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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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Mar 27, 2020 • 28min
69: Britain in lockdown
The team discusses civil liberties and dissent in the time of Covid-19. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
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Mar 20, 2020 • 35min
68: Putting the pandemic in perspective
Brendan O’Neill, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Norman Lewis on the dangerous overreaction to the Covid-19 outbreak.
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Mar 13, 2020 • 37min
154: Inside Italy’s coronavirus lockdown
Dominic Standish calls in from Italy to discuss the Covid-19 pandemic with the team. We also talk Labour, Islamophobia and the #BeKind campaign. Support spiked -- become a £5 per month donor: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
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Mar 6, 2020 • 37min
153: Has Bernie blown it?
Super Tuesday, Priti Patel and the war on womanhood -- Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss. Support spiked by becoming a £5 per month donor: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
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Feb 28, 2020 • 47min
152: Why free speech matters, with Toby Young
The founder of the Free Speech Union joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers to discuss the new threats to free speech, and what we can all do to face down censorship.
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Feb 21, 2020 • 33min
151: The ghoulish exploitation of Caroline Flack
Caroline Flack, Andrew Sabisky and Dave at the BRITs. Ella Whelan, Tim Black and Fraser Myers discuss.
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Feb 14, 2020 • 41min
150: Labour’s woke war on women
Trans ideology, the Brexit negotiations and Germany’s populist revolt. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers, and special guest Bruno Waterfield, discuss.
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