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Sep 1, 2023 • 31min
244: Sadiq Khan’s war on working-class Londoners
GB News’ Emily Carver, Rakib Ehsan and Fraser Myers discuss the mayor of London’s eco-tyranny, how the police went woke and the bizarre case of Kayla Lemieux.
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Aug 25, 2023 • 33min
243: Lucy Letby and the evils of bureaucracy
Jacob Reynolds, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss how NHS management protected Lucy Letby, Sadiq Khan’s junk science, why BDSM is not for four-year-olds, and the demise of Yevgeny Prigozhin.
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Aug 17, 2023 • 33min
242: The cancellation of Graham Linehan, with Andrew Doyle
Andrew Doyle, Rakib Ehsan and Fraser Myers discuss how wokeness is killing comedy, Germany’s crackdown on populism, and the autistic teenager who was arrested for saying a policewoman resembled her lesbian grandmother.
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Aug 11, 2023 • 33min
241: Why we should leave the ECHR
Luke Gittos, Candice Holdsworth and Fraser Myers discuss the small-boats crisis, the madness of Mhairi Black and the myth of ‘global boiling’.
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Aug 4, 2023 • 34min
240: The Trump witch hunt
Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss the dodgy indictments against Donald Trump, Denmark’s ban on Koran-burning and Costa’s embrace of trans ideology.
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Jul 28, 2023 • 41min
239: How Nigel Farage beat the banks
Triggernometry’s Francis Foster joins Rakib Ehsan and Fraser Myers to discuss the ‘debanking’ scandal, the drivers’ revolt against Net Zero and Labour’s flip-flopping on the trans debate.
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Jul 22, 2023 • 34min
238: The rise of heatwave hysteria
Laura Dodsworth, Luke Gittos and Tom Slater discuss climate alarmism, Farage vs Coutts, and the hypocrisy of Just Stop Oil.
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Jul 14, 2023 • 38min
237: Huw Edwards and the hypocrisy of the elites
Paul Embery, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the ‘BBC presenter’ scandal, the emptiness of Keir Starmer and the violent misogyny of the trans movement.
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Jul 7, 2023 • 37min
236: The banks’ war on free speech
Charlie Peters, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the ‘debanking’ of dissenters, the end of affirmative action, the victory of the LGB Alliance, and the breastfeeding dad.
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Jun 30, 2023 • 35min
235: Why is Rishi Sunak so useless?
Rakib Ehsan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the nothingness of this Tory government, the Wagner mutiny, and why wokeness just isn’t cricket.
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