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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. Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto 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 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Sponsored by Shopify: https://shopify.co.uk/spiked Get your ticket for spiked’s next online event. Brendan O’Neill will be in conversation with Michael Shellenberger on Tuesday 29 August at 7pm. Don’t miss it: https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/08/09/event-michael-shellenberger-and-brendan-oneill-live/ Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto 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 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Sponsored by Express VPN: https://www.expressvpn.com/spiked Get your ticket for spiked’s next online event. Brendan O’Neill will be in conversation with Michael Shellenberger on Tuesday 29 August at 7pm. Don’t miss it: https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/08/09/event-michael-shellenberger-and-brendan-oneill-live/ Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto 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 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Luke Gittos, Candice Holdsworth and Fraser Myers discuss the small-boats crisis, the madness of Mhairi Black and the myth of ‘global boiling’. Get your ticket for spiked’s next live event – Brendan O’Neill in conversation with Michael Shellenberger – on Tuesday 29 August at 7pm: https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/08/09/event-michael-shellenberger-and-brendan-oneill-live/ Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto 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 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto 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 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto 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 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Laura Dodsworth, Luke Gittos and Tom Slater discuss climate alarmism, Farage vs Coutts, and the hypocrisy of Just Stop Oil. Order Free Your Mind, by Laura Dodsworth and Patrick Fagan, here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Free-Your-Mind-manipulation-resist/dp/0008600945/ And while you’re at it, order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto 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 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. 🖊️ 📕 Donate £50 to get a signed copy of Brendan O’Neill’s new book: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. 🖊️ 📕 Donate £50 to get a signed copy of Brendan O’Neill’s new book: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rakib Ehsan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the nothingness of this Tory government, the Wagner mutiny, and why wokeness just isn’t cricket. 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/ 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. 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 or more to get a signed copy: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matthew Goodwin, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the ousting of Boris Johnson, the arraignment of Donald Trump and the arrest of Nicola Sturgeon. 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 or more to get a signed copy: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Sponsored by ExpressVPN: https://www.expressvpn.com/spiked Apply now for spiked’s internship scheme: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Get your tickets to the online launch event 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/ 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 or more to get a signed copy: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Apply now for spiked’s internship scheme: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Help keep spiked free, fearless and independent. Join our online donor community and enjoy a range of brilliant perks, including ad-free reading, exclusive events and signed books. Sign up here: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ 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 Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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’. 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. 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/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Related articles: Sean Collins: Joe Biden’s sinister disinformation campaign https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/04/25/joe-bidens-sinister-disinformation-campaign/ Brendan O’Neill: Diane Abbott and the derange left https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/04/23/diane-abbott-and-the-deranged-left/ Simon Evans: The glorious transgressions of Barry Humphries https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/04/24/the-glorious-transgressions-of-barry-humphries/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. 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/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. 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/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Related articles: Brendan O’Neill: Joe Biden’s woke conquest of Ireland https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/04/13/joe-bidens-woke-conquest-of-ireland/ Tom Slater: Elon Musk vs the BBC https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/04/12/elon-musk-vs-the-bbc/ Simon Evans: The making of Dylan Mulvaney https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/04/14/the-making-of-dylan-mulvaney/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew Doyle, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the authoritarianism of the ‘Resistance’, the truth about grooming gangs and the meaning of woke. 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/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Related articles: Tom Slater: Why the Resistance is (still) so much worse than Trump https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/04/05/why-the-resistance-is-still-so-much-worse-than-trump/ Batya Ungar-Sargon: Trump’s great crime is to have stood up to the elites https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/04/05/trumps-great-crime-is-to-have-stood-up-to-the-elites/ Patrick O’Flynn: The shameless dishonesty over grooming gangs https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/04/03/the-shameless-dishonesty-over-grooming-gangs/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. 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/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Listen to Brendan O’Neill’s interview with Kellie-Jay Keen from earlier this week: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/how-i-survived-the-trans-mob/ Related articles: Tom Slater: We must confront this woke misogyny https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/03/27/we-must-confront-this-woke-misogyny/ Jo Bartosch: The Sheilas will not be silenced https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/03/25/the-sheilas-will-not-be-silenced/ Fraser Myers: Humza Yousaf and the rottenness of the SNP https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/03/27/humza-yousaf-and-the-rottenness-of-the-snp/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. 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/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sponsored by Harry’s: www.harrys.com/spiked Related articles: Brendan O’Neill: The lingering malady of Trump Derangement Syndrome https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/03/20/the-lingering-malady-of-trump-derangement-syndrome/ Fraser Myers: How lockdown exposed our illiberal elites https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/03/23/how-lockdown-exposed-our-illiberal-elites/ Jo Bartosch: Barbie Kardashian: the grisly reality of self-ID https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/03/22/barbie-kardashian-the-grisly-reality-of-self-id/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. 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/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sponsored by Harry’s: www.harrys.com/spiked Related articles: Tom Slater: So this is your free-speech martyr? Gary Lineker? ​​https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/03/11/so-this-is-your-free-speech-martyr-gary-lineker/ Fraser Myers: Hunt is tinkering while Britain burns https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/03/15/hunt-is-tinkering-while-britain-burns/ Ella Whelan: Eleanor Williams: the perils of ‘believe all women’ https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/03/15/eleanor-williams-the-perils-of-believe-all-women/ Brendan O’Neill: Why slavery reparations are a terrible idea https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/03/17/why-slavery-reparations-are-a-terrible-idea/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Salman Abedi, the Illegal Migration Bill, and Gary Lineker’s new low… Tom Slater, Luke Gittos and Rakib Ehsan discuss. 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/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Related articles: Brendan O’Neill: The lesson of Manchester? Technocracy is no match for evil https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/03/07/the-lesson-of-manchester-technocracy-is-no-match-for-evil/ Tim Black: We need democratic control over our borders https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/03/08/we-need-democratic-control-over-our-borders/ Simon Evans: Give it a rest, Gary https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/03/08/give-it-a-rest-gary/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Koran controversy, the Windsor Framework and the Lockdown Files… Tom Slater, Fraser Myers and Rakib Ehsan discuss. 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/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Related articles: Tom Slater: When a Wakefield boy brought a Koran to school https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/02/27/when-a-wakefield-boy-brought-a-koran-to-school/ Brendan O’Neill: Sorry, but this does not restore British sovereignty https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/02/28/sorry-but-this-does-not-restore-british-sovereignty/ Fraser Myers: How Matt Hancock abandoned care homes to Covid https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/03/01/how-matt-hancock-abandoned-care-homes-to-covid/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The invasion of Ukraine, the rewriting of Roald Dahl and the cancellation of Kate Forbes… Tom Slater, Fraser Myers and Inaya Folarin Iman discuss. 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/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sponsored by: ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/spiked Harry’s: https://harrys.com/spiked Related articles: Tom Slater: Ukraine: nationhood matters https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/02/24/ukraine-nationhood-matters/ Tom Slater: The rewriting of Roald Dahl should disturb us all https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/02/19/the-rewriting-of-roald-dahl-should-disturb-us-all/ Tom Slater: Kate Forbes’ opponents are the truly intolerant ones https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/02/21/kate-forbes-opponents-are-the-truly-intolerant-ones/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. 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/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sponsored by: Wondrium: https://wondrium.com/spiked Related articles: Tom Slater: Nicola Sturgeon’s woke authoritarianism https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/02/15/nicola-sturgeons-woke-authoritarianism/ Fraser Myers: Stop exploiting the Brianna Ghey tragedy https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/02/14/stop-exploiting-the-brianna-ghey-tragedy/ Fraser Myers: Knowsley: the price of silence https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/02/13/knowsley-the-price-of-silence/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Islamist extremism, Mark Drakeford’s gender reforms and Sadiq Khan’s war on the car… Fraser Myers, Ella Whelan and Rakib Ehsan discuss. 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/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sponsored by: Harry’s: https://harrys.com/spiked ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/spiked Related articles: Neil Davenport: The grotesque rehabilitation of Shamima Begum https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/02/09/the-grotesque-rehabilitation-of-shamima-begum/ Brendan O’Neill: An eye for a hurt feeling https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/02/07/an-eye-for-a-hurt-feeling/ Joanna Williams: Wales has learnt nothing from Sturgeon’s self-ID debacle https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/02/08/wales-has-learnt-nothing-from-sturgeons-self-id-debacle/ Ella Whelan: Sadiq Khan is taking Londoners for a ride https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/01/26/sadiq-khan-is-taking-londoners-for-a-ride/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Tyre Nichols killing, Rishi’s first 100 days and Sam Smith’s nonbinary nonsense… Tom Slater, Fraser Myers and Rakib Ehsan discuss. 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/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sponsored by Wondrium: https://wondrium.com/spiked Related articles: Tom Slater: Tyre Nichols: the bigotry of the ‘anti-racists’ https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/02/01/tyre-nichols-and-the-bigotry-of-the-anti-racists/ Laurie Wastell: Google, defender of the BLM narrative https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/02/03/google-defender-of-the-blm-narrative/ Brendan O’Neill: It’s time to call out the nonsense of nonbinary https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/01/16/its-time-to-call-out-the-nonsense-of-nonbinary/ Fraser Myers: No, Richard Madeley did not ‘misgender’ Sam Smith https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/01/30/no-richard-madeley-did-not-misgender-sam-smith/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. 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/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sponsored by Harry’s: https://harrys.com/spiked Related articles: Frank Furedi: Why Davos Man hates Brexit Britain https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/01/23/why-davos-man-hates-brexit-britain/ Tom Slater: Trans ideology has robbed us of our humanity https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/01/25/trans-ideology-has-robbed-us-of-our-humanity/ Brendan O’Neill: The Caesars of the Information Age https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/01/26/the-caesars-of-the-information-age/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. 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/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sponsored by Wondrium: https://wondrium.com/spiked Related articles: Simon Evans: The trans debate is beyond satire https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/01/19/the-trans-debate-is-beyond-satire/ Joanna Williams: Why Sturgeon’s gender bill had to be stopped https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/01/17/why-sturgeons-gender-bill-had-to-be-stopped/ Mick Hume: Why we should all worry if Jeremy Clarkson gets cancelled https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/01/18/why-we-should-all-worry-if-jeremy-clarkson-gets-cancelled/ Tom Slater: Good riddance to Saint Jacinda https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/01/19/good-riddance-to-saint-jacinda/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prince Harry, the Brazilian riots and trigger warnings on children’s books. Rakib Ehsan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss. 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/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sponsored by: Harry’s: https://harrys.com/spiked Related articles: Tom Slater: Prince Harry and the snootiness of modern ‘anti-racism’ https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/01/10/prince-harry-and-the-snootiness-of-modern-anti-racism/ Brendan O’Neill: Prince Harry’s 400-page temper tantrum https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/01/11/prince-harrys-400-page-temper-tantrum/ Mick Hume: Harry’s princely crusade to tame the press https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/01/09/harrys-princely-crusade-to-tame-the-press/ Laurie Wastell: Now even Peter Pan has been given a trigger warning https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/01/11/now-even-peter-pan-has-been-given-a-trigger-warning/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Outrage culture, the grooming-gangs scandal and the emptiness of Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer. Luke Gittos, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss. 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/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sponsored by: ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/spiked Related articles: Simon Evans: Why there will be more Andrew Tates https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/01/03/why-there-will-be-more-andrew-tates/ Rakib Ehsan: Rotherham and moral rot of identity politics https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/01/05/rotherham-and-moral-rot-of-identity-politics/ Tom Slater: Our empty PM https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/01/04/our-empty-pm/ Fraser Myers: Starmer’s pitch to be chief beancounter https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/01/05/starmers-pitch-to-be-chief-beancounter/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Donate to spiked this Christmas: 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Donate to spiked this Christmas: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Sponsored by: Harry’s: https://harrys.com/spiked Related articles: Frank Furedi: The EU is rotten to the core https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/12/13/the-eu-is-rotten-to-the-core/ Sabine Beppler-Spahl: The real threat to German democracy https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/12/12/the-real-threat-to-german-democracy/ Brendan O’Neill: The woke war on truth https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/12/14/the-woke-war-on-truth/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joanna Williams joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers to discuss Harry and Meghan, the Twitter Files and the fall of Mermaids. 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/ Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sign up to our newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters Sponsored by: Wondrium: https://wondrium.com/spiked Related articles: Five times Meghan’s ‘truth’ collided with reality: https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/12/08/five-times-meghans-truth-collided-with-reality/ Tom Slater: Will The Harry and Meghan Show get another season? https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/12/06/will-the-harry-and-meghan-show-get-another-season/ Tom Slater: The Twitter Files and the silence of the hacks https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/12/05/the-twitter-files-and-the-silence-of-the-hacks/ Joanna Williams: The fall of Mermaids cannot come soon enough https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/12/07/the-fall-of-mermaids-cannot-come-soon-enough/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rakib Ehsan joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers to discuss microaggressions, China and trans Jesus. 