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Why ‘anti-Zionism’ is anti-Semitism | Jonathan Sacerdoti
Jonathan Sacerdoit – writer, broadcaster and commentator – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Jonathan and Brendan discuss the dark turn of the Green Party, the left’s lies about Israel, and Andy Burnham and Ed Miliband’s appeasement of Islamism.
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The trashing of Britain’s history | Robert Tombs
Robert Tombs – co-author of the new book, Our Island Story: A Better Story About Britain – joins spiked’s Fraser Myers to discuss the demonisation of Britain’s past, the madness of singling out Britain over slavery, why progressives loathe patriotism, who gets to be English and why Remainers are blind to Europe’s problems.
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Why Trump imploded – and the revenge of woke
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Bev Turner joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers in Washington, DC for the latest episode of the spiked podcast. They discuss how Trump lost touch with his base, how Islamo-leftism took root in the Democrats and the coming civil war in MAGA.
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‘P*issing off the fans is what Hollywood does best’ | Critical Drinker and Nerdrotic
The Critical Drinker and Nerdrotic join spiked’s Fraser Myers to talk about ‘prestige TV’ fatigue, race-swapping in Harry Potter, wokeness in the new Narnia and why even Tom Cruise’s star power can’t persuade us to watch a lecture on climate change. Plus, they discuss the AI threat to Hollywood, how the videogame industry turned on its own customers, and whether GTA VI can save popular culture.
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How Burnham is bankrupting Britain
Ameer Kotecha joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers for the latest episode of the spiked podcast. They discuss John Healey’s disastrous first budget, why the government will be to blame for the next emergency, and why Britain must not pay a penny in slavery reparations.
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‘The BBC is terrified of its activist staff’ | BBC veteran Phil Craig
Phil Craig – filmmaker, TV producer and host of the Scandal Mongers podcast – joins spiked’s Fraser Myers to discuss the BBC’s crisis of impartiality, how it got the Gaza war so wrong, and whether public-service broadcasting can ever work in the age of the culture war.
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The French insurrection: a warning to Europe?
Tom Slater, Fraser Myers and Hugo Timms discuss why French civilisation is on the brink, how the left is fanning the flames of lawlessness, the uselessness and aloofness of President Macron, and why the rest of Europe could be next.
On the full, extended episode, they discuss the national-security adviser’s Hamas-defending wife, Labour’s civil war over immigration and the folly of neglecting the
How France fell to anarchy | Anne-Élisabeth Moutet
French journalist Anne-Élisabeth Moutet joins spiked’s Fraser Myers to talk about the riots engulfing France. They discuss France’s abandonment of law and order, the ‘insurrection’ strategy of La France Insoumise, and how Emmanuel Macron’s centrist technocracy brought France to economic ruin.
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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.
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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.
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Why Zack Polanski flopped
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Brendan O’Neill joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers for the latest episode of the spiked podcast. They discuss the Greens’ defeat in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, the Islamo-left’s hold on
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 revive the #MeToo mania.
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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 destroy Donald Trump, why the AI panic is overblown, how to win the economic war with Iran, and why Euro
Andy Burnham: dangerous, delusional and an enemy of democracy
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Jake Wallis Simons, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on Labour’s retreat from reality, the Brexit betrayal and the next migrant crisis.
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Gosport protests: how the migrant crisis ripped up the social contract
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Josh Howie, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the public’s fury over illegal migration, Andy Burnham’s Ministry of Truth and the war on comedy, from John Cleese to Mitchell and Webb.
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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 even worse than the original.
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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.
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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 won’t rescue us from this crisis.
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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 needs a Great Repeal Act to restore sovereignty to parliament.
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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 ‘firewall’, why the former East Germany is so ripe for rebellion and why the AfD’s more unsavoury characters ar
‘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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 the Palestinian cause and why Iran should never get its hands on nuclear weapons.
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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.
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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
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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 quick to revolt against wokeness.
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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.
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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.
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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’
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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’
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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 uselessness of Britain’s ruling class.
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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.
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What Makerfield means for Labour, Reform and Restore
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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 at Farage’s heels
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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 inevitable under multiculturalism.
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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.
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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 Britain.
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Will Restore bounce Andy Burnham into Downing Street?
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William Clouston – leader of the Social Democratic Party – joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers for the latest episode of the spiked podcast. They discuss the Reform-Restore rift, why Blair can’t fix broke
Can Reform block Andy Burnham’s path to power?
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Ameer Kotecha, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the stakes of the Makerfield by-election, why we must never rejoin the EU, and what the HS2 omnishambles reveals about broken Britain.
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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
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The Reform surge: an English revolution
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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’.
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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 ambulance attack, and explains why Labour cannot speak frankly about the threat to British Jews.
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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.
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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 blew the whistle on the Rochdale child-abuse ring – reveals how these crimes were covered up by the author
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 Turver – energy analyst and author of the Eigen Values Substack – demolishes Miliband’s green-energy del
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.
