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Zack Polanski: a useful idiot for Islamism
In this spiked deep dive, Tom Slater talks to Fraser Myers about the threats to Zack Polanski’s leadership of the Green Party, the left’s ‘grand bargain’ with Islamic sectarians, the anti-Semitism behind the ‘Zionism is racism’ motion, and the dark history of the environmental movement. Become a...
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Riots in France: what the media won’t tell you
In this spiked deep dive, Fraser Myers talks to Tom Slater about the school shooting in southern France, why these unprecedented riots are not ‘school protests’, how the far-left France Insoumise is fanning the flames, and why the disorder could lead to a Marine Le Pen presidency. Become a spiked...
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Why Zack Polanski flopped
To watch the full episode of this week’s spiked podcast, become a spiked supporter or a member of our YouTube channel: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ https://www.youtube.com/@spiked/join Brendan O’Neill joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers for the latest episode of the spiked podcast. They...
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Why I named the ‘Cornell 7’ accuser | Michael Tracey
Independent journalist Michael Tracey sits down with spiked’s Fraser Myers to discuss the myths and misinformation being spread about the ‘Cornell 7’ case, the injustice of naming the accused and not the accuser, the lawyers who stand to profit, and why Democrats like Kathy Hochul and AOC want to...
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The Islamo-left takeover of the Democrats | Victor Davis Hanson
Victor Davis Hanson – historian, journalist and author of The Counterrevolution: The Fall and Rise of Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement – sits down with spiked’s Fraser Myers to discuss why the midterms are tighter than they seem, how the Democrats emboldened their craziest fringe, the plot to...
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Andy Burnham: dangerous, delusional and an enemy of democracy
To watch the full episode of this week’s spiked podcast, become a spiked supporter or a member of our YouTube channel: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ https://www.youtube.com/@spiked/join Jake Wallis Simons, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on Labour’s retreat from reality, the Brexit betrayal...
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Gosport protests: how the migrant crisis ripped up the social contract
To watch the full episode of this week’s spiked podcast, become a spiked supporter or a member of our YouTube channel: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ https://www.youtube.com/@spiked/join Josh Howie, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the public’s fury over illegal migration, Andy Burnham’s...
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‘I’ve lived in the outrage economy – this is how it works’ | Lauren Southern
Lauren Southern – commentator and author of This Is Not Real Life – sits down with spiked’s Fraser Myers to discuss the left and right’s hypocrisy over Sydney Sweeney, the phony gender wars over the Lindsay Clancy trial, her run-ins with Andrew Tate and Tommy Robinson, and why Woke 2.0 will be…
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Ed Sheeran, Macklemore and the folly of celeb virtue-signalling
Nick Tyrone, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on how Palestine mania ruins everything, Piddington’s genteel uprising against illegal migration and how Reform can win the Waitrose belt. If you’re a spiked supporter, you can watch the full episode here:...
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Britain’s unexploded debt bomb: explained | Ross Clark
Ross Clark – author of new book, Britain is Bust: The Coming Sovereign Debt Crisis and what it Will Mean for You – sits down with spiked’s Fraser Myers to discuss the eye-watering cost of servicing the UK’s debt, how the government wastes your hard-earned cash and why taxing or printing money…
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‘England is heading for street warfare’ | David Starkey
This is the second half of historian David Starkey’s conversation with spiked’s Fraser Myers. Here, David and Fraser discuss the Northern Irelandisation of British politics, why Tommy Robinson and Danny Tommo are emerging as the ‘community leaders’ of the ignored working classes, and why the UK...
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The AfD landslide: explained | Katja Hoyer
Katja Hoyer – historian and author of Weimar: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe – sat down with spiked’s Fraser Myers to discuss the seismic results of the Saxony-Anhalt state elections. Katja and Fraser discuss the collapse of Germany’s centrist parties, the spectacular failure of the AfD...
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‘The Islamists won’ | David Starkey on 9/11
This is the first half of historian David Starkey’s conversation with spiked’s Fraser Myers. On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, they discuss the religious roots of Islamic extremism, the insanity of the Iraq War and how the West gave up on its civilisation. The second half is coming soon. Become a...
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Europe’s revolt against mass migration
Mark Dolan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the Dover and Portsmouth protests, the AfD surge and the return of Harry and Meghan. If you’re a spiked supporter https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast/spiked-podcast-unlocked/ Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and...
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Zack Polanski: king of the crazies
Ella Whelan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on a year of mad Zack, why Andy Burnham is not your friend and why the French won’t stop the boats. If you’re a spiked supporter https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast/spiked-podcast-unlocked/ Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive...
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The Cambridge Islamist
Connie Shaw, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the Cambridge don who joined an Islamist terror group, the unravelling of the Green Party and Birmingham’s fatwa on the England flag. If you’re a spiked supporter https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast/spiked-podcast-unlocked/ Become a spiked...
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Who’s really exploiting Jason Arday’s death?
Esther Krakue joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers for the latest episode of the spiked podcast. They discuss the deification of Jason Arday, the whitewashing of his falsehoods and fantasies, and why we must defend press freedom against the onslaught of smears. The conversation continues on spiked...
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Has Farage’s Clacton gamble paid off?
Candice Holdsworth joins Tom Slater and Hugo Timms for the latest episode of the spiked podcast. They discuss Nigel Farage’s victory in Clacton, Andy Burnham’s stuttering ‘listening tour’ and the latest border fiasco. The conversation continues on the spiked podcast: unlocked, where they discuss...
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Jason Arday: the unravelling of Cambridge’s DEI darling
Jacob Reynolds, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the Cambridge professor who fooled the world, Spain’s migration catastrophe and Rod Liddle’s legacy. The conversation continues on spiked podcast: unlocked, where we discuss the Reform-Restore rapprochement:...
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‘The Palestinians were offered peace – they rejected it’
Esteemed Israeli historian Benny Morris joins spiked’s Tom Slater to bust the myths about the Israel-Palestine conflict, from the claims Israel is a ‘settler-colonial’ project to the notion that the Jewish State has perpetrated a genocide in Gaza. They also discuss the role radical Islam plays in...
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The best of Rod Liddle | on spiked’s podcasts, videos & live events
Rod Liddle – Spectator columnist and Times Radio host – has died at aged 66. He was a great champion of spiked and a regular contributor to our podcasts, videos and live events. Here are some of his best bits, including from The Brendan O’Neill Show, Last Orders and Podcast Live. Learn more about...
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The Islamist threat to gay life
Albie Amankona, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the Berlin Pride attack and the fall of Zack Polanski The conversation continues on spiked podcast: unlocked, where we discuss the Jason Arday scandal and how DEI has warped the university sector. Watch it here:...
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Christopher Nolan’s woke Odyssey: an epic fail? | Critical Drinker on Hollywood’s collapse
Will Jordan – aka the Critical Drinker and Critical Gamer – talks to spiked’s Fraser Myers about the Christopher Nolan film that launched a thousand takes. Plus, they discuss how diversity casting, girlbosses and oversaturated franchises are destroying the film industry, and why gamers were so...
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The Andy Burnham delusion
Joanna Williams, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the emptiness of Burnham-mania and what we now know about Ann Widdecombe’s murder. The conversation continues on spiked podcast: unlocked, where we discuss the Oxfordshire village in uproar over illegal migration and Cody Harper, the latest...
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The Andy Burnham delusion
Joanna Williams, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the emptiness of Burnham-mania and what we now know about Ann Widdecombe’s murder. The conversation continues on spiked podcast: unlocked, where we discuss the Oxfordshire village in uproar over illegal migration and Cody Harper, the latest...
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Why Ann Widdecombe’s murder has shaken Britain
Claire Fox joins Tom Slater and Hugo Timms to discuss the murder of Ann Widdecombe and the despicable reactions to it. Plus, they reflect on the cringey coronation of Andy Burnham. You don’t need anyone’s approval to make a living. Build your own business with a free trial at shopify.co.uk/spiked...
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Will Farage’s Clacton gamble pay off?
Francis Foster and Nick Tyrone join Tom Slater to discuss Farage’s Clacton gambit, Prince Harry’s humiliation in court, and Labour’s latest war on ‘misinformation’ Buy Francis’s book, (Un)educated: My Life as a Teacher, and Why You Should Never Become One, here:...
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Why King Andy’s coronation is an outrage against democracy
Ross Kempsell, Luke Gittos and Fraser Myers on the hollowness of ‘Manchesterism’, the gang-rapist we can’t deport and the media myth of ‘Peak Reform’ Watch the videos from the spiked summit – our biggest ever live event. spiked supporters can get exclusive early access to the panels and speeches:...
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‘Without a border, we’re not a country’ | Zia Yusuf
Zia Yusuf – Reform UK’s home-affairs spokesperson – made a surprise appearance at the inaugural spiked summit on Saturday. He spoke to spiked editor Tom Slater about how the establishment will seek to frustrate a Reform government, the half-a-trillion-pound cost of mass migration, and the...
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Why Starmer failed – and Burnham will, too
Brendan O’Neill and Fraser Myers discuss Keir Starmer’s grey tyranny, Andy Burnham’s flip-flopping and why Labour will never win back the working class. Watch our extended interview with Michael Gove for the 10-year anniversary of Brexit, only for spiked supporters: LINK Watch ‘Brexit: a…
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What Makerfield means for Labour, Reform and Restore
Sign up today for your £1-a-month trial with Shopify and start selling today: https://shopify.co.uk/spiked Julia Hartley-Brewer and Claire Fox join Tom Slater to discuss why Andy Burnham won’t bring ‘change’ to Labour, why Reform UK fell short, and whether Restore Britain will continue to nip...
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Can free speech survive the mass-migration experiment? | Ben Jones
Ben Jones talks to spiked’s Fraser Myers about his new book, author of Island of Strangers: Diversity, Decline and Free Speech in Crisis. They discuss what Keir Starmer got right about Britain’s fraying social fabric, why Islam is granted special protections, and why two-tier policing is…
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Belfast: how asylum turned the UK into a tinderbox
Brendan O’Neill, Rakib Ehsan and Fraser Myers on the anti-migrant riots in Belfast, Restore vs Reform, and why Starmer’s social-media crackdown won’t end with teenagers. Donate £40 or more to spiked’s summer appeal and receive a limited-edition ‘10 years of Brexit’ pint glass. Find out more and...
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Henry Nowak: why we should rage against two-tier policing
Chris Rose – political commentator and YouTuber – joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers for the latest episode of the spiked podcast. They discuss the horrors of DEI-driven policing, the profound emptiness of the Labour government, and why Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur should be allowed to come to...
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Will Restore bounce Andy Burnham into Downing Street?
Listen to Rod Liddle’s Times Radio show, Saturdays 10am to 1pm, on digital radio, your smart speaker or by downloading the free Times Radio app. Find out more here: https://www.thetimes.com/radio William Clouston – leader of the Social Democratic Party – joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers for the...
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Can Reform block Andy Burnham’s path to power?
Listen to Rod Liddle’s Times Radio show, Saturdays 10am to 1pm, on digital radio, your smart speaker or by downloading the free Times Radio app. Find out more here: https://www.thetimes.com/radio Ameer Kotecha, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the stakes of the Makerfield by-election, why we must...
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Keir in crisis: the death throes of the Labour Party
Nick Tyrone, Fraser Myers and Georgina Mumford on Starmer’s crumbling premiership, the naffness of Wes Streeting and the pointlessness of Andy Burnham Brendan O’Neill will be hosting **a live Q\&A** on **Tuesday 9 June**. This event is free and is exclusively for **spiked supporters**. Find out...
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The Reform surge: an English revolution
Sign up for a £1-a-month trial with Shopify and start selling today: https://shopify.co.uk/spiked Brendan O’Neill, Fraser Myers and Georgina Mumford on the historic local elections, Labour’s wipeout in its heartlands and the Green Party’s phoney revolt. Join us for the spiked summit, our biggest...
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Golders Green: how Jews are being terrorised
Andrew Gold, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on Britain’s anti-Semitism crisis, the small-boats crime wave and the Oxford don with huge prosthetic breasts Join us for the spiked summit, our biggest ever live event, on Saturday 27 June in Westminster. Get tickets:...
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Can slippery Starmer cling on?
James Dreyfus, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the Olly Robbins scandal, how the Greens became the nasty party, and the delicious feud between JK Rowling and Alastair Campbell. Watch the second half of the discussion on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast, exclusively for spiked...
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How woke enabled the monster of Southport
Patrick Christys, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the state’s catastrophic failure to stop Axel Rudakubana, Ireland’s revolt against elite greenism and Trump’s Messiah complex. Watch the second half of the discussion on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast, exclusively for spiked...
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Reform, the Greens and the death of the uniparty
Luke Gittos, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the new divide in British politics, Trump’s fragile ceasefire and the ban on Kanye West. Watch the second half of the discussion on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast, exclusively for spiked supporters – here:...
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The Iran War has exposed Labour’s green delusions
Ella Whelan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the UK’s homegrown energy crisis, why Scott Mills deserves the presumption of innocence, and the woke war on dogs. Watch the second half of the discussion on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast, exclusively for spiked supporters – here:...
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The Iranian threat to Britain
Esther Krakue, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the Golders Green arson attack, Tucker Carlson’s praise of Sharia and the hypocrisy of celebrity ‘anti-fascism’. Watch the second half of the discussion on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast, exclusively for spiked supporters – here:...
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‘The intifada has come to London’ | Lorin Bell-Cross on the Golders Green attack
Four ambulances run by a Jewish community group in London’s Golders Green were set on fire in the early hours of Monday morning. Iran-linked terrorists have claimed responsibility. Here, Lorin Bell-Cross – political correspondent at the Jewish Chronicle – outlines what we know so far about the...
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Is Nick Timothy right about public Islamic prayer?
Connie Shaw, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the row over the call to prayer in Trafalgar Square, Bob Vylan’s star turn at the Al-Quds Day protest and the sixth-former politics of Hannah Spencer. Watch the second half of the discussion on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast,...
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‘I tried to save them’ | Grooming-gangs whistleblower Maggie Oliver
Victims of the grooming gangs are being let down – again. The UK’s Labour government is stalling a public inquiry into the industrial-scale abuse of Britain’s working class girls by mainly Pakistani Muslim men. Speaking to spiked’s Georgina Mumford, former police constable Maggie Oliver – who…
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Why Ed Miliband – not Iran – is to blame for the UK’s energy crisis | David Turver
As the Iran War sends oil and gas prices spiralling, Labour’s Ed Miliband has doubled down on his Net Zero zealotry. Switching from fossil fuels to renewables, the UK energy minister claims, will drive costs down, reduce volatility and protect British consumers from external shocks. Here, David...
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What’s the point of Trump’s war in Iran?
Brendan O’Neill, Paul Embery and Fraser Myers on the folly of foreign intervention, Britain’s ayatollah apologists, Starmer’s bonfire of civil liberties and Labour’s Islamo-censorship. Watch the second half of the discussion on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast, exclusively for...
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‘Islamists will exploit Labour’s “Islamophobia” ban’ | UK terror tsar Jonathan Hall
Jonathan Hall KC – the UK government’s independent reviewer of terrorism legislation – warns that Labour’s new definition of ‘anti-Muslim hostility’ is not fit for purpose. Here he tells spiked’s Georgina Mumford that it will not only fail in its aim of tackling prejudice against Muslims – it…
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