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Jun 5, 2020 • 39min
79: America falls apart
The George Floyd protests, democracy under lockdown, and the policing of tasteless jokes. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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May 29, 2020 • 39min
78: Cummings Derangement Syndrome
Our mad media, the EU’s corona crisis, and Joe ‘you ain’t black’ Biden. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers, and special guest Ashoka Mody, discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
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May 22, 2020 • 38min
77: The care-homes scandal that shames the nation
Care homes, grooming gangs and police overreach. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Rakib Ehsan discuss.
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May 15, 2020 • 38min
76: Lockdown UK: still no end in sight
Boris moving the goalposts, the Electoral Commission vs democracy, and Silicon Valley censorship. Tom, Ella, Fraser, and special guest Darren Grimes, discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
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May 8, 2020 • 38min
75: Neil Ferguson’s staggering hypocrisy
The government scientist who broke the lockdown, the allegations against Joe Biden, and campus censorship. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Sean Collins discuss.
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May 1, 2020 • 36min
74: Why the media have had such a bad war
‘Gotcha’ journalism, corona apps and trans battles. Tom, Ella, Fraser, and special guest Timandra Harkness, discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
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Apr 24, 2020 • 40min
73: The Covid culture wars
Identity politics, lockdown policies and celebrities in the age of coronavirus. Tom Slater, Elle Whelan, Fraser Myers and Wilfred Reilly discuss.
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Apr 18, 2020 • 42min
72: Why the 5G Covid conspiracy theory has gone viral
Corona conspiracy theories, the economic cost of lockdown, and Labour’s latest row. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Phil Mullan discuss.
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Apr 10, 2020 • 38min
71: A PM in hospital, a nation rattled
Boris Johnson in intensive care, China and coronavirus, and Keir Starmer’s Labour Party. Tom, Ella, Fraser and special guest Austin Williams discuss.
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Apr 3, 2020 • 37min
70: Can the EU survive coronavirus?
The myth of EU solidarity, Sweden’s alternative Covid-19 approach, and the rise of Britain’s corona cops. Tom, Ella, Fraser and special guest Nathalie Rothschild discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
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