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Apr 5, 2024 • 48min
276: Humza Yousaf: hate criminal?
Madeline Grant joins Tom Slater and Lauren Smith to discuss Scotland’s hate-crime farce, the West’s abandonment of Israel and the inhumanity of ‘assisted dying’.
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Mar 29, 2024 • 33min
275: How Abdul Ezedi gamed the asylum system
Luke Gittos joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers to discuss Britain’s broken borders, the Batley Grammar scandal and the Candace Owens controversy.
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Mar 22, 2024 • 23min
274: The SNP’s sinister Hate Crime Act
Patrick Christys joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers to discuss Scotland’s monstrous Hate Crime Act and the downfall of Ireland’s Leo Varadkar.
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Mar 15, 2024 • 33min
273: Are we all ‘extremists’ now?
Julia Hartley-Brewer joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers to discuss Michael Gove’s crackdown on extremism, the ban on puberty blockers and the people’s revolt in Ireland.
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Mar 8, 2024 • 40min
272: The trans experiment on children
Luke Gittos, Candice Holdsworth and Fraser Myers discuss the WPATH Files, the tyranny of economic experts and the revenge of Donald Trump.
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Mar 1, 2024 • 36min
271: The Islamist threat we can’t talk about
Andrew Doyle, Steven Edginton and Fraser Myers discuss how the charge of ‘Islamophobia’ silences debate, the trans cat killer and how the army went woke.
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Feb 23, 2024 • 40min
270: The Islamist assault on British democracy
Paul Embery, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss how parliament capitulated to Islamist intimidation, the trial of Julian Assange and Google’s woke AI.
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Feb 16, 2024 • 41min
269: Why anti-Semitism lives on in Labour
Discussion on the Rochdale anti-Semitism scandal, 'paraglider girls', and the controversy around Parkrun. Addressing challenges of tackling anti-Semitism in Labour, consequences of ethnic group-based politics, and the rise in anti-Semitic incidents. Gender self-identification in sports and the debate on fairness and identity.

Feb 9, 2024 • 37min
268: After the acid attack
Luke Gittos, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss how Abdul Ezedi gamed the UK asylum system, the shameful exploitation of the Brianna Ghey tragedy and the woke capture of Labour.
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Feb 2, 2024 • 34min
267: Why the farmers must win
Jacob Reynolds, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the European uprising against the green agenda, Nicola Sturgeon’s tartan tyranny and the right-wing paranoia over Taylor Swift.
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