Last Orders - a spiked podcast

Robby Soave, senior editor at Reason and co-host of Rising on The Hill TV, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss why the misinformation cops got Covid so wrong, the ridiculousness of minimum pricing on alcohol, and how to take on Big Tech censorship. Send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Get your copy of Brendan O’Neill’s new book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861 Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/

Claire Fox, member of the House of Lords and director of the Academy of Ideas, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the government’s attempt to clamp down on online speech, Panorama’s whacky food propaganda, and more. Send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Get your copy of Brendan O’Neill’s new book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861 Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/

Paul North, director of Volteface, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the worst nanny states in Europe, the benefits of boozing, and the campaign for drug liberalisation. Get your tickets to the online launch of Brendan O’Neill’s new spiked book, A Heretic’s Manifesto. Brendan will be interviewed by Andrew Doyle on Monday 5 June at 7pm. Find out more: https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/05/18/event-brendan-oneills-book-launch/ Send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Apply now for spiked’s internship scheme: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/

Jan Macvarish – education and events director of the Free Speech Union – joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the attempt to No Platform Kathleen Stock, Labour’s war on smoking, and if artificial sweeteners are making us fat. Send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Pre-order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861 🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861 🖊️ 📕 Or donate £50 to get a signed copy: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Apply now for spiked’s internship scheme: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/

Australian journalist Nick Cater joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the hysteria over Coco Pops, George Osborne’s deranged attacks on smoking, and why Australia’s plan for an Indigenous ‘Voice to Parliament’ is a truly terrible idea. Send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Find out more about spiked’s internship scheme here: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/

Comedian and writer Dominic Frisby joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss Just Stop Oil's stunt at the Crucible, the government’s plan for state-sponsored vaping and the genius of PG Wodehouse. Send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Read Dominic’s Substack here: https://www.theflyingfrisby.com/ And listen to his serialised musical, Kisses on a Postcard, here: https://kissesonapostcard.com/

Mark Littlewood – director-general of the Institute of Economic Affairs – joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss the laughing-gas ban, the coming crackdown on vaping and the madness of the ULEZ. Send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/

Liam Duffy – strategic advisor for the Counter Extremism Project – joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss the Islamist threat to free speech, the panic over young people vaping, and Chris’s triumph over Jonathan Portes. Send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/

Matt Ridley – co-author of Viral: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19 – joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss Covid cover-ups, the Lockdown Files and the zealotry of the anti-smoking lobby. Send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/

Big Brother Watch’s Silkie Carlo joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the government’s war on lockdown sceptics, Nicola Sturgeon’s nanny-state legacy, and the madness of the WHO. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode.

Andrew Orlowski joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss the idiocy of our green elites, the rise and fall of FTX, and the cult of booze prohibition. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode.

Francis Foster joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss the miserabilism of the nanny state, the ridiculousness of Seatbeltgate, and the authoritarian legacy of Jacinda Ardern. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode.

Patrick Christys joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss Labour’s war on smoking, Prince Harry’s crusade against the tabloids, and how wokeness has infected public health. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode.

Comedian Geoff Norcott joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss cash, smoking and Elon Musk. Get tickets to Geoff’s work-in-progress shows here: https://www.livenation.co.uk/artist-geoff-norcott-1252793 Donate to spiked this Christmas: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode.

Charlie Peters, GB News documentary filmmaker, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the Online Safety Bill, Nicola Sturgeon’s nanny state, the grooming-gangs scandal and more. Send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Become a spiked supporter and get your free ticket to Brendan O’Neill’s upcoming live show with Toby Young: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/

Julia Hartley-Brewer, TalkTV’s breakfast-show host, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss knee-taking, free speech on campus, the campaign to cut our energy use, and more. Send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Become a spiked supporter and get your free ticket to Brendan O’Neill’s upcoming live show with Toby Young: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/

Nick Gillespie, editor-at-large of Reason, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the Midterms, the war on nicotine, Elon Musk and more. Send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/

Rod Liddle, journalist and member of the SDP, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the propaganda war on smokers, the madness of Just Stop Oil and the future of British politics. Send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/

Sam Ashworth-Hayes joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss Liz Truss’s war on the nanny state. Plus, we discuss James O’Brien’s queue conspiracy theory and answer your questions in our postbag section. Send your questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Donate £50 to spiked and get a free, signed copy of ‘How Woke Won’, plus a year’s free membership to spiked supporters: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/

Comedian Leo Kearse joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the cancellation of Jerry Sadowitz, the perilous state of pubs and the moral crusade against gambling. Plus, we answer your questions in our new postbag section. Send your questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Order your copy of ‘How Woke Won’ by Joanna Williams here: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/

Joanna Williams, author of How Woke Won, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss monkeypox, the fall of the Tavistock and the rise of Britain’s thoughtpolice. Plus, we answer your questions in our new postbag section. Send your questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Order your copy of ‘How Woke Won’ by Joanna Williams here: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/

