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Jan 14, 2022 • 43min

159: Is the party over for Boris?

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. 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/ Sponsored by Wondrium: https://wondrium.com/spiked  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 7, 2022 • 40min

158: Novak Djokovic and the war on the unvaccinated

Australia’s Covid hysteria, the Capitol riot, Big Tech censorship and Colston Four… Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dec 17, 2021 • 56min

157: Covid, culture wars and COP – looking back on 2021

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.  Please dig deep for spiked this Christmas and donate: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Sponsored by: Wondrium https://wondrium.com/spiked Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dec 10, 2021 • 35min

156: The week Boris crumbled

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. Please dig deep for spiked this Christmas and donate: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Get tickets for our event with David Starkey and Brendan O’Neill: https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/12/06/get-tickets-for-our-event-with-david-starkey-and-brendan-oneill/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dec 3, 2021 • 38min

155: Another cancelled Christmas?

Omicron restrictions, Chinese censorship and the woke war on Christmas – Charlie Peters joins Fraser Myers and Ella Whelan 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/ Sign up to our newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Nov 26, 2021 • 42min

154: Europe’s new authoritarianism

Compulsory vaccination, the hounding of JK Rowling, the cricket racism scandal and the cancellation of an ISIS survivor… Tom, Ella and Fraser discuss. 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/ Related articles: Fraser Myers: Austria is leading Europe down a dark path https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/11/24/austria-is-leading-europe-down-a-dark-path/  Tom Slater: JK Rowling: the making of a modern folk devil https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/11/23/jk-rowling-the-making-of-a-modern-folk-devil/  Tom Slater: Michael Vaughan: guilty until proven innocent https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/11/25/michael-vaughan-guilty-until-proven-innocent/  Paddy Hannam: Nadia Murad and the heartlessness of PC https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/11/24/nadia-murad-and-the-heartlessness-of-pc/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Nov 19, 2021 • 35min

153: After Liverpool: the deafening silence over terrorism

The Liverpool bombing, the media’s culture war on Kyle Rittenhouse and more… Tom Slater, Fraser Myers and Ella Whelan discuss. 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Nov 12, 2021 • 40min

152: Is it time to move on from Covid?

Covid fear-mongering, Tory sleaze and Megxit… Tom, Fraser and Ella discuss. 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Nov 5, 2021 • 36min

151: COP26 and the green war on democracy

Climate change, the parents’ revolt in Virginia, and the cancellation of Terry Gilliam… Tom, Fraser and Ella discuss. 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/ Related articles: Tom Slater: Environmentalism cannot survive democracy https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/11/04/environmentalism-cannot-survive-democracy/ Fraser Myers: The parents’ revolt in Virginia https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/11/03/the-parents-revolt-in-virginia/ Brendan O’Neill: Terry Gilliam and the return of blacklisting https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/11/02/terry-gilliam-and-the-return-of-blacklisting/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Oct 29, 2021 • 39min

150: So now the left cares about Big Tech censorship?

Novara Media’s brush with censorship, Rishi Sunak’s delusional budget, and green rationing -- Tom, Fraser and Ella discuss. 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  ExpressVPN: https://www.expressvpn.com/spiked  Related articles: Tom Slater: Novara Media and the left’s tragic turn against free speech https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/10/29/novara-media-and-the-lefts-tragic-turn-against-free-speech/  Fraser Myers: Rishi Sunak’s dangerous complacency https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/10/27/rishi-sunaks-dangerous-complacency/ Brendan O’Neill: Why is Insulate Britain being allowed to cause so much disruption? https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/10/26/why-is-insulate-britain-being-allowed-to-cause-so-much-disruption/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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