Starmer

Fri, 09 May 2025 15:45:29 -0000

Candice Holdsworth, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss how Labour lost the working class, the suppression of the AfD and the rage of trans activists.

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358: ‘We’ve lost control’ | Former UK border chief speaks out

Wed, 07 May 2025 13:01:04 -0000

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Record numbers of migrants have arrived illegally on England’s south coast this year. Keir Starmer’s promise to ‘smash the gangs’ of people smugglers has made no notable dent on the small-boats emergency. Meanwhile, deportations of illegal migrants – including those who have committed serious crimes – are routinely blocked in the courts. Here, Tony Smith – former head of the UK Border Force, now managing director at Fortinus Global – explains how Britain lost control of its borders. Human-rights law and international conventions, Tony argues, have been weaponised by an activist judiciary. The result is an asylum policy that no one voted for and that benefits criminals over the genuinely deserving.

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357: The Reform insurgency

Fri, 02 May 2025 16:51:19 -0000

Gawain Towler, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the local elections, Tony Blair’s turn against Net Zero and the censorious panic over Kneecap.

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356: The trans meltdown, with Graham Linehan

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:44:19 -0000

Graham Linehan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss Keir Starmer’s slipperiness on the trans issue, non-crime hate incidents and St George Was Turkish Day.

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355: ‘We can’t stay silent’ | Pakistani journalist speaks out on grooming gangs and Islamism

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:34:17 -0000

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Is it still possible in the West to openly discuss Islam, or even the crimes committed by a small number of Muslims? Blasphemy laws have arrived in Europe to placate Islamic fundamentalists. A fear of being called racist has allowed grooming gangs to run amok. Anti-Semitism has also surged, as Islamist narratives have dominated the West’s debate over the Israel-Hamas war. Here, Kunwar Khuldune Shahid, a Pakistani journalist working for the Diplomat, warns that Western liberalism, secularism and tolerance are all on the line.

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354: Victory to TERF Island

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 14:06:08 -0000

Andrew Doyle, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the Supreme Court trans ruling, the British state’s enabling of Hashem Abedi and America under Trump.

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353: ‘The madness is over’ | Helen Joyce on the Supreme Court trans ruling

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:42:04 -0000

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Transwomen are not women and sex is biological. So says a landmark ruling on gender from the UK Supreme Court. Here, Helen Joyce – director of advocacy at Sex Matters – explains how the judgment kills off a raft of ‘trans inclusive’ policies, reasserts biological reality and protects women’s rights.

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352: Labour’s grooming-gangs cover-up

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 16:41:19 -0000

Jacob Reynolds, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the never-ending betrayal of grooming-gang victims, the woman jailed for a tweet and John Oliver’s tired trans propaganda.

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351: The stupidity of Net Zero | Bjorn Lomborg

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 14:22:09 -0000

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European industry is in freefall, and Net Zero is to blame. Here, climate economist Bjorn Lomborg – author of Best Things First and False Alarm – explains how panic over climate change is doing far more damage than climate change itself. Swapping cheap and dependable fossil fuels for unreliable and expensive renewables costs our economies trillions, but for little environmental gain, Lomborg says. Plus, he tackles the myth of the ‘climate apocalypse’ and explains why there are more polar bears than ever.

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350: The Trump trade war

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 16:01:05 -0000

Candice Holdsworth, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss ‘Liberation Day’, Trump’s free-speech imperialism, banning Marine Le Pen and Keir Starmer’s perpetual Adolescence.

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349: How Rachel from Accounts put Britain in the red

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 20:10:47 -0000

Luke Gittos, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the catastrophic spring statement, the Gazan revolt against Hamas and the lawyer taking on the thoughtpolice.

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348: The truth about 7 October

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 18:04:25 -0000

Claire Fox, Josh Howie and Tom Slater discuss the denial of Hamas’s barbarism, the culture war over Adolescence, the panic over Andrew Tate, and the Sullivan Review.

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347: Is Putin in control? | Mark Galeotti

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 18:22:20 -0000

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Vladimir Putin is often said to have a tsar-like grip on Russia. He is apparently so powerful that he even has Donald Trump in his pocket. Here, historian and Russia expert Mark Galeotti – author of Forged in War – explains why Putin actually faces far greater challenges than the West seems to realise, from the internal threats to his rule to the war’s rising costs and waning public support. Mark also discusses how the West betrayed Ukraine long before Trump’s arrival.

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346: Farage, Lowe and the Very Online right

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 16:26:03 -0000

Rakib Ehsan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss Reform’s civil war, the outrageous banning of Calin Georgescu in Romania and Nicola Sturgeon’s toxic legacy.

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345: Welcome to Trumpworld, with Lionel Shriver

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 16:20:41 -0000

Lionel Shriver, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on Donald Trump’s first six weeks, two-tier justice, asylum insanity and the memory-holing of lockdown.

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344: ‘Labour will ruin our best schools’ | Katharine Birbalsingh vs Bridget Phillipson

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 16:48:01 -0000

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Labour is about to destroy England’s top-performing state schools. That’s the stark warning of Katharine Birbalsingh, head of the Michaela Community School, often dubbed ‘Britain’s strictest headteacher’. Here, Birbalsingh recalls her clashes with Bridget Phillipson, the Labour education secretary. She explains why the government’s new schools bill will drive down academic standards, let bad behaviour slip and make it harder for kids to get into a decent state school. She also discusses the dangers of ‘decolonising’ the curriculum and why schools must cultivate a sense of national belonging.

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343: The German populist revolt

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 17:45:16 -0000

Candice Holdsworth, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the rise of the AfD, TERF Island’s battle with woke America and the petty authoritarianism of Britain’s thoughtpolice.

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342: Is burning a Koran now a crime in Britain?

Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:19:48 -0000

Jacob Reynolds, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on Britain’s backdoor blasphemy laws, the betrayal of Ukraine and the depravity of Hamas.

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341: ‘Germans are furious’ | Katja Hoyer on the fall of the elites and the rise of the AfD

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 15:26:53 -0000

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Germany’s ruling Social Democrats (SPD) are facing losses the party has not seen since the 19th century in this weekend’s federal elections, while the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) is set to double its vote share. Here, historian and journalist Katja Hoyer explains how a failing economy, out-of-control migration and intrusive Net Zero policies have led to mass disaffection with the mainstream parties. She also discusses the growing class divide, the rise and fall of ‘left-conservatism’, and why JD Vance’s warnings about free speech resonated with East Germans.

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340: Britain’s border farce

Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:08:51 -0000

Luke Gittos, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the judicial power-grab behind the Gazan resettlement ruling, why we must kill the assisted-dying bill and the health minister who thinks you can identify as a llama.

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339: The Munich attack: asylum, Islamism and the AfD

Fri, 14 Feb 2025 13:29:50 -0000

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At least 30 people were injured in a suspected Islamist terror attack in Munich on Thursday, when an Afghan asylum seeker ploughed his car into a trade-union demonstration. Here, spiked’s Germany correspondent, Sabine Beppler-Spahl, joins Fraser Myers to discuss the suspect, the recent spate of Islamist attacks in Germany, and how rising public anger could boost the AfD in next week’s elections.

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338: Labour’s Islamic blasphemy laws

Fri, 07 Feb 2025 16:11:58 -0000

Ella Whelan, Paul Embery and Fraser Myers discuss how Angela Rayner could silence criticism of Islam, why the UK is ripe for a Reform revolt and Trump’s ban on men in women’s sport.

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337: ‘I became a pariah in corporate America’ | Jennifer Sey

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:40:46 -0000

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Jennifer Sey – former US national-champion gymnast and brand president at Levi’s – was on her way to the top of the corporate ladder when her career was brutally cut short. For speaking out against Covid school closures, she was branded a heretic, smeared as a bigot, and Levi’s demanded her silence. Here, she gives her inside story of the great ‘awokening’ of corporate America, and explains why the cancel culture that forced her out may now finally be in retreat. Plus, she discusses her new venture, XX-XY Athletics, and its battle to keep men out of women’s sports.

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336: The absurdity of Rachel Reeves’s “green growth”

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 17:36:14 -0000

Miriam Cates, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss how Labour’s green agenda is destroying British industry, how we all became ‘extremists’ and the cruelty of assisted dying.

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335: The truth about Southport

Fri, 24 Jan 2025 18:42:56 -0000

Candice Holdsworth, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the crimes of Axel Rudakubana, how Trump tamed the ‘Resistance’ and why there’s no such thing as ‘green’ growth.

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334: The hidden dangers of the Gaza hostage deal

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 18:02:15 -0000

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Jake Wallis Simons and Brendan O’Neill join Fraser Myers to discuss the return of the Israeli hostages, the barbarism of Hamas and the West’s abandonment of Israel.

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333: Why Keir Starmer is imploding

Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:49:08 -0000

Graham Linehan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the unravelling of the Labour government, Trumpism vs trans, the crackdown on pub banter and the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal.

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332: ‘Trudeau acted like a tinpot dictator’

Sat, 11 Jan 2025 17:24:22 -0000

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Rupa Subramanya, writer at the Free Press, talks to Fraser Myers about Justin Trudeau’s plummeting popularity, his authoritarian crackdown on dissent and why modern Canada is so dysfunctional.

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331: Grooming gangs and the ‘far-right bandwagon’ slur

Fri, 10 Jan 2025 18:04:54 -0000

Emily Carver, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss Musk vs Starmer, free speech on Facebook, the Charlie Hebdo anniversary, and Justin Trudeau’s woke tyranny.

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‘Grooming-gangs victims are outraged’

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 18:27:09 -0000

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Charlie Peters, national reporter for GB News, talks to Fraser Myers about Keir Starmer’s refusal to hold a national grooming-gangs inquiry, how political correctness sanctioned widespread abuse and how victims are still being denied the justice they deserve.

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330: An interview with Charlie Hebdo’s Gérard Biard

Tue, 07 Jan 2025 21:22:47 -0000

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On 7 January 2015, two Islamist terrorists, armed with Kalashnikovs, burst into the offices of Charlie Hebdo. 12 people were murdered, eight of them writers and cartoonists at the left-wing, satirical newspaper. Charlie’s supposed crime? It had published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The massacre sparked outpourings of solidarity, but also a cowardly, censorious backlash. Many decried the killings, but decried Charlie’s supposed ‘provocations’, too. 10 years on from the massacre, spiked went to Paris to meet with Gérard Biard, Charlie’s editor-in-chief. We discussed the attack, the fight for free speech and the crucial importance of courage.

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329: New Orleans and the scourge of Islamist terror

Fri, 03 Jan 2025 17:02:48 -0000

Joanna Williams, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss terror attacks in America, Jess Phillips’s grooming-gangs betrayal and Farage vs Badenoch.

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328: ‘The scale of censorship is insane’ | Greg Lukianoff on Britain’s speech police

Mon, 30 Dec 2024 15:27:31 -0000

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Is the UK a free country any more? An estimated nine people per day are arrested for making offensive comments online. In fact, more people had their collars felt in Britain for speech crimes in 2015 and 2016 than were arrested in the US during the entirety of First Red Scare. Here, Greg Lukianoff – president of the US’s Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression – warns that laws against so-called hate speech, and the elite panic over ‘misinformation’, have given licence to the British state to trample on our liberties. He also discusses the Trumpian threat to free speech, the explosion of campus censorship in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war, and what it really means to ‘incite violence’.

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327: The Magdeburg attack: what we know so far

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:54:49 -0000

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Rakib Ehsan and Sabine Beppler-Spahl join Fraser Myers to discuss the deadly car attack on a German Christmas market, the misinformation surrounding the suspect’s motives, and how this deadly atrocity could fuel an insurgent AfD.

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326: 2024: revenge of the deplorables

Fri, 20 Dec 2024 18:14:46 -0000

In this special end-of-year episode, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers are joined by Francis Foster and Inaya Folarin Iman to reflect on the highs and lows of 2024. They discuss Trump, Farage and the global populist surge; why woke is losing the culture war; how Southport exposed Keir Starmer’s authoritarianism; the triumph of Israel, the unravelling of Syria and the tragedy of Ukraine; and more.

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325: Why Trump won the working class | Michael Lind

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 17:08:10 -0000

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A month on from Trump’s seismic victory, Democrats are still in denial about the significance of their defeat. Party elites think slicker messaging alone can claw back lost support. Here, Michael Lind – author of Hell to Pay and The New Class War – explains why this is so delusional. Identitarianism, illegal immigration and green extremism made America ripe for a populist revolt. Lind also weighs in on the tensions in the MAGA movement and the farmers’ protests in Europe.

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324: Syria: has HTS changed?

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 18:27:13 -0000

Claire Fox, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the end of the Assad regime, the ‘hot assassin’, the trial of Daniel Penny and the rise of Reform.

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323: Gregg Wallace and the dangers of trial by media

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 16:45:55 -0000

Rakib Ehsan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the MasterChef scandal, the collapse of the French government and Keir Starmer’s botched reset.

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322: Why I fought on the frontline in Ukraine | Macer Gifford

Wed, 04 Dec 2024 18:19:08 -0000

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‘To fight evil.’ That’s why Macer Gifford gave up his comfortable life as a City of London currency trader to fight as an international volunteer in two major conflicts – first in Syria, and then in Ukraine. In 2014, he joined the Kurds in their battle against ISIS. In 2022, he helped Ukrainians fend off Putin’s Russia. Here, Macer reveals the perils of 21st-century warfare, recalls the joy of liberating Kherson, and explains why Ukrainians are still willing to risk it all for their freedom.

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321: The horror of ‘assisted dying’

Thu, 28 Nov 2024 21:23:15 -0000

Jacob Reynolds from MCC Brussels, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the assisted-dying bill and the Labour MP demanding a blasphemy law.

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320: ‘Death on demand’ | Danny Kruger on assisted dying

Thu, 28 Nov 2024 13:11:49 -0000

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There is no ‘safe’ way to legalise assisted dying, warns Conservative MP Danny Kruger on spiked today ahead of Friday’s House of Commons vote. Talking to Fraser Myers, he argues that a ‘right to die’ would force the NHS to offer ‘death on demand’. For all the talk of the ‘safeguards’ in the proposed bill, the experience of countries like Canada shows that mission creep is inevitable. There, assisted dying is routinely offered to those who don’t ask for it, and as a substitute for proper care. He urges his fellow MPs to reject this dangerous bill.

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319: The fury of Britain’s farmers

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 15:20:00 -0000

Fraser Myers is joined by Luke Gittos and Michael Murphy to discuss the farmers’ protests, non-crime hate incidents, the child abuser we can’t deport and Jaguar’s disastrous woke rebrand.

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318: Debunking the lies about Israel | Natasha Hausdorff

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:39:19 -0000

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Israel is easily the most demonised nation on Earth. Despite the Jewish State being a liberal democracy, Western activists spend vastly more time raging against it than they do genuinely despotic regimes. We’re told Israel is committing ‘genocide’ in Gaza, that it is going out of its way to kill civilians in its war against Hamas, that it is an ‘apartheid state’. But none of this bears any resemblance to reality. Here, barrister Natasha Hausdorff debunks the anti-Israel myths, which she says have become a kind of new blood libel.

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317: Musk Derangement Syndrome

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 18:32:19 -0000

Rakib Ehsan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the rage against Elon Musk, the X-odus, the Allison Pearson scandal and the tragedy of Gary Lineker.

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316: The deplorables strike back

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 21:58:17 -0000

In this US election special, Joel Kotkin, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss why Trump won, the revolt against identity politics and the irrepressible rise of populism.

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315: Why Trump won

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 23:05:18 -0000

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Donald Trump has defied the odds – and the elites – to stage the political comeback of the century. Here, Batya Ungar-Sargon, Zaid Jilani and Nick Gillespie explain why Trump’s victory over Kamala Harris was so stunning. They discuss Trump’s appeal to the working class, the complacency of the Democrats and why there’s no justification for the elite’s ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’.

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314: Who are the Democrats calling ‘garbage’?

Fri, 01 Nov 2024 17:22:33 -0000

Luke Gittos, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the US election, slavery reparations and the Southport revelations.

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313: Chris Kaba and the shamelessness of the ‘anti-racists’

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 16:10:02 -0000

Ian Acheson, Paul Embery and Tom Slater discuss the attempt to turn Chris Kaba into Britain’s George Floyd, the death of rioter Peter Lynch, and the ‘Trump is Hitler’ smear.

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312: Why I loathe Kamala Harris | Lionel Shriver

Wed, 23 Oct 2024 17:36:17 -0000

This is the audio from a video we have just published on our YouTube channel – an interview with Lionel Shriver. To make sure you never miss great content like this, subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked

Kamala Harris has been hailed as the candidate of ‘joy’. But is there any substance beneath the supposedly feelgood vibes? Here, Lionel Shriver – author of Mania – tells spiked that there’s something fraudulent about Harris, who she says has never had an original idea nor held a consistent principle. Shriver also weighs in on the interminable ‘Trump is a fascist’ debate, the incompetence of Tim Walz and the dangers of a tight election result.

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311: Live at the Battle of Ideas 2024

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 08:35:37 -0000

Graham Linehan, Kathleen Stock and Rakib Ehsan joined Tom Slater and Fraser Myers for this special live edition of the spiked podcast, hosted at the Battle of Ideas festival on Sunday 20 October. They discussed why Keir Starmer has turned out to be so rubbish as PM, the plan to legalise assisted suicide, whether Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick is the ailing Tories’ best bet for renewal, whether America will plump for Trump or Kamala, and the killing of Yahya Sinwar.

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310: See us live this weekend

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 16:47:27 -0000

Join us for a live recording of the spiked podcast this weekend at the Battle of Ideas in Westminster. Alongside Tom Slater and Fraser Myers, this special edition of the pod will feature Kathleen Stock, Graham Linehan and Rakib Ehsan. Plus, you can put your questions to the panel. If you’re already coming to the Battle of Ideas, then be sure to join us on Sunday 20 October at 1.45pm in the Robert Runcie Room in Church House. If you’ve not got a ticket for the Battle of Ideas yet, then why not get one now? Regular spiked podcast viewers and listeners can get 20 per cent off their tickets at the checkout by using the code SPIKED24 or by clicking this link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-ideas-festival-2024-tickets-807629249827?discount=SPIKED24

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309: After 7 October: the crisis of civilisation

Fri, 11 Oct 2024 20:01:22 -0000

Toby Young, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the woke left’s sympathy for Hamas, why James Cleverly imploded and the bald man who sued for sex discrimination.

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308: The truth about the Covid lab leak | Matt Ridley

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 14:00:00 -0000

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More than 28million were killed. The global economy was wrecked by two years of lockdown. Incalculable damage was done to health, education and liberty. The Covid-19 pandemic was the deadliest and most destructive disaster of our lifetimes, and yet there is still no official explanation for its cause. Here, Matt Ridley – co-author of Viral: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19 – talks to spiked about why a lab leak is almost certainly to blame for the pandemic. He explains why it’s no coincidence that the virus emerged from Wuhan, China. And he reveals what top scientists like Anthony Fauci knew in 2020, but tried to keep suppressed.

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307: The Jenrick delusion

Fri, 04 Oct 2024 18:05:11 -0000

Simon Evans, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the Tory leadership contest, the deindustrialisation of Britain, Iran’s onslaught on Israel and the delusions of Tim Walz.

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306: How Labour lost its halo

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 15:59:56 -0000

Zoe Strimpel, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss Keir Starmer’s week from hell, the crimes of Hezbollah and the predators who identify as women.

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305: The lies of the trans movement | Helen Joyce

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 16:02:59 -0000

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Male rapists in women’s prisons. Kids given experimental, sterilising drugs. Gay boys and girls told they’re born in the wrong body and in need of medical correction. Here, Helen Joyce, director of advocacy at Sex Matters, talks to spiked about the damage the trans movement is doing to society. She explains how it became taboo to tell the truth about biological sex. And how this is giving licence to rampant misogyny and homophobia, threatening hard-won rights.

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304: The two-tier treatment of Huw Edwards

Fri, 20 Sep 2024 16:17:44 -0000

Inaya Folarin Iman, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the crimes of Huw Edwards, the trans activist in a rape-crisis centre, the arrest of Bernadette Spofforth and the Hezbollah pagers.

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303: Cat ladies and dog eaters: the Very Online election

Fri, 13 Sep 2024 14:55:44 -0000

Tom Slater, Candice Holdsworth and Fraser Myers discuss the Trump-Harris debate, Keir Starmer’s prison break and the Taliban’s war on women.

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302: Starmer’s woke authoritarianism | Jacob Rees-Mogg

Wed, 11 Sep 2024 16:35:10 -0000

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An historic 175 Tories lost their seats at the last General Election. Jacob Rees-Mogg was one of them. Here, the former cabinet minister talks to spiked about why voters turned their backs on the Conservatives, and what he fears a Labour government will mean for Britain. Rees-Mogg slams Keir Starmer’s two-tier policing of riots and disorder and his zealous pursuit of Net Zero. The new PM is set to make Britain poorer, colder and less free, he argues.

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301: Germany’s populist earthquake

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 17:44:24 -0000

Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the rise of the AfD and Brazil’s ban on X. Plus, Jake Wallis Simons joins from Israel to discuss Labour’s appeasement of Hamas.

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300: The global war on free speech online

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 16:04:37 -0000

Plus: the Solingen terror attack and the miserable puritanism of Keir Starmer.

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299: Poverty, victimhood and luxury beliefs | Rob Henderson

Wed, 28 Aug 2024 17:12:50 -0000

This is the audio from a video interview we just published on our YouTube channel, with author Rob Henderson. To make sure you never miss great content like this, subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked

Defund the police. Abolish the family. Repent for your white privilege. The elites have been gripped by some strange ideas in recent years. But they are worse than naive or fanciful. While these opinions confer status on the rich people who spout them, they come at a high cost for the less fortunate. Best-selling author Rob Henderson has a term for this, ‘luxury beliefs’. Here, he talks to Fraser Myers about how his own troubled start in life opened his eyes to the delusions of the upper class.

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298: The unbearable nothingness of Kamala Harris

Fri, 23 Aug 2024 15:34:41 -0000

Jacob Reynolds, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the emptiness of the Democrats, Britain’s broken borders and the crusade against ‘racist’ buildings.

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297: Musk, Trump and the rage against free speech

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 17:14:49 -0000

Benjamin Schwarz, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the liberal meltdown over the Trump-Musk livestream, the global crackdown on ‘fake news’ and the beatification of Kamala Harris.

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296: Riots, race and multiculturalism

Fri, 09 Aug 2024 17:14:03 -0000

Inaya Folarin Iman joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers for this special episode of the spiked podcast, all about the riots roiling Britain. They discuss the disturbing rise of white identity politics, Keir Starmer’s crackdown on free speech and how multiculturalism has racialised society.

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295: How Southport exposed a broken Britain

Fri, 02 Aug 2024 17:09:43 -0000

Rakib Ehsan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the tragedy in Southport and its aftermath, Kamala Harris’s cringe identity politics, the dark double life of Huw Edwards and the Olympic boxing scandal.

