The spiked podcast

Brendan O'Neill, Spike's Chief Political Editor known for sharp commentary on British politics, discusses Reform's surprising surge and its challenge to the two-party system. He and others map a political reordering as Reform reaches former Labour heartlands. They also critique Labour's deep losses and call out the Green Party as a mostly middle-class, performative revolt.

Andrew Gold, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on Britain’s anti-Semitism crisis, the small-boats crime wave and the Oxford don with huge prosthetic breasts Join us for the spiked summit, our biggest ever live event, on Saturday 27 June in Westminster. Get tickets: https://www.spiked-online.com/event/spiked-summit/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James Dreyfus, British actor and culture commentator known for sitcom roles and anti-woke views, discusses trans politics, identity and comedy. He recounts fallout from a Stonewall letter and worries about identity politics reshaping gay rights. He argues comedy has been constrained and predicts a reactionary swing back to edgier, nostalgic humour.

Patrick Christys, broadcaster and GB News presenter, offers blunt political and media commentary. He dissects the Southport inquiry and institutional failings. He critiques how wokeness and bureaucratic caution hampered frontline judgement. He also explores Ireland’s farmer protests, elite greenism, and Trump’s clash with the Vatican in a lively, combative discussion.

Luke Gittos, columnist and commentator on British politics, culture and current affairs. They dissect Reform and Greens breaking the Labour–Conservative duopoly. They contrast who supports each party and how local tests will judge them. They weigh energy, migration and Gaza-related tensions, and debate the ban on Kanye West and its cultural fallout.

A lively debate on the UK’s homegrown energy crisis and why existing policies leave the country exposed. A heated clash over net zero commitments and whether pragmatic choices like cutting levies or domestic drilling are being avoided. A defence of the presumption of innocence in the face of media overreaction. A critique of inclusion trends that some argue threaten countryside traditions and the place of dogs in public life.

Esther Krakue, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the Golders Green arson attack, Tucker Carlson’s praise of Sharia and the hypocrisy of celebrity ‘anti-fascism’. Watch the second half of the discussion on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast, exclusively for spiked supporters – here: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/are-we-being-gaslit-on-immigration-and-crime/  Join us for the spiked summit, our biggest ever live event, on Saturday 27 June in Westminster, featuring Konstantin Kisin, Lionel Shriver, Katharine Birbalsingh, Toby Young, Allison Pearson, Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater and more speakers to be announced. Get tickets: https://www.spiked-online.com/event/spiked-summit/  Brendan O’Neill’s new spiked book, ‘Vibe Shift: The Revolt Against Wokeness, Greenism and Technocracy’ is out now. Get it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Four ambulances run by a Jewish community group in London’s Golders Green were set on fire in the early hours of Monday morning. Iran-linked terrorists have claimed responsibility. Here, Lorin Bell-Cross – political correspondent at the Jewish Chronicle – outlines what we know so far about the ambulance attack, and explains why Labour cannot speak frankly about the threat to British Jews.  Get tickets for the spiked summit – a brand-new flagship live event bringing spiked’s writers and high-profile friends together for a day of bold debate, live Q&As and on-stage exchanges in Westminster, London. Find out more and book here: https://www.spiked-online.com/event/spiked-summit/  Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/     Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Watch the second half of the discussion on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast, exclusively for spiked supporters – here: youtube.com/watch?v=hL8_8Mb3Jik&feature=youtu.be Join us for the spiked summit, our biggest ever live event, on Saturday 27 June in Westminster. Get tickets: https://www.spiked-online.com/event/spiked-summit/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.  Buy Maggie’s book, Survivors: One Brave Detective's Battle to Expose the Rochdale Child Abuse Scandal here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Survivors-Detectives-Battle-Rochdale-Scandal/dp/1789460859  For more information about Maggie’s work, visit her charity, the Maggie Oliver Foundation: https://www.themaggieoliverfoundation.com/ Get tickets for the spiked summit – a brand-new flagship live event bringing spiked’s writers and high-profile friends together for a day of bold debate, live Q&As and on-stage exchanges in Westminster, London. Find out more and book here: https://www.spiked-online.com/event/spiked-summit/  Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/     Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices