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Mar 17, 2023 • 40min

220: The Gary Lineker affair

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/
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Mar 10, 2023 • 34min

219: Manchester Arena: why we *should* look back in anger

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/ 
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Mar 2, 2023 • 31min

218: The Wakefield blasphemy trial

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/
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Feb 24, 2023 • 31min

217: How the Ukrainians shocked the world

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/
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Feb 17, 2023 • 36min

216: Good riddance to Nicola Sturgeon

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/
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Feb 10, 2023 • 31min

215: The truth about Shamima Begum

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/
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Feb 3, 2023 • 29min

214: The exploitation of Tyre Nichols

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/
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Jan 27, 2023 • 40min

213: Eff the WEF

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/
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Jan 20, 2023 • 25min

212: The madness of Scotland’s gender bill

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/
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Jan 13, 2023 • 30min

211: Spare us this self-pitying prince

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/

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