Claire Fox, director of the Academy of Ideas, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the plans for a smoke-free England and abortion rights after Roe. Plus, we answer your questions in our new postbag section. Send your questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Order your copy of ‘How Woke Won’ by Joanna Williams: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/

Patrick O’Flynn joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss Partygate, Ricky Gervais and Jamie Oliver. Enjoy! And be sure to email any questions or comments you have for Chris and Tom to [email protected] – for our new mail-bag section at the end of each show. Order your copy of ‘How Woke Won’ by Joanna Williams: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Hoping to get into journalism? Are you passionate about spiked’s pro-freedom, anti-woke politics? Apply now for our paid internship programme: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/

GB News’ Andrew Doyle joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss Big Tech censorship, ‘grossly offensive’ jokes and calorie counts on menus. Get your ticket to “How woke won – with Joanna Williams and Brendan O’Neill”: https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/04/25/live-event-joanna-williams-and-brendan-oneill-on-how-woke-won/ Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sign up to our newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters

Brendan O’Neill joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the hot takes from the Oscars, the cost-of-living crisis and the Batley Grammar scandal. Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sign up to our newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters

The end of Covid rules, Nadine Dorries vs Jimmy Carr, and the law of unintended consequences… comedian and financial writer Dominic Frisby joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss. Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sign up to our newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters

Vaccines, variants, Matt Hancock’s wandering hands… spiked columnist Rob Lyons joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to look back on the highs and lows of 2021. Donate to spiked this Christmas: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/

The Omicron variant, America on the verge of breakdown and the genius of Barry Humphries – Simon Evans joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss. Become a spiked supporter and claim your free ticket to our live event with David Starkey and Brendan O’Neill: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/

Covid restrictions, David’s Law, Dave Chappelle and Scotland’s nanny state -- Charlie Peters joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/

Petrol panic, betting ads and Sleepy Joe -- the Spectator’s Freddy Gray joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/

Mark Littlewood, director-general of the IEA, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss eco-insanity, smoking bans and Zero Covid. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Related articles: Tom Slater: Extinction Rebellion doesn’t care what you think https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/08/26/extinction-rebellion-doesnt-care-what-you-think/ James Bolt: Australia is at breaking point https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/08/26/australia-is-at-breaking-point/

Comedian Leo Kearse joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss Freedom Day, fatty food and free speech. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Related articles: Tom Slater: Up the vaccines, down with vaccine passports https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/07/20/up-the-vaccines-down-with-vaccine-passports/ Chris Snowdon: Henry Dimbleby is right about one thing https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/07/16/henry-dimbleby-is-right-about-one-thing/ Leo Kearse: Cancel culture is a grave threat to comedy https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/07/15/cancel-culture-is-a-grave-threat-to-comedy/

Martin Durkin returns to the show to discuss his explosive new film on race in America. Plus: the fall of Matt Hancock and the intolerance of the public-health mob. Watch ‘Great American Race Game’ here: https://greatamericanracegame.com/

Julia Hartley-Brewer, host of talkRADIO’s breakfast show, joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss 21 June, taking the knee and defunding the WHO. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/

Geoff Norcott, stand-up comedian and author of Where Did I Go Right?, joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss working-class Tories, the pub lockdown and PC policing. Sign up to our daily newsletter: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

Claire Fox joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss vaccine passports, the Batley Grammar cartoon controversy and public health after the pandemic.

Nick Cater joins Snowdon and Slater to talk Zero Covid, Australia vs Big Tech, and campus censorship. Sign up to Today on spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Support this show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

Timandra Harkness joins Snowdon and Slater to talk tech censorship, Covid vaccines and sin taxes. Listen to Timandra’s latest radio series, Steelmanning, on BBC Radio 4: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000rdzs Support Last Orders by donating to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

Comedian Simon Evans joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to look back at the year of lockdowns and woke authoritarianism. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

Madeline Grant joins Chris and Tom to discuss lockdown, green Toryism and junk food. Buy the spiked book: https://www.spiked-online.com/book/

Daniel joins Tom and Chris to discuss the winter lockdown, hate speech and the Brexit negotiations. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

Corona, lockdown and the culture war -- James Delingpole, Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

Rob Lyons joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss some rare victories for liberty in an otherwise dismal year. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

Brendan O’Neill joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the myth of white privilege, Boris Johnson’s health kick and the great mask debate. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

The BLM cultural revolution, second waves, and Big Tech censorship. Konstantin Kisin joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

Matt Ridley joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss his new book, How Innovation Works, the UK’s never-ending lockdown, and the rise of corona prohibition. Pre-order How Innovation Works now: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Innovation-Works-Flourishes-Freedom/dp/0062916599/ref=nodl_

The cost of lockdown, Trump vs the WHO, and smoking away coronavirus. Toby Young, Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater discuss all this and more on the latest episode of Last Orders. Check out Lockdown Sceptics: https://lockdownsceptics.org/ Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

Claire Fox joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss coronavirus. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

The man behind Titania McGrath joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss woke politics, coal fires and the state of the BBC. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

Dominic Frisby joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss prohibition, the Peasants’ Revolt and the fake news about fake news. Become a regular donor: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/