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294: Starmer’s one-party state | David Starkey

Wed, 31 Jul 2024 16:32:40 -0000

This is the audio from a video interview we just published on our YouTube channel, with historian and broadcaster David Starkey. To make sure you never miss great content like this, subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked

What does Keir Starmer actually want? The UK’s new Labour prime minister is usually described as moderate, pragmatic and non-ideological. Here, historian and broadcaster David Starkey argues that this is an illusion. Starmer, Starkey explains, is a fierce anti-democrat. He wants to transfer power from the UK’s elected parliament to unelected bodies, from the courts to the civil service to the quangos. His party will establish the supremacy of the ‘Blob’, all while cracking down hard on free speech. Our democracy and liberty are in peril.

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293: Biden’s exit, Kamala’s rise and the gaslighting of America

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 18:03:38 -0000

Paul Embery, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss another wild week in American politics, the riots in Leeds and Dublin, and the BBC’s obsession with drag queens.

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292: How the Trump shooting shook the world

Fri, 19 Jul 2024 17:04:34 -0000

Triggernometry’s Francis Foster joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers to discuss the victim-blaming of Donald Trump, Gareth Southgate’s culture war and Labour’s ban on puberty blockers.

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291: ‘Trump saved us from civil war’ | Batya Ungar-Sargon

Tue, 16 Jul 2024 19:34:33 -0000

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The attempted assassination of Donald Trump brought American society to the brink. What now? Here, Batya Ungar-Sargon argues that Trump’s defiant response likely spared the US serious unrest, that the American left has become alarmingly relaxed about political violence, and that Trump’s programme could yet unite the nation.

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290: The Starmer regime

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 16:17:59 -0000

Luke Gittos, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the warped priorities of the new Labour government, Joe Biden’s leadership crisis, the madness of the French left and the truth about Lucy Letby.

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289: The Starmer landslide

Fri, 05 Jul 2024 18:13:42 -0000

Tom Slater is joined by Inaya Folarin Iman and Ella Whelan for a spiked podcast election special. They discuss Labour’s strangely hollow victory, the Reform revolt, the poison of Islamic sectarianism and where it all went wrong for the Tories and the SNP.

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288: Keir Starmer’s woke dystopia

Fri, 28 Jun 2024 15:02:32 -0000

Julia Hartley-Brewer, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the dangers of a Labour government, the insanity of the Green Party and David Tennant’s tirade against Kemi Badenoch.

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287: A Tory wipeout?

Sat, 22 Jun 2024 07:37:45 -0000

Timandra Harkness – author of Technology is Not the Problem – joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers to discuss the Conservatives’ disastrous polling, the great smartphone panic and Just Stop Oil’s assault on Stonehenge.

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286: The revolt against the EU elites

Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:39:36 -0000

Jake Wallis Simons, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the populist uprising in the European Parliament elections, the lies of Hamas and Keir Starmer’s culture war.

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285: Will Nigel Farage destroy the Tories?

Fri, 07 Jun 2024 15:14:22 -0000

Inaya Folarin Iman, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss how the Reform UK leader is shaking up the General Election, the lawfare against Trump and the Islamist stabbing in Mannheim.

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284: The None of the Above election

Fri, 31 May 2024 17:52:25 -0000

Matt Goodwin and Rakib Ehsan join Tom Slater for the latest episode of the spiked podcast. In this General Election special, they discuss Rishi Sunak’s ‘national service’ gimmick, Nigel Farage’s plan to make the election a referendum on immigration, Diane Abbott’s battle with Keir Starmer, and much more.

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283: Why Things Can Only Get Worse with Keir Starmer

Fri, 24 May 2024 17:14:16 -0000

Graham Linehan – the comedy writer behind Father Ted and The IT Crowd – joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers to discuss the UK General Election, the trans-activist takeover of a rape-crisis centre, the death of Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi the ICC’s outrageous arrest warrants.

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282: Is Donald Trump on his way to the White House?

Fri, 17 May 2024 17:37:59 -0000

Freddy Gray joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers to discuss the lawfare against Trump, the victim-blaming of Robert Fico, Meghan Markle’s carnival of cringe and Gary Lineker’s Gaza gaffe.

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281: Islamic sectarianism is poisoning British politics

Fri, 10 May 2024 17:23:12 -0000

Paul Embery joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers to discuss Tory defections, the local elections and the councillor who screamed ‘Allahu Akbar’.

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280: How Sadiq Khan destroyed London

Fri, 03 May 2024 16:21:48 -0000

Jacob Reynolds joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers to discuss the London mayoral race, the fall of Humza Yousaf, the bigoted brats of Columbia and the Irish migration crisis.

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279: The Columbia protests and the scourge of elite anti-Semitism

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 17:32:31 -0000

GB News’ Charlie Peters joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers to discuss the ‘Gaza solidarity’ encampments springing up on US campuses, the collapse of Scotland’s coalition of crackpots and Joe Lycett’s cancel-culture denialism.

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278: The crackdown on NatCon Brussels

Fri, 19 Apr 2024 16:19:06 -0000

Toby Young joins Fraser Myers and Tom Slater to discuss the centrist authoritarianism taking over Europe, Rishi Sunak’s tyrannical smoking ban and the great awokening of NPR.

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277: How the Cass Review exposed the trans cult

Fri, 12 Apr 2024 18:05:32 -0000

Ella Whelan joins Tom Slater and Lauren Smith to discuss the horrors of gender medicine, the Afghan flasher who was granted asylum and the Westminster honeytrap scandal.

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276: Humza Yousaf: hate criminal?

Fri, 05 Apr 2024 19:11:00 -0000

Madeline Grant joins Tom Slater and Lauren Smith to discuss Scotland’s hate-crime farce, the West’s abandonment of Israel and the inhumanity of ‘assisted dying’.

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275: How Abdul Ezedi gamed the asylum system

Fri, 29 Mar 2024 09:00:00 -0000

Luke Gittos joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers to discuss Britain’s broken borders, the Batley Grammar scandal and the Candace Owens controversy.

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274: The SNP’s sinister Hate Crime Act

Fri, 22 Mar 2024 20:11:21 -0000

Patrick Christys joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers to discuss Scotland’s monstrous Hate Crime Act and the downfall of Ireland’s Leo Varadkar.

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273: Are we all ‘extremists’ now?

Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:46:53 -0000

Julia Hartley-Brewer joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers to discuss Michael Gove’s crackdown on extremism, the ban on puberty blockers and the people’s revolt in Ireland.

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272: The trans experiment on children

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 18:26:49 -0000

Luke Gittos, Candice Holdsworth and Fraser Myers discuss the WPATH Files, the tyranny of economic experts and the revenge of Donald Trump.

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271: The Islamist threat we can’t talk about

Fri, 01 Mar 2024 19:23:12 -0000

Andrew Doyle, Steven Edginton and Fraser Myers discuss how the charge of ‘Islamophobia’ silences debate, the trans cat killer and how the army went woke.

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270: The Islamist assault on British democracy

Fri, 23 Feb 2024 16:53:38 -0000

Paul Embery, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss how parliament capitulated to Islamist intimidation, the trial of Julian Assange and Google’s woke AI.

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269: Why anti-Semitism lives on in Labour

Fri, 16 Feb 2024 19:00:09 -0000

Benedict Spence, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the Rochdale anti-Semitism scandal, the ‘paraglider girls’ and the problem with Parkrun.

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268: After the acid attack

Fri, 09 Feb 2024 18:11:02 -0000

Luke Gittos, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss how Abdul Ezedi gamed the UK asylum system, the shameful exploitation of the Brianna Ghey tragedy and the woke capture of Labour.

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267: Why the farmers must win

Fri, 02 Feb 2024 17:45:48 -0000

Jacob Reynolds, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the European uprising against the green agenda, Nicola Sturgeon’s tartan tyranny and the right-wing paranoia over Taylor Swift.

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266: Is Gen Z ready for World War 3?

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 18:28:24 -0000

Candice Holdsworth, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the calls to bring back conscription, the Islamist assault on schools and the re-education of Jordan Peterson.

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265: Why Trump is winning

Fri, 19 Jan 2024 16:59:26 -0000

Joanna Williams, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss Trump’s landslide victory in Iowa, the anti-democrats of the World Economic Forum and the media’s capitulation to trans ideology.

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264: Farmers, subpostmasters and trigger warnings

Fri, 12 Jan 2024 17:25:10 -0000

Simon Evans, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the farmers’ uprising in Germany, why the establishment ignored the plight of the subpostmasters for so long, and why Bond films are being slapped with trigger warnings.

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263: Claudine Gay and the DEI racket

Fri, 05 Jan 2024 17:05:52 -0000

Rakib Ehsan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the fall of Harvard’s plagiarist president, how Britain lost control of its borders and the sinister nothingness of Sir Keir Starmer.

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262: The barbarism of the woke

Fri, 22 Dec 2023 19:09:30 -0000

Andrew Doyle, Ella Whelan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the fallout from 7 October, the triumphs of ‘TERF Island’ and the populist fightback against Net Zero.

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261: The man in a wig

Fri, 15 Dec 2023 19:34:20 -0000

Dennis Kavanagh, Tom Slater and Lauren Smith discuss the Tory MP accused of ‘misgendering’, the return of blasphemy laws to Europe and why greens hate Christmas.

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260: Why the Tories are toast

Fri, 08 Dec 2023 15:43:33 -0000

Luke Gittos, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the Conservatives’ civil war over immigration, the madness of the Covid inquiry and the neofeudalism of COP28.

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259: The 7 October denialists

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 18:04:12 -0000

Ella Whelan, Tom Slater and Lauren Smith discuss the downplaying of Hamas’s crimes, the fallout from the Dublin riots and the witch-hunting of Rosie Duffield.

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258: Geert Wilders, Javier Milei and the crumbling of the elites

Fri, 24 Nov 2023 16:28:18 -0000

Candice Holdsworth, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the political earthquakes in Argentina and the Netherlands, why Osama bin Laden is all over TikTok and the fightback for women’s sports.

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257: David Cameron… really?

Fri, 17 Nov 2023 15:44:50 -0000

Paul Embery, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the death of Tory populism, the tyranny of the Supreme Court and the two-tiered policing of protests.

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256: London’s hate marches

Fri, 10 Nov 2023 18:12:15 -0000

James Esses, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the Armistice Day ‘pro-Palestine’ demo, ‘trans conversion therapy’ and the petulance of Just Stop Oil.

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253: A ‘safe space’ for Jew hate?

Fri, 03 Nov 2023 16:27:22 -0000

Joanna Williams, Luke Gittos and Fraser Myers discuss the explosion of anti-Semitism in universities, the Covid inquiry’s whitewashing of lockdown and the public revolt against woke capitalism.

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252: LIVE SHOW: Hatred, terror and free speech

Sun, 29 Oct 2023 15:52:46 -0000

Konstantin Kisin, Inaya Folarin Iman and Rakib Ehsan joined Tom Slater and Fraser Myers for this special live recording of the spiked podcast at the Battle of Ideas festival in London. They discussed how the Israel-Hamas conflict is tearing Britain apart, what Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has meant for free speech, and the dangers of banning ‘trans conversion therapy’. Plus, they took questions from the audience.

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251: Hamas’s useful idiots

Fri, 20 Oct 2023 10:55:00 -0000

Jake Wallis Simons – editor of the Jewish Chronicle and author of Israelophobia – joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers to discuss the dangers of demonising Israel, the return of Islamist terror in Europe and Australia’s rejection of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

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250: Israel, Hamas and the return of the world’s oldest hatred

Fri, 13 Oct 2023 13:30:00 -0000

Ralph Schoellhammer, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the pogrom in Israel, the pointlessness of Keir Starmer and the idiocy of Net Zero.

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249: Sunak’s Tories: going up in smoke?

Fri, 06 Oct 2023 13:00:00 -0000

Luke Gittos, Tom Slater and Lauren Smith discuss a listless Tory Party conference, the heinous murder of Elianne Andam, and a legal victory against CRT.

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248: The crusade against GB News

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 16:33:20 -0000

Ella Whelan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the fallout from Laurence Fox’s sexist comments, the racism of multiculturalism, and the fall of Ibram X Kendi.

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247: Russell Brand and the assault on the presumption of innocence

Fri, 22 Sep 2023 15:11:08 -0000

Joanna Williams, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the Brand allegations, the madness of Net Zero, and how the medical establishment fell for trans ideology.

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246: Revenge of the Remoaners

Fri, 15 Sep 2023 15:32:21 -0000

Candice Holdsworth, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the return of the Brexit wars, Sunak’s cowardice on the trans debate and the race row in Peckham.

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245: The steaming hypocrisy of Jordan Henderson

Fri, 08 Sep 2023 13:16:22 -0000

Paul Embery, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the shallowness of virtue-signalling, the crackdown on climate ‘criminals’, and the cruel cancellation of Róisín Murphy.

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244: Sadiq Khan’s war on working-class Londoners

Fri, 01 Sep 2023 15:40:26 -0000

GB News’ Emily Carver, Rakib Ehsan and Fraser Myers discuss the mayor of London’s eco-tyranny, how the police went woke and the bizarre case of Kayla Lemieux.

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243: Lucy Letby and the evils of bureaucracy

Fri, 25 Aug 2023 16:32:00 -0000

Jacob Reynolds, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss how NHS management protected Lucy Letby, Sadiq Khan’s junk science, why BDSM is not for four-year-olds, and the demise of Yevgeny Prigozhin.

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242: The cancellation of Graham Linehan, with Andrew Doyle

Thu, 17 Aug 2023 17:06:00 -0000

Andrew Doyle, Rakib Ehsan and Fraser Myers discuss how wokeness is killing comedy, Germany’s crackdown on populism, and the autistic teenager who was arrested for saying a policewoman resembled her lesbian grandmother.

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241: Why we should leave the ECHR

Fri, 11 Aug 2023 14:32:07 -0000

Luke Gittos, Candice Holdsworth and Fraser Myers discuss the small-boats crisis, the madness of Mhairi Black and the myth of ‘global boiling’.

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240: The Trump witch hunt

Fri, 04 Aug 2023 15:30:00 -0000

Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss the dodgy indictments against Donald Trump, Denmark’s ban on Koran-burning and Costa’s embrace of trans ideology.

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239: How Nigel Farage beat the banks

Fri, 28 Jul 2023 14:47:03 -0000

Triggernometry’s Francis Foster joins Rakib Ehsan and Fraser Myers to discuss the ‘debanking’ scandal, the drivers’ revolt against Net Zero and Labour’s flip-flopping on the trans debate.

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238: The rise of heatwave hysteria

Sat, 22 Jul 2023 09:06:13 -0000

Laura Dodsworth, Luke Gittos and Tom Slater discuss climate alarmism, Farage vs Coutts, and the hypocrisy of Just Stop Oil.

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237: Huw Edwards and the hypocrisy of the elites

Fri, 14 Jul 2023 17:02:34 -0000

Paul Embery, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the ‘BBC presenter’ scandal, the emptiness of Keir Starmer and the violent misogyny of the trans movement.

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236: The banks’ war on free speech

Fri, 07 Jul 2023 16:25:17 -0000

Charlie Peters, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the ‘debanking’ of dissenters, the end of affirmative action, the victory of the LGB Alliance, and the breastfeeding dad.

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235: Why is Rishi Sunak so useless?

Fri, 30 Jun 2023 11:56:33 -0000

Rakib Ehsan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the nothingness of this Tory government, the Wagner mutiny, and why wokeness just isn’t cricket.

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234: The crimes of Hunter Biden

Fri, 23 Jun 2023 14:41:39 -0000

Freddy Gray, Candice Holdsworth and Tom Slater discuss the hypocrisy of the Democrats, the girl who identifies as a cat, and the right to be offensive.

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233: Boris, Trump and the revenge of the technocrats

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 13:46:10 -0000

Matthew Goodwin, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the ousting of Boris Johnson, the arraignment of Donald Trump and the arrest of Nicola Sturgeon.

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232: The paranoia of Prince Harry

Fri, 09 Jun 2023 17:26:09 -0000

Tom Slater, Fraser Myers and Candice Holdsworth discuss Prince Harry’s war on the press, the crackdown on Covid dissidents, and the demonisation of JK Rowling

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231: Kathleen Stock’s fight for free speech

Fri, 02 Jun 2023 14:14:25 -0000

Simon Evans, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the No Platforming of gender-critical feminists, the Phillip Schofield affair and the farce of the Covid inquiry.

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230: The BBC’s Ministry of Truth

Fri, 26 May 2023 17:19:03 -0000

Tom Slater, Fraser Myers and Charlie Peters discuss the BBC’s obsession with disinformation, the relentless hysteria over Partygate, and immigration after Brexit. Plus, Chris Elston (aka Billboard Chris) explains his campaign against puberty blockers.

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229: The new truckers’ revolt

Fri, 19 May 2023 16:11:34 -0000

Tom Slater, Fraser Myers and Jacob Reynolds discuss the populist uprising against Net Zero, Ukraine’s fight for freedom, and Harry and Meghan’s ‘car chase’.

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228: The coronation crackdown

Fri, 12 May 2023 15:01:34 -0000

Tom Slater, Fraser Myers and Rakib Ehsan discuss the shameful arrest of anti-monarchy protesters, Keir Starmer’s culture-war gymnastics, and why the Archbishop of Canterbury should butt out of democratic politics.

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227: Will King Charles be our last monarch?

Fri, 05 May 2023 15:59:24 -0000

Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss whether Britain is falling out of love with the royals, the great Bud Light boycott and George Osborne’s fag ban.

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226: Joe Biden’s woke despotism

Fri, 28 Apr 2023 15:46:52 -0000

Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss Joe Biden’s re-election bid and Labour’s blind spot for anti-Semitism. Plus, Simon Evans explains how the late Barry Humphries pricked the pomposity of the elites.

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225: The SNP scandal we can’t talk about

Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:08:09 -0000

Tom Slater, Fraser Myers and Luke Gittos discuss how contempt-of-court laws stymy debate, the tyranny of the ECHR, the uselessness of Jolyon Maugham, and the joylessness of Just Stop Oil.

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224: Is Joe Biden anti-British?

Fri, 14 Apr 2023 16:56:40 -0000

Tom Slater, Fraser Myers and Candice Holdsworth discuss President Biden’s trip to Ireland, Elon Musk vs the BBC and Dylan Mulvaney’s insult to women.

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223: The legal witch-hunting of Trump

Fri, 07 Apr 2023 19:10:56 -0000

Andrew Doyle, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the authoritarianism of the ‘Resistance’, the truth about grooming gangs and the meaning of woke.

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222: Why trans activism has turned violent

Fri, 31 Mar 2023 13:15:53 -0000

Tom Slater, Inaya Folarin Iman and Fraser Myers discuss trans extremism from Auckland to Nashville, the idiocy of Humza Yousaf and the madness of Net Zero.

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221: Trump, Boris and populism on trial

Fri, 24 Mar 2023 14:02:49 -0000

The investigations into Donald Trump and Boris Johnson, lockdown three years on, and the gruesome case of Barbie Kardashian… Tom Slater, Rakib Ehsan and Fraser Myers discuss.

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220: The Gary Lineker affair

Fri, 17 Mar 2023 16:14:48 -0000

The BBC’s impartiality crisis, the false accusations of Eleanor Williams, Jeremy Hunt’s budget and San Francisco’s mad plan for racial reparations… Paul Embery, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.

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219: Manchester Arena: why we should look back in anger

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 18:15:36 -0000

Salman Abedi, the Illegal Migration Bill, and Gary Lineker’s new low… Tom Slater, Luke Gittos and Rakib Ehsan discuss.

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218: The Wakefield blasphemy trial

Thu, 02 Mar 2023 20:30:00 -0000

The Koran controversy, the Windsor Framework and the Lockdown Files… Tom Slater, Fraser Myers and Rakib Ehsan discuss.

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217: How the Ukrainians shocked the world

Fri, 24 Feb 2023 16:46:31 -0000

The invasion of Ukraine, the rewriting of Roald Dahl and the cancellation of Kate Forbes… Tom Slater, Fraser Myers and Inaya Folarin Iman discuss.

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216: Good riddance to Nicola Sturgeon

Fri, 17 Feb 2023 18:50:18 -0000

Nicola Sturgeon’s downfall, the exploitation of Brianna Ghey and the dangers of the far-right slur… Tom Slater, Fraser Myers and Ella Whelan discuss.

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215: The truth about Shamima Begum

Fri, 10 Feb 2023 17:07:04 -0000

Islamist extremism, Mark Drakeford’s gender reforms and Sadiq Khan’s war on the car… Fraser Myers, Ella Whelan and Rakib Ehsan discuss.

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214: The exploitation of Tyre Nichols

Fri, 03 Feb 2023 17:44:22 -0000

The Tyre Nichols killing, Rishi’s first 100 days and Sam Smith’s nonbinary nonsense… Tom Slater, Fraser Myers and Rakib Ehsan discuss.

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213: Eff the WEF

Fri, 27 Jan 2023 16:18:00 -0000

Tom Slater, Fraser Myers and Ella Whelan discuss the World Economic Forum, men in women’s prisons and Facebook’s unbanning of Donald Trump. Plus, Timandra Harkness explains the dangers of the UK’s Online Safety Bill.

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212: The madness of Scotland’s gender bill

Fri, 20 Jan 2023 16:01:32 -0000

Nicola Sturgeon’s war on women, the cancellation of Jeremy Clarkson and the fall of Saint Jacinda. Luke Gittos, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss.

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211: Spare us this self-pitying prince

Fri, 13 Jan 2023 17:13:55 -0000

Prince Harry, the Brazilian riots and trigger warnings on children’s books. Rakib Ehsan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss.

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210: The strange world of Andrew Tate

Fri, 06 Jan 2023 16:46:54 -0000

Outrage culture, the grooming-gangs scandal and the emptiness of Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer. Luke Gittos, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss.

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209: The war, the culture war and the populist revival

Fri, 23 Dec 2022 15:05:39 -0000

In this special end-of-year episode, Tom and Fraser are joined by Simon Evans, Freddy Gray and Rakib Ehsan to look back at the key moments of 2022.

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208: A very European sleaze scandal

Fri, 16 Dec 2022 17:04:47 -0000

Joanna Williams joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers to discuss corruption in the EU, the winter strikes and the Orwellianism of the trans movement. Plus, Sabine Beppler-Spahl explains what’s really driving Germany’s ‘Reichsbürger’ movement.

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207: The truth about Harry and Meghan

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 17:01:00 -0000

Joanna Williams joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers to discuss Harry and Meghan, the Twitter Files and the fall of Mermaids.

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206: A royal race row

Fri, 02 Dec 2022 14:52:26 -0000

Rakib Ehsan joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers to discuss microaggressions, China and trans Jesus.

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205: What’s the point of Scottish independence?

Fri, 25 Nov 2022 16:09:53 -0000

Tom Slater, Inaya Folarin Iman and Luke Gittos discuss the SNP’s victim complex and the latest from the Woke World Cup. Plus, Kevin Yuill lifts the lid on the grim rise of euthanasia in Canada.

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204: Can Donald Trump make a comeback?

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 15:11:29 -0000

Tom Slater, Inaya Folarin Iman and Fraser Myers discuss the future of populism, the war in Ukraine, ‘Baby Eight Billion’ and Nicola Sturgeon’s trans crusade.

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203: Is Just Stop Oil a cult?

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 16:31:18 -0000

Tom Slater, Inaya Folarin Iman and Fraser Myers discuss eco-extremism, the US Midterms, lockdown authoritarianism and Matt Hancock.

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202: Will Elon Musk set Twitter free?

Fri, 04 Nov 2022 16:52:31 -0000

Tom Slater, Inaya Folarin Iman and Fraser Myers discuss Big Tech censorship, the English Channel crisis, the cancellation of Kanye West and the ungratefulness of Daniel Radcliffe.

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201: Rishi Sunak and the racist backlash that wasn’t

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 13:18:17 -0000

James Heale – co-author of “Out of the Blue: The Inside Story of the Unexpected Rise and Rapid Fall of Liz Truss” – joins Tom and Fraser to discuss Sunak, Truss and Just Stop Oil.

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200: Liz Truss and the crumbling of the Tory Party

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 07:06:59 -0000

Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the PM’s resignation and the future of populism.

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199: Live at the Battle of Ideas

Sun, 16 Oct 2022 18:35:13 -0000

This week’s spiked podcast was recorded live at the Battle of Ideas festival in London. Tom and Fraser were joined by Andrew Doyle, Paul Embery and Inaya Folarin Iman to discuss Liz Truss, Mermaids and Big Tech censorship.

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198: The Tory meltdown

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 15:51:25 -0000

Inaya Folarin Iman joins Tom and Fraser to discuss Liz Truss, Iran and Elon Musk.

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197: The Italian revolt

Fri, 30 Sep 2022 17:00:51 -0000

Tom, Fraser and Ella discuss Giorgia Meloni, Britain’s economic meltdown and the Labour Party conference.

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196: PayPal’s war on dissent

Fri, 23 Sep 2022 14:32:01 -0000

Tom, Fraser and Ella discuss PayPal’s cancellation of the Free Speech Union. Plus: the violence in Leicester and the anti-hijab protests in Iran.

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195: A royal assault on free speech

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 12:58:39 -0000

Tom, Fraser and Ella discuss the clampdown on republican protesters. Plus: the Ukrainian counteroffensive and the madness of Mermaids.

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194: The end of the second Elizabethan age

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 13:29:58 -0000

Tom, Fraser and Ella discuss the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the sorry state of republicanism and the future of the monarchy.

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193: Meghan, duchess of cringe

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 15:44:40 -0000

Tom, Fraser and Ella discuss how Meghan Markle played the liberal elites, the latest on Big Tech’s censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop story, and the weird media sympathy for Shamima Begum.

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192: A crisis made by our elites

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 16:57:08 -0000

Tom, Fraser and Ella discuss the cost-of-living crisis, the cancellation of Andrew Tate and the madness of Emily Maitlis. Plus: Benjamin Teitelbaum on what Alexander Dugin really thinks.

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191: Salman Rushdie and the new ayatollahs

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 16:50:16 -0000

Tom, Ella and Fraser discuss the fallout from the Rushdie attack.

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190: The Trump raid and the unravelling of America

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 15:57:00 -0000

The Spectator’s Freddy Gray joins Tom and Fraser to discuss the Mar-a-Lago raid, Alex Jones and campus censorship.

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189: Britain’s woke Stasi

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 16:28:00 -0000

The spiked team discusses the rise of Britain’s thoughtpolice, Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan trip and Beyoncé’s act of self-censorship.

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188: How Stonewall crumbled

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 14:25:41 -0000

Trans ideology, the Tories and the ‘all white’ England team… special guest Luke Gittos joins Fraser and Ella to discuss.

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187: A climate of fear

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 16:16:41 -0000

The spiked team discusses heatwave hysteria, the Tory leadership race and Quidditch.
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186: How eco-lunacy crushed Sri Lanka

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 17:11:57 -0000

The revolt in Sri Lanka, the grooming-gangs scandal and the Tory leadership race… Tom, Ella and Fraser discuss.
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185: The end of Boris

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 19:15:49 -0000

From Brexit to lockdown to the war on woke… Tom, Ella and Fraser look back on the highs and lows of the Johnson era.
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184: Roe, Oslo and pronoun badges

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 15:41:12 -0000

GB News’ Inaya Folarin Iman joins Tom Slater and Ella Whelan to discuss the new fight for abortion rights, the terror attack everyone seems to have forgotten about, and the great awokening of high-street banks.
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183: Grooming gangs: the scandal that shames Britain

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 18:55:59 -0000

Rakib Ehsan joins Tom and Fraser to discuss the grooming-gangs scandal, the rail strikes, the Brexit anniversary, and the misogyny of trans activism.
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182: The Rwanda policy and the assault on British democracy

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 16:45:03 -0000

Paul Embery and Luke Gittos join Tom Slater to discuss the Rwanda policy, the Grenfell anniversary, Keir Starmer’s boring leadership, and why Glastonbury is so white.
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181: The Lady of Heaven: censored for blasphemy

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 17:35:56 -0000

Tom, Ella and Fraser discuss Islamist intolerance, Boris Johnson’s flailing premiership, trans athletes and the woke meltdown at the Washington Post.
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180: Debugger – Defending democracy from Big Tech

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 14:40:22 -0000

Big Tech makes big decisions over our lives: What products we see, how we feel about world events, what to censor – to some degree, even what medical decisions we make. Yet who controls Big Tech? The firms are so powerful and rich they really act as judge and jury now. Increasingly, they are accountable to no one. ‘Defending Democracy (and us!) from Big Tech’ is a three-episode docu-series from the Debugger Podcast exploring the depths of the problem… and the potential for solutions.
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179: Will Britain ever be a republic?

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 17:08:10 -0000

The Platinum Jubilee, woke policing and the Uvalde atrocity… Tom, Ella and Fraser discuss.

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178: Why Partygate never ends

Fri, 27 May 2022 18:25:27 -0000

Tom, Ella and Fraser discuss Partygate hysteria, Joe Biden’s bumbling warmongering, the demise of the disinformation unit, and racist babies.
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177: The great slump

Fri, 20 May 2022 18:36:18 -0000

Cost of living, NATO expansion, woke Hollywood and Wagatha Christie. Tom, Ella and Fraser discuss.
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176: The Brexit wars are back, with John Curtice

Fri, 13 May 2022 18:10:35 -0000

Britain’s leading pollster gives us his thoughts on the state of British politics. Plus, GB News’ Inaya Folarin Iman joins us to discuss Northern Ireland, Beergate and Elon Musk. Don’t miss this extra special episode.
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175: After Roe: women’s liberation in a woke age

Thu, 05 May 2022 19:30:00 -0000

Roe v Wade, the UK local elections, the war in Ukraine and the attack on Dave Chappelle… Tom, Ella and Fraser discuss.
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174: Why they hate Elon Musk

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 17:28:06 -0000

Free speech, French populism and Angela Rayner’s legs… Tom, Ella and Fraser discuss.
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173: In Britain, being offensive is an offence

Fri, 22 Apr 2022 17:43:00 -0000

The Grenfell effigy, the Rwanda migration plan, and Wimbledon’s ban on Russian players… Tom, Ella and Fraser discuss.
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172: The shameful silence over Islamist terrorism

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 15:00:00 -0000

The murder of David Amess, Boris Johnson’s lockdown fine, Ukraine 50 days on, and the French elections… Tom, Ella and Fraser discuss.
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171: Have we reached peak woke?

Fri, 08 Apr 2022 18:04:00 -0000

Boris vs gender ideology, the Hungarian elections and the Black Lives Matter mansion… Tom, Ella and Fraser discuss.
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170: Can a woman have a penis?

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 18:48:00 -0000

The rise of trans ideology, Joe Biden’s gaffe-prone diplomacy, Vladimir Putin’s culture war and Will Smith’s Oscars slap… Tom, Ella and Fraser discuss.
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169: What is the point of Rishi Sunak?

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 19:21:00 -0000

The cost-of-living crisis, the anniversary of lockdown and how the Democrats have fallen for trans ideology… Fraser, Ella and special guest Luke Gittos discuss.
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168: A new era of online censorship

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 18:35:00 -0000

The Online Safety Bill, the bravery of Russian dissidents and the never-ending rage against JK Rowling… Ella, Fraser and special guest Emma Webb discuss.
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167: Why are we cancelling Tchaikovsky?

Fri, 11 Mar 2022 18:38:18 -0000

Refugees, the energy crisis and the Russophobic hysteria gripping the West… Tom, Fraser and Ella discuss.
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166: Ukraine’s last stand

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 17:31:00 -0000

The courage of the Ukrainian resistance, the madness of a No Fly Zone, and the bigotry of boycotting Russia… Tom, Ella and Fraser discuss.
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165: Darkness descends on Ukraine

Fri, 25 Feb 2022 17:41:03 -0000

The Russian invasion, Covid curbs and the end of women’s sport… Fraser Myers, Ella Whelan and special guest Charlie Peters discuss.
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164: Why the truckers must win

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 16:10:32 -0000

The Freedom Convoy, the Ukraine crisis, the EU’s culture war and woke activism in the classroom… with Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers.
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163: Cancel culture comes for Jimmy Carr

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 17:05:22 -0000

Plus: the media’s beef with Joe Rogan and the latest from the truckers’ revolt. Featuring Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers.
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162: Joe Rogan vs the thoughtpolice, with Konstantin Kisin

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 17:12:48 -0000

Free speech, Munira Mirza and Canada’s freedom convoy… Fraser Myers, Ella Whelan and special guest Konstantin Kisin discuss.
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161: The West’s dangerous game in Ukraine

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 16:45:36 -0000

Russia, partygate and trigger warnings… Tom Slater, Fraser Myers and special guest Charlie Peters discuss.
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160: Joe Biden’s woke presidency, with Andrew Doyle

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 17:09:00 -0000

A year of President Joe Biden, Boris Johnson’s week from hell, the BBC licence fee, and the terror attack in Texas... Tom Slater, Fraser Myers and special guest Andrew Doyle discuss.
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159: Is the party over for Boris?

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 17:36:00 -0000

The No10 garden party, freedom after Covid, the lab-leak theory and how wokeness became a parody of itself… Tom Slater, Fraser Myers and Ella Whelan discuss.
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158: Novak Djokovic and the war on the unvaccinated

Fri, 07 Jan 2022 17:36:00 -0000

Australia’s Covid hysteria, the Capitol riot, Big Tech censorship and Colston Four… Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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157: Covid, culture wars and COP – looking back on 2021

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 19:43:00 -0000

Tom, Fraser and Ella discuss another maddening year. Have we reached peak woke? Will COP go down in history as a flop? Will the pandemic ever end? The team discusses all this and more in this special extended episode.
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156: The week Boris crumbled

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 19:38:55 -0000

GB News’ Inaya Folarin Iman joins Fraser and Ella to discuss the Downing St Christmas party scandal, the Afghanistan catastrophe, and Hillary Clinton’s boundless entitlement.
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155: Another cancelled Christmas?

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 17:09:49 -0000

Omicron restrictions, Chinese censorship and the woke war on Christmas – Charlie Peters joins Fraser Myers and Ella Whelan to discuss.
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154: Europe’s new authoritarianism

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 18:02:45 -0000

Compulsory vaccination, the hounding of JK Rowling, the cricket racism scandal and the cancellation of an ISIS survivor… Tom, Ella and Fraser discuss.
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153: After Liverpool: the deafening silence over terrorism

Fri, 19 Nov 2021 16:06:41 -0000

The Liverpool bombing, the media’s culture war on Kyle Rittenhouse and more… Tom Slater, Fraser Myers and Ella Whelan discuss.
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152: Is it time to move on from Covid?

Fri, 12 Nov 2021 18:03:51 -0000

Covid fear-mongering, Tory sleaze and Megxit… Tom, Fraser and Ella discuss.
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151: COP26 and the green war on democracy

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 17:28:11 -0000

Climate change, the parents’ revolt in Virginia, and the cancellation of Terry Gilliam… Tom, Fraser and Ella discuss.
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150: So now the left cares about Big Tech censorship?

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 17:00:00 -0000

Novara Media’s brush with censorship, Rishi Sunak’s delusional budget, and green rationing -- Tom, Fraser and Ella discuss.
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149: David Amess and the rise of Islamist denialism

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 14:46:00 -0000

Islamist terror, Covid restrictions, COP26 and Dave Chappelle… Tom, Fraser and Ella discuss.
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148: The persecution of Kathleen Stock

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 15:54:00 -0000

Campus censorship, parliament’s Covid report, and green madness… Tom, Ella and Fraser discuss.
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147: Build back bluster

Fri, 08 Oct 2021 14:44:00 -0000

The Tory Party conference, the Facebook outage, Insulate Britain and rainbow crossings… Tom, Fraser and Ella discuss.
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146: The slow, painful death of Labour

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 16:12:22 -0000

Keir Starmer, Sarah Everard and white privilege… Tom, Fraser and Ella discuss.
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145: Welcome to blackout Britain

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 16:23:19 -0000

The energy crisis, Keir Starmer’s pamphlet, and the smearing of Kemi Badenoch. Fraser, Tom and Ella discuss.
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144: What is Boris Johnson for?

Fri, 17 Sep 2021 13:15:00 -0000

The reshuffle, Insulate Britain, Emma Raducanu and the Met Gala — Fraser, Tom and Ella discuss.

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143: The shadow of 9/11

Fri, 10 Sep 2021 17:34:00 -0000

9/11, social care, Marc Bola and the Wi Spa controversy. Fraser, Tom and Ella discuss.
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142: Why vaccine passports are a terrible idea

Fri, 03 Sep 2021 14:07:00 -0000

Vaccine passports, woke homophobia, NHS diversity managers, and Geronimo. Fraser, Tom and Ella discuss.
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141: Extinction Rebellion: a revolt against the people

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 16:06:00 -0000

The XR protests, rainbow police cars, the Nirvana baby, and ‘The Tiger Who Came To Tea’. Fraser, Tom and Ella discuss.
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140: Afghanistan: a disaster made in the West

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 13:24:00 -0000

The fall of Kabul, the ‘incel’ phenomenon, the crackdown on private speech, and Lily Cole’s Taliban chic. Fraser, Tom and Ella discuss.
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139: The myth of the climate ‘apocalypse’

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Climate-change alarmism, Kate Clanchy and the new book-burners, and Geronimo the alpaca -- Fraser, Tom and Ella discuss.
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138: The Oppression Olympics

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 16:21:00 -0000

Identity politics in sport, sex offenders in women’s hospital wards, and the hounding of a pro-Brexit trade unionist -- Fraser, Tom and Ella discuss.
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137: The Covid apocalypse that wasn’t

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 14:49:00 -0000

The end of lockdown, climate alarmism and Simone Biles quits the Olympics. Brendan O’Neill, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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136: The tyranny of vaccine passports

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 16:19:00 -0000

The ‘pingdemic’, Dominic Cummings and Tory authoritarianism.
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135: The great football racism panic

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 14:29:00 -0000

The smearing of England fans, the flip-flopping over Freedom Day, and the snobbery over salty food. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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134: Fear, loathing and Freedom Day

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 14:59:00 -0000

The great unmasking, critical race theory in schools, and PC blasphemy. Tom, Ella and Fraser discuss.
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133: Labour’s pork-barrel multiculturalism

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 15:52:05 -0000

Brendan O’Neill, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss the explosive fallout from the Batley and Spen by-election, Labour’s toxic identity politics and the cowardice of the Conservative Party.
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132: The myth of white privilege

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 18:13:56 -0000

Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater and Tim Black discuss the education report, the Batley and Spen by-election, the cancellation of Jess de Wahls, and the Brexit anniversary.
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131: Our neverending lockdown

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 15:35:51 -0000

The Freedom Day delay, the GB News boycott, and the crisis in the media. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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130: Why they are right to boo

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 15:54:50 -0000

Taking the knee, Maya Forstater and Freedom Day. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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129: The shameful censorship of the lab-leak theory

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 15:46:31 -0000

Big Tech censorship, the threats to Freedom Day, and the fall of Stonewall. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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128: Dom’s dictatorship

Fri, 28 May 2021 14:43:54 -0000

Cummings, Net Zero and equity. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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127: The forgotten racism

Fri, 21 May 2021 17:22:31 -0000

Anti-Semitism, freedom hesitency, and Prince Harry. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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126: The Tory war on freedom

Fri, 14 May 2021 16:58:36 -0000

Free speech, Labour’s woes, and street harassment. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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125: Another revolt against Labour

Fri, 07 May 2021 15:48:31 -0000

Tom, Ella and Fraser discuss the historic result in Hartlepool.
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124: The court of Boris and Carrie

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 13:17:07 -0000

Tory ‘sleaze’, Joe Biden’s first 100 days, and India’s Covid disaster. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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123: The exploitation of George Floyd

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 15:10:25 -0000

The Derek Chauvin verdict, the European Super League and the cancellation of Richard Dawkins. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and special guest Mick Hume discuss.
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122: The diversity trap

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 14:59:44 -0000

Identity politics in the arts, the return of pubs, and the death of Prince Philip. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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121: Boris: the phoney freedom-fighter

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:47:41 -0000

The PM’s authoritarianism, Starmer’s spinelessness and racist toddlers. Brendan O’Neill, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.

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120: The myth of ‘institutional racism’

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 10:38:34 -0000

The race report, cartoons of Muhammad and vaccine passports. Brendan O’Neill, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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119: Lockdown forever

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:21:03 -0000

Vaccine passports, mass shootings and the EU -- Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and special guest Bruno Waterfield discuss all this and more.
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118: Sarah Everard: exploiting a tragedy

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 15:12:51 -0000

Sarah Everard, the ban on protests and the EU’s vaccine crisis. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Joanna Williams discuss.
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117: Why Megxit matters

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 14:33:25 -0000

Freddy Gray, Lisa McKenzie and the spiked team discuss the fallout from *that* interview.
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116: The lockdown depression

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 16:18:46 -0000

The budget, the unravelling of the SNP, and the cancellation of Dr Seuss. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Tim Black and Fraser Myers discuss.
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115: The long road out of lockdown

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 16:34:46 -0000

Lockdown, hate speech and Megxit. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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114: The free-speech fightback

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 16:29:34 -0000

Campus censorship, vaccine passports and Islamophobia. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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113: The n-word: does context matter?

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 16:40:51 -0000

The New York Times n-word controversy, Italy’s unelected prime minister and the Covid travel ban. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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112: The myth of EUtopia

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 15:46:43 -0000

The vaccines row, Labour’s patriotism problem, and online trolls. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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111: The EU’s vaccine nightmare

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 15:48:43 -0000

Brendan O’Neill joins Ella and Fraser to discuss the explosive row over vaccine supplies.
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110: Why Joe Biden won’t heal America

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 18:19:54 -0000

The team discusses the inauguration, Kamalamania and the new War on Terror.
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109: The tyranny of the tech monopolies

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 16:53:42 -0000

Trump’s ban from social media, the crackdown on lockdown dissidents and if gay actors should play gay roles. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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108: Dark days for American democracy

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 15:40:21 -0000

The carnage at the Capitol, Big Tech censorship and the future of democracy. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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107: The year the world went mad

Fri, 18 Dec 2020 18:51:38 -0000

In this end-of-year special, Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss lockdown, the rise of Black Lives Matter, and the prospects for populism.
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106: Democracy or bust

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 18:40:04 -0000

The Brexit negotiations, Millwall vs Black Lives Matter, and the Covid vaccine. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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105: How trans ideology fails children

Fri, 04 Dec 2020 13:48:10 -0000

Keira Bell, Labour infighting and Joe Biden’s diversity drive. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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104: The great fascism scare

Fri, 27 Nov 2020 16:57:55 -0000

Trump, tiered lockdown and Jordan Peterson. Tom, Ella and Fraser discuss.
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103: Boris’s botched reset

Fri, 20 Nov 2020 15:30:07 -0000

The ‘green industrial revolution’, anti-Semitism in Labour and Christmas in the Covid age. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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102: Trump’s tantrum against democracy

Fri, 13 Nov 2020 14:31:39 -0000

The presidential election, the Covid vaccine and the cancellation of Greg Clarke. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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101: Populism after Trump

Fri, 06 Nov 2020 14:02:25 -0000

In this US election special, the team discusses populism, identity politics and the pandemic. Featuring Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers.
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100: Who will stand with the French Republic?

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 14:10:13 -0000

The Nice attack, anti-Semitism and the US election. Brendan O’Neill, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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99: The armed wing of cancel culture

Fri, 23 Oct 2020 18:17:55 -0000

The beheading of Samuel Paty, the northern lockdown and Critical Race Theory. Brendan O’Neill, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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98: David Starkey and the tyranny of the thought police

Fri, 16 Oct 2020 15:37:51 -0000

Hate speech, the Great Barrington Declaration and Twitter’s war on satire. Andrew Doyle, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and special guest Martin Kulldorff discuss.
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97: The president and the plague

Fri, 09 Oct 2020 15:51:23 -0000

Donald Trump, pub closures and woke supermarkets. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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96: Why anti-Trumpers could still get Trump re-elected

Fri, 02 Oct 2020 14:41:57 -0000

The US race, lockdown Britain and unconscious-bias training. Tom, Ella and Fraser discuss.
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95: The long lockdown winter

Fri, 25 Sep 2020 13:42:59 -0000

Covid restrictions, Labour’s Brexit backpedalling and right-wing snowflakes. Brendan O’Neill, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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94: Lockdown 2.0

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 13:48:29 -0000

The ‘rule of six’, Brexit and JK Rowling. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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93: Is Britain now a rogue state?

Fri, 11 Sep 2020 15:00:48 -0000

Bruno Waterfield joins the team to discuss the outrage over the Internal Market Bill. Also on the show: corona authoritarianism and ‘Islamophobia’ in the press.

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92: Transcending race -- a spiked podcast special

Fri, 04 Sep 2020 09:20:58 -0000

Kmele Foster and Inaya Folarin Iman join Fraser Myers to discuss BLM, identity politics and race abolitionism.
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91: How wokeness came to rule Britannia

Fri, 28 Aug 2020 12:33:59 -0000

The Proms controversy, the Republican National Convention, and the return of schools -- Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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90: Gavin Williamson should go away and shut up

Fri, 21 Aug 2020 15:32:32 -0000

The exams fiasco, Public Health England and the DNC. Tom, Ella, Fraser, and special guest Chris Snowdon, discuss.
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89: The insufferable emptiness of Joe Biden

Fri, 14 Aug 2020 16:43:00 -0000

Joe and Kamala, the English Channel migrant crisis, and another week of race rows. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Freddy Gray discuss.
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88: Fear, loathing and free speech

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 12:57:17 -0000

Self-censorship, the Covid blame game, and ‘individuals with cervixes’. Tom, Ella and Fraser discuss.