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/ Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sign up to our newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters Sponsored by: Harry’s: https://harrys.com/spiked Related articles: Tom Slater: The incredible courage of the Chinese protesters https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/11/29/the-incredible-courage-of-the-chinese-protesters/ Tim Black: Immigration and the myth of racist Britain https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/11/30/immigration-and-the-myth-of-racist-britain/ Rakib Ehsan: It’s not racist to ask where someone is from https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/12/01/its-not-racist-to-ask-where-someone-is-from/ Gareth Roberts: No, Jesus was not trans https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/11/30/no-jesus-was-not-trans/ Elizabeth Weiss: There’s no such thing as a nonbinary skeleton https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/08/10/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-nonbinary-skeleton/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. 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/ Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sign up to our newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters Sponsored by: Harry’s: https://harrys.com/spiked Babbel: https://babbel.com/play using code ‘SPIKED’ Related articles: Tim Black: The SNP: the world’s least convincing democrats https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/11/24/the-snp-the-worlds-least-convincing-democrats/ Kevin Yuill: Canada’s euthanasia laws are a moral outrage https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/11/17/canadas-euthanasia-laws-are-a-moral-outrage/ Mick Hume: A tale of two World Cups https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/11/22/a-tale-of-two-world-cups/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Become a spiked supporter and get your free ticket to Brendan O’Neill’s live show with Toby Young: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sign up to our newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters Sponsored by: Harry’s: https://harrys.com/spiked ExpressVPN: https://ExpressVPN.com/spiked Related articles: Tom Slater: Populism is bigger than Trump https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/11/16/populism-is-bigger-than-trump/ Tim Black: Do the Western media want World War 3? https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/11/16/do-the-western-media-want-world-war-3/ Rob Lyons: Why eight billion people is a human success story https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/11/14/eight-billion-people-a-human-success-story/ Neil Davenport: Children are collateral damage in the culture war https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/11/16/children-are-collateral-damage-in-the-culture-war/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Slater, Inaya Folarin Iman and Fraser Myers discuss eco-extremism, the US Midterms, lockdown authoritarianism and Matt Hancock. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sign up to our newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters Sponsored by: Wondrium: https://wondrium.com/spiked Babbel: https://babbel.com/play using code ‘SPIKED’ Related articles: Tom Slater: Environmentalism has become a creepy bourgeois cult https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/11/07/environmentalism-has-become-a-creepy-bourgeois-cult/ Joel Kotkin: A tale of two Americas https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/11/09/a-tale-of-two-americas/ Laurie Wastell: How selling mince pies landed a pensioner in prison https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/11/10/how-selling-mince-pies-landed-a-pensioner-in-prison/ Simon Evans: Is Matt Hancock even real? https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/11/02/is-matt-hancock-even-real/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sign up to our newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters Sponsored by: Harry’s: https://harrys.com/spiked Babbel: https://babbel.com/play using code ‘SPIKED’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Order “Out of the Blue”: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Out-Blue-inside-story-explosive/dp/0008605785 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the PM’s resignation and the future of populism. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sign up to our newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters Sponsored by Wondrium: https://wondrium.com/spiked Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Sponsored by ExpressVPN: https://www.expressVPN.com/spiked Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inaya Folarin Iman joins Tom and Fraser to discuss Liz Truss, Iran and Elon Musk. Don’t miss next week’s live show with Lionel Shriver. spiked supporters can claim their free ticket now: https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/10/03/zoom-event-lionel-shriver-and-brendan-oneill-live/ Get your ticket to see the spiked podcast live at the Battle of Ideas on Saturday 15 October: battleofideas.org.uk Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Sponsored by Harry’s: https://www.harrys.com/spiked Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom, Fraser and Ella discuss Giorgia Meloni, Britain’s economic meltdown and the Labour Party conference. 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/ Sponsored by Wondrium: https://wondrium.com/spiked Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. 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/ Sponsored by ExpressVPN: https://www.expresvpn.com/spiked Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom, Fraser and Ella discuss the clampdown on republican protesters. Plus: the Ukrainian counteroffensive and the madness of Mermaids. 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/ Sponsored by Harry’s: https://www.harrys.com/spiked Sponsored by Wondrium: https://www.wondrium.com/spiked Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices