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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