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87: Wiley and the world’s oldest hatred

Fri, 31 Jul 2020 11:24:45 -0000

Anti-Semitism, Boris’s health kick and the Scottish hate-crime bill. Tom, Ella and Fraser discuss.

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86: Why Remoaners can’t let go of Russiagate

Fri, 24 Jul 2020 15:39:34 -0000

The Russia report, John Lewis and the speech police -- Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Kevin Yuill discuss.

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85: The mask slips

Fri, 17 Jul 2020 12:36:30 -0000

Lockdown fanaticism, the rise of China, and Bristol’s BLM statue. Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater, Fraser Myers, and special guest Lee Jones, discuss.
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84: It’s time to cancel cancel culture

Fri, 10 Jul 2020 12:41:46 -0000

The Harper’s letter, the BBC and the reopening of pubs. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Andrew Doyle discuss.
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83: The weird war on whiteness

Fri, 03 Jul 2020 13:52:21 -0000

White fragility, social-media censorship and Boris’s New Deal. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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82: Terror returns to Britain

Fri, 26 Jun 2020 11:59:51 -0000

The Reading attack, trans ideology and Karen-bashing. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Joanna Williams discuss.
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81: The Tory war on woke

Fri, 19 Jun 2020 17:35:53 -0000

Tories v identity politics, BLM in schools, and the corona crash -- Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Katharine Birbalsingh discuss.
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80: The woke cultural revolution

Fri, 12 Jun 2020 16:46:29 -0000

Statue-smashing, Steve Bannon and JK Rowling’s TERF wars. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Benjamin Teitelbaum discuss.
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79: America falls apart

Fri, 05 Jun 2020 15:24:04 -0000

The George Floyd protests, democracy under lockdown, and the policing of tasteless jokes. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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78: Cummings Derangement Syndrome

Fri, 29 May 2020 14:44:23 -0000

Our mad media, the EU’s corona crisis, and Joe ‘you ain’t black’ Biden. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers, and special guest Ashoka Mody, discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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77: The care-homes scandal that shames the nation

Fri, 22 May 2020 13:24:18 -0000

Care homes, grooming gangs and police overreach. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Rakib Ehsan discuss.
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76: Lockdown UK: still no end in sight

Fri, 15 May 2020 17:05:54 -0000

Boris moving the goalposts, the Electoral Commission vs democracy, and Silicon Valley censorship. Tom, Ella, Fraser, and special guest Darren Grimes, discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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75: Neil Ferguson’s staggering hypocrisy

Fri, 08 May 2020 13:09:23 -0000

The government scientist who broke the lockdown, the allegations against Joe Biden, and campus censorship. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Sean Collins discuss.
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74: Why the media have had such a bad war

Fri, 01 May 2020 16:44:05 -0000

‘Gotcha’ journalism, corona apps and trans battles. Tom, Ella, Fraser, and special guest Timandra Harkness, discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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73: The Covid culture wars

Fri, 24 Apr 2020 16:21:43 -0000

Identity politics, lockdown policies and celebrities in the age of coronavirus. Tom Slater, Elle Whelan, Fraser Myers and Wilfred Reilly discuss.
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72: Why the 5G Covid conspiracy theory has gone viral

Sat, 18 Apr 2020 14:46:00 -0000

Corona conspiracy theories, the economic cost of lockdown, and Labour’s latest row. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Phil Mullan discuss.
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71: A PM in hospital, a nation rattled

Fri, 10 Apr 2020 16:30:39 -0000

Boris Johnson in intensive care, China and coronavirus, and Keir Starmer’s Labour Party. Tom, Ella, Fraser and special guest Austin Williams discuss.
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70: Can the EU survive coronavirus?

Fri, 03 Apr 2020 20:54:52 -0000

The myth of EU solidarity, Sweden’s alternative Covid-19 approach, and the rise of Britain’s corona cops. Tom, Ella, Fraser and special guest Nathalie Rothschild discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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69: Britain in lockdown

Fri, 27 Mar 2020 16:09:49 -0000

The team discusses civil liberties and dissent in the time of Covid-19. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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68: Putting the pandemic in perspective

Fri, 20 Mar 2020 15:49:50 -0000

Brendan O’Neill, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Norman Lewis on the dangerous overreaction to the Covid-19 outbreak.
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154: Inside Italy’s coronavirus lockdown

Fri, 13 Mar 2020 17:21:37 -0000

Dominic Standish calls in from Italy to discuss the Covid-19 pandemic with the team. We also talk Labour, Islamophobia and the #BeKind campaign. Support spiked -- become a £5 per month donor: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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153: Has Bernie blown it?

Fri, 06 Mar 2020 17:17:56 -0000

Super Tuesday, Priti Patel and the war on womanhood -- Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss. Support spiked by becoming a £5 per month donor: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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152: Why free speech matters, with Toby Young

Fri, 28 Feb 2020 17:31:46 -0000

The founder of the Free Speech Union joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers to discuss the new threats to free speech, and what we can all do to face down censorship.

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151: The ghoulish exploitation of Caroline Flack

Fri, 21 Feb 2020 15:25:07 -0000

Caroline Flack, Andrew Sabisky and Dave at the BRITs. Ella Whelan, Tim Black and Fraser Myers discuss.

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150: Labour’s woke war on women

Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:20:58 -0000

Trans ideology, the Brexit negotiations and Germany’s populist revolt. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers, and special guest Bruno Waterfield, discuss.

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149: Why the Democrats might just get Trump re-elected

Fri, 07 Feb 2020 16:34:41 -0000

Tom, Ella and Fraser discuss Iowa, impeachment, social-media censorship, and woke dinner parties. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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148: Why Brexit Day is worth celebrating

Fri, 31 Jan 2020 13:43:43 -0000

Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Inaya Folarin Iman discuss the long road to this historic day. Support spiked by becoming a regular donor: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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147: Trump, Davos and Laurence Fox

Fri, 24 Jan 2020 15:55:29 -0000

Impeachment, green capitalism and wokism. Brendan O’Neill, Freddy Gray, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss. Become a regular donor: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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146: The woke Stasi

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 15:59:21 -0000

Microaggression monitors, the Labour leadership race, and the latest awards show controversies. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss. Support spiked by becoming a regular donor today: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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145: Megxit and the rise of woke royalism

Fri, 10 Jan 2020 17:10:40 -0000

Meghan and Harry, Iran, and the Labour leadership. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.

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144: 2019: the year the people struck back

Fri, 27 Dec 2019 01:20:03 -0000

Brendan O’Neill and Luke Gittos join Tom, Ella and Fraser to discuss a remarkable year, from Brexit and the Boris majority to Greta Thunberg and the unstoppable rise of wokeness. Support the show here: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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143: A new era

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 16:00:31 -0000

Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss the fallout from last week’s historic election. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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142: A working-class revolt against Labour

Fri, 13 Dec 2019 13:52:01 -0000

Will Labour ever recover from this remarkable defeat? Can the Tories really become a blue-collar party? What the hell happens now? Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss.

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141: Another bloodstained election

Fri, 06 Dec 2019 17:02:57 -0000

London Bridge, Trump’s visit, and Labour’s struggle with working-class voters. Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater and Ella Whelan discuss. Donate to spiked this Christmas: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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140: Labour’s week from hell

Fri, 29 Nov 2019 15:17:48 -0000

The state of the polls, Labour anti-Semitism, the NHS sell-off, and the Conservatives’ lacklustre campaign. Luke Gittos, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss.

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139: The lie of Labour’s radicalism

Fri, 22 Nov 2019 18:50:30 -0000

In our latest election round-up, Brendan O’Neill, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss the latest party pledges, green grandstanding and Prince Andrew.

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138: The taming of the Brexit Party

Fri, 15 Nov 2019 15:34:15 -0000

The Brexit Party, Hillary Clinton, the party’s spending plans and other General Election news. Brendan O’Neill, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.

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137: Is this 2017 all over again?

Fri, 08 Nov 2019 14:44:57 -0000

The team discuss the twists, turns and gaffes of the election campaign so far. Check out the spiked shop: https://shop.spreadshirt.co.uk/spiked

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136: The Brexit election

Fri, 01 Nov 2019 17:40:52 -0000

Plus: the killing of Baghdadi and Dave Chappelle’s war on woke. Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss, on this week’s spiked podcast. Get tickets for the Battle of Ideas: https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/

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135: Time to slay this zombie parliament

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 17:13:22 -0000

Brexit, Russia Derangement Syndrome and the Canadian balls-waxing controversy -- Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.

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134: SPECIAL: The return of ISIS?

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 11:00:00 -0000

Anti-ISIS fighter Macer Gifford and spiked columnist Rakib Ehsan join Fraser Myers for this special edition of the spiked podcast. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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133: The betrayal of the Kurds

Fri, 11 Oct 2019 19:25:03 -0000

The team discuss Syria, Brexit and Extinction Rebellion. Support the show: https://shop.spreadshirt.co.uk/spiked

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132: Impeachment, royal censors and OK signs

Fri, 04 Oct 2019 15:53:32 -0000

Toppling Trump, Harry and Meghan’s war on the press, and the far-right threat — Brendan O’Neill, Sean Collins, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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131: Hysteria, humbug and Lady Hale

Fri, 27 Sep 2019 14:41:32 -0000

The spiked team discuss another extraordinary week in British politics. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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130: SPECIAL: Is populism here to stay?

Fri, 20 Sep 2019 15:00:28 -0000

Brendan O’Neill, Daniel McCarthy and Alessandra Bocchi join Fraser Myers to discuss the new populism. This is a spiked podcast special to mark the release of our new film, “Deplorables: Trump, Brexit and the Demonised Masses”. Watch that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afMofYie4Lc

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129: Brexit: This rotten parliament

Fri, 13 Sep 2019 13:47:24 -0000

Parliament, legal challenges and No Deal. Brendan O’Neill, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss the week in Brexit.

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128: Special: The Brexit endgame

Fri, 06 Sep 2019 16:43:16 -0000

Boris defeated, Tory rebels and Labour’s fear of an election. Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.

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127: Days of middle-class rage

Fri, 30 Aug 2019 16:45:56 -0000

Prorogation, James Baldwin and the Amazon fires. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers, and special guest Michael Shellenberger, discuss.

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126: Why No Deal is still the best deal

Fri, 23 Aug 2019 14:28:47 -0000

Boris vs the backstop, Jihadi Jack, and offensive puns. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.

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125: A coup against the people

Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:50:48 -0000

The establishment vs Brexit, Greta Thunberg’s yacht trip, and the ban on sexist adverts. Brendan O’Neill, Tim Black and Fraser Myers discuss.

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124: The barbarism of identity politics

Fri, 09 Aug 2019 17:25:30 -0000

El Paso, Scottish independence and the DSA. Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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123: How the EU played the Irish

Sat, 03 Aug 2019 10:40:05 -0000

Brexit, woke royals and trans kids. Brendan O'Neill, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss.

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122: Boris: Brexit or bust

Fri, 26 Jul 2019 15:16:04 -0000

Boris Johnson, Carl Beech and Canada’s waxing controversy. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and special guest Lindsay Shepherd discuss.

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121: Trump’s white identity politics

Fri, 19 Jul 2019 17:07:12 -0000

Those tweets, the Warwick scandal, and the BirthStrike movement. Tom, Ella and Fraser discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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120: Labour: party of the middle class

Fri, 12 Jul 2019 14:56:51 -0000

Labour Leave’s Brendan Chilton joins the team to discuss Corbyn’s Brexit betrayal. Plus: media Islamophobia and PC music festivals. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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119: Brussels shows its true colours

Fri, 05 Jul 2019 15:53:36 -0000

EU ‘democracy’, antifa and Glastonbury -- Tom, Ella and Fraser discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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118: The Boris delusion

Fri, 28 Jun 2019 15:03:16 -0000

Tory leadership, Iran and Islamophobia. Brendan O’Neill, Tim Black and Fraser Myers discuss.

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117: The right-wing threat to free speech

Fri, 21 Jun 2019 17:20:37 -0000

Flag-burning, Hong Kong and anti-Semitism -- Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Antony Dapiran discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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116: The Tory circus

Fri, 14 Jun 2019 15:45:39 -0000

The race for No10, YouTube censorship, and Catholicism vs trans -- Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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115: Why they hate Trump

Fri, 07 Jun 2019 14:52:42 -0000

Trump’s UK trip, feminism and trans censorship. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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114: Two Europes: an EU election special

Fri, 31 May 2019 10:07:08 -0000

The Brexit Party, the populist wave and the future of the EU. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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113: An earthquake Down Under

Fri, 24 May 2019 06:14:04 -0000

The Australian elections, milkshaking and Mayor Pete. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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112: Jeremy Kyle: how pleb-bashing went mainstream

Fri, 17 May 2019 17:48:11 -0000

Jeremy Kyle, Alabama’s abortion ban and Change UK. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.

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111: The fight for Brexit continues

Fri, 10 May 2019 16:59:28 -0000

EU elections, abuse against MPs and Asia Bibi. Brendan O’Neill, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.

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110: The snobbery of the anti-Trump brigade

Fri, 03 May 2019 17:16:08 -0000

Trump’s state visit, decolonisation and voting in prisons. Ella Whelan, Luke Gittos and Fraser Myers discuss.

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109: Sri Lanka and the new barbarism

Fri, 26 Apr 2019 03:41:40 -0000

Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the Sri Lanka bombings and Greta Thunberg. Claire Fox on the Brexit Party. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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108: Notre Dame and the longing for legacy

Fri, 19 Apr 2019 15:29:21 -0000

Brendan O'Neill joins Tom and Fraser to discuss Notre Dame, Ilhan Omar and Roger Scruton. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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107: In defence of internet freedom

Fri, 12 Apr 2019 12:19:00 -0000

Internet regulation, the left vs the working class and cultural appropriation. Brendan O’Neill, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.

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106: Why parliament can't be trusted

Wed, 03 Apr 2019 20:40:43 -0000

Brexit betrayal, Facebook censorship and Joe Biden -- Tom, Ella and Fraser discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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105: Mueller, May and memes

Fri, 29 Mar 2019 10:11:48 -0000

Russiagate, Theresa May and the EU’s meme ban. Tom, Ella and Fraser discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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104: The bloody rise of white identity politics

Fri, 22 Mar 2019 09:08:19 -0000

The Christchurch massacre and its aftermath. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.

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103: SPECIAL: The week Brexit was betrayed

Sat, 16 Mar 2019 14:57:00 -0000

Trade unionist Paul Embery joins Tom, Ella and Fraser to discuss a historic week in Westminster. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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102: Labour’s Jewish Problem

Fri, 08 Mar 2019 14:20:29 -0000

Left-wing anti-Semitism, due process, and how PC is ruining humour. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.

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101: The death of No Deal?

Fri, 01 Mar 2019 12:49:40 -0000

Brexit, campus panics and Bernie. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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100: Shamima, Smollett and Soubry

Fri, 22 Feb 2019 15:21:20 -0000

ISIS brides, hate-crime hoaxes and the Independent Group. Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss.

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99: How Brexit broke party politics

Fri, 15 Feb 2019 00:12:53 -0000

New parties, European revolts and campus censorship -- Tom, Ella and Fraser discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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98: The economics of No Deal

Fri, 08 Feb 2019 18:41:08 -0000

The Guardian’s Larry Elliott and spiked’s Phil Mullan take apart Project Fear II. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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97: Venezuela is not your playground

Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:04:19 -0000

Western intervention, PC policing and BDS -- the team discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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96: On the ethics of doxxing children

Fri, 25 Jan 2019 14:00:56 -0000

The Covington scandal, Fortress Europe and woke comedy -- the spiked team discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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95: Hate speech: a warning from Europe – a spiked podcast special

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:47:45 -0000

Paul Coleman explores the grim rise of European hate-speech laws, ahead of Spiked US’s next event in NYC on 29 January. Get tickets: https://www.spiked-online.com/events/

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94: May's defeat, Trump's wall and woke capitalism

Fri, 18 Jan 2019 17:28:17 -0000

The team discuss Brexit betrayal, the US shutdown and Gillette's virtue-signalling. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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93: On the right to insult politicians

Fri, 11 Jan 2019 14:07:44 -0000

Westminster protests, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and diversity casting - Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.

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92: 2018: the year that rocked Europe

Fri, 21 Dec 2018 22:19:26 -0000

Brendan O'Neill and Andrew Doyle join Tom, Ella and Fraser to reflect on the battles of 2018. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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91: Why British politics is broken

Thu, 13 Dec 2018 11:22:25 -0000

Brexit, Kevin Hart and the ‘blame Russia’ reflex – Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.

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90: The mourning wars

Fri, 07 Dec 2018 01:36:29 -0000

The team discuss George HW Bush, Emmanuel Macron and PETA. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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89: Project Fear, the sequel

Fri, 30 Nov 2018 08:49:34 -0000

The team discuss the Brexit panic, Macron's France and trans misogyny. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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88: The dangers of hate-crime hysteria

Fri, 23 Nov 2018 10:30:53 -0000

Hate crime, Melania Trump and words of the year. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss. Support the spiked podcast: www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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87: Brexit: what is to be done?

Sat, 17 Nov 2018 15:00:55 -0000

Kate Hoey, Daniel Hannan and Brendan O’Neill discuss May’s Brexit betrayal, on a special edition of the spiked podcast. Support spiked’s fight for Brexit here: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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86: Why Trump limps on

Fri, 09 Nov 2018 00:11:06 -0000

The Midterms, the Grenfell effigy and Apu -- Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.

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85: Trump, terror and hypocrisy

Fri, 02 Nov 2018 17:35:52 -0000

Trump’s rhetoric, blasphemy law and jokes about vegans -- Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss. Support the spiked podcast here: www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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84: We need to talk about grooming gangs

Fri, 26 Oct 2018 16:28:21 -0000

Grooming gangs, blasphemy laws and swearing bans -- Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Jacob Mchangama discuss.

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83: The Tory betrayal of Brexit

Fri, 19 Oct 2018 15:20:12 -0000

Will we ever leave the EU? Has Saudi Arabia crossed a line? Is Elizabeth Warren really Native American? Tom Slater, Tim Black and Fraser Myers discuss. Support the spiked podcast here: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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82: Nazi pugs, gay cakes and Bob Geldof

Fri, 12 Oct 2018 17:50:17 -0000

Should the state police offensive jokes? Can Christian bakers refuse to bake a ‘gay cake’? Will Brexit silence British music? Tom Slater, Andrew Doyle and Fraser Myers discuss. Watch The Curious Case of the Nazi Pug here: https://www.spiked-online.com/video/the-curious-case-of-the-nazi-pug/

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81: Tories in turmoil

Fri, 05 Oct 2018 16:12:56 -0000

The death of the Conservatives, Brett Kavanaugh’s #MeToo showtrial and the students who swapped clapping for jazz hands. Joanna Williams, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss. Support the spiked podcast here: www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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80: Labour vs the people

Fri, 28 Sep 2018 05:00:00 -0000

Has Labour betrayed the working class? Does identity politics undermine democracy? Has trans censorship gone too far? Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater, Fraser Myers, and special guest Sheri Berman, discuss. Support the spiked podcast here: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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79: How #MeToo became a political weapon

Fri, 21 Sep 2018 18:32:01 -0000

Will #MeToo bring down Brett Kavanaugh? Are the Democratic Socialists of America overhyped? What is the point of the Lib Dems? Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater, Fraser Myers and special guest Michael Tracey discuss. Support the podcast here: www.spiked-online.com/newsite/about/326/

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78: Westminster's war on the web

Fri, 14 Sep 2018 21:33:01 -0000

Should we have free speech on Facebook? What’s tearing apart the Tories? Is Serena a victim of sexism? Ella Whelan, Luke Gittos and Fraser Myers discuss. Support the podcast here: www.spiked-online.com/newsite/about/326/

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77: The stupidity of banning Bannon

Fri, 07 Sep 2018 21:09:43 -0000

Is Steve Bannon a fascist? Why is Labour blind to anti-Semitism? Is Nike woke now? Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss. Support the podcast here: www.spiked-online.com/newsite/about/326/

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76: Sell out Brexit? No deal

Fri, 31 Aug 2018 18:26:35 -0000

Is No Deal Brexit’s last hope? Is #MeToo eating itself? Has campus politics gone mainstream? Ella Whelan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss. Support the podcast here: http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/about/326/

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75: Bret Stephens: 'Trump isn't un-PC. He's just an asshole'

Mon, 07 May 2018 14:45:52 -0000

On the latest spiked podcast, we talk to Bret Stephens, the New York Times columnist, about Trump, PC and the illiberalism of left and right.

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74: Katie Roiphe: ‘I was called human scum just for criticising #MeToo’

Fri, 20 Apr 2018 17:36:01 -0000

Katie Roiphe talks to Tom Slater about the ‘weird energy’ and censorious rage of Twitter-feminism.

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73: 'To defend democracy, we must defend the nation state'

Fri, 30 Mar 2018 17:55:54 -0000

Tom Slater and Michael Brendan Dougherty discuss the populist revolt.

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72: Last Orders: The war on cheap booze

Fri, 16 Mar 2018 09:45:45 -0000

In the latest episode of Last Orders, our podcast on all things nanny state, Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater are joined by spiked editor Brendan O'Neill to discuss minimum pricing, calorie caps and whether watching Love Island is bad for your health.

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71: Beware the oligarchs

Fri, 16 Feb 2018 14:17:37 -0000

On this week’s spiked podcast: Frank Furedi on Brexit, anti-Semitism and George Soros, Emily Hill on her new book, Bad Romance, and an extract from the spiked review’s interview with Joan C Williams.

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70: ‘They celebrate the vote but they wish we didn’t have it’

Fri, 09 Feb 2018 13:36:46 -0000

On this week’s spiked podcast: Brendan O’Neill discusses the centenary of the Representation of the People Act, Linda Bellos talks about university censorship and the trans issue, and Wendy Kaminer says #MeToo is failing feminists.

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69: 'We have to stand up for Afrin and the Kurds'

Fri, 26 Jan 2018 17:38:01 -0000

On this week’s spiked podcast: Macer Gifford on Afrin and the Kurdish struggle, Sean Collins on a year of Trump, and Andy Shaw and Andrew Doyle on their new free-speech comedy club.

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68: 'When we instantly believe women, we invite them to lie'

Sat, 20 Jan 2018 13:16:11 -0000

On this week’s spiked podcast: Brendan O’Neill on why we must stop the sex panic, Phil Mullan on why Carillion’s collapse is about more than greed, and Claire Fox on why trans women aren’t women.