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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 will also censor vital discussion on Islamism, terrorism and immigration, potentially emboldening religiou
‘The woke Foreign Office doesn’t stand for Britain’ | Ameer Kotecha
On the day Kabul fell to the Taliban, UK Foreign Office diplomats were invited to take part in a panel discussion on World Afro Day. As the Iran War broke out, and a British air base in Cyprus came under attack from Hezbollah, the civil-service intranet was urging mandarins to ‘take charge of their development’. Such woke excesses and HR distractions are merely the tip of the iceberg, according to
Iran: the folly of ‘regime change’
Miriam Cates, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on Trump’s gamble in the Middle East, why British students are mourning the ayatollah and why the UK is so vulnerable to the new world disorder.
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‘Gorton and Denton was a nightmare for Labour’ | James Johnson
What does the Gorton and Denton by-election spell for the future of British politics? Top pollster James Johnson – co-founder of JL Partners – spoke to spiked’s Georgina Mumford to pore over the results. Labour is crumbling in its heartlands. The Greens are riding sectarian grievance to victory. Reform has been humbled in Greater Manchester, but remains strong across the country. The old politics
Gorton and Denton, the Greens and the new sectarianism
Rakib Ehsan, Tom Slater and Georgina Mumford discuss the Greens’ by-election victory, the disintegration of Labour, the rise of Islamic sectarianism and whether the Reform revolt is stalling.
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Japan’s iron lady? | Philip Patrick
Sanae Takaichi is hailed by supporters as Japan’s ‘rockstar’ prime minister and derided by critics as a far-right ultra-nationalist. What everyone agrees is that her recent landslide snap-election victory is a revolutionary moment in Japanese politics. Here, Philip Patrick – journalist and lecturer at Tokyo’s Sophia University – talks to spiked’s Georgina Mumford about Takaichi’s radical plans for
Andrew, Epstein and our feckless elites
Joanna Williams, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the plot to kill Manchester’s Jews and Keir Starmer's war on democracy
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‘Immigration is the issue of the century’ | Lionel Shriver
We need to talk about immigration, says novelist Lionel Shriver. Mass migration is fundamentally changing our societies and fuelling a monumental political backlash, yet is still near impossible to discuss openly and frankly. Here, she sits down with spiked’s Fraser Myers to talk about her new novel, A Better Life, which explores America’s migrant crisis through the lives of a New York family who
Aberdeen: the city killed by Ed Miliband | Nick Tyrone
Aberdeen is at the coalface of Britain’s Net Zero catastrophe. Around 400 workers in the North Sea oil and gas sector are being laid off every fortnight. The dismantling of one of Scotland’s leading industries has come at a staggering social and economic cost. And yet, Ed Miliband, Britain’s eco-zealous energy secretary, is turning a blind eye to the devastation around him. Here, Nick Tyrone – aut
Spain’s woke autocracy | Maria Reglero
Pedro Sánchez’s Spain has become a testing ground for all the worst woke ideas. His ‘progressive’ coalition has embraced trans ideology and gender self-identification. It is planning to grant legal residency to hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants. Meanwhile, two fatal train crashes in short succession point to the government’s corruption, nepotism and negligence. Yet criticising these f
How broken borders enabled the Afghan child rapist
Mark Dolan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the small-boats crime wave, Keir Starmer’s stay of execution and the witch-hunting of Jim Ratcliffe.
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What is Xi Jinping up to? | Cindy Yu
Xi Jinping has just carried out the most significant purge of China’s military in decades. Top general Zhang Youxia, alongside other leading figures and formerly close allies, have been arrested, accused of treason and corruption. Is this a sign of Xi’s strength and his iron grip on power and his party? Or is it a sign of weakness, paranoia and growing internal dissent? Here, Cindy Yu – columnist
Will the Mandelson scandal bring down Starmer?
Albie Amankona, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the fallout from the Epstein Files, the Iran apologists in Britain and Spain’s insane new migration policy.
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Gorton and Denton: has Reform rattled Labour?
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Reem Ibrahim, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the smears, scandals and sectarianism surrounding the Manchester by-election. Plus, the clownishness of Andy Burnham and Suella Braverman’s defection.
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The Greenland debacle has exposed Europe’s weakness
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Jacob Reynolds, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on Trump’s sabre-rattling, Starmer’s surrender of the Chagos Islands and China’s spy HQ in London.
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‘Starmer has surrendered to the EU’ | Bruno Waterfield
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Keir Starmer’s ‘Brexit reset’ may be his worst negotiation yet. The UK is set to pay exorbitant amounts to the EU, hand over control of vital industries, and receive some nasty surprises in return. Here, Bruno Waterfield – Brussels correspondent at The Time
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Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the death of the Tories, the brutality of Iran’s ayatollahs and Starmer’s totalitarian war on X
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Venezuela, Greenland and Trump’s new world disorder
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How over-protective parents raised an anxious generation | Lenore Skenazy
When Lenore Skenazy let her nine-year-old use the New York Subway on his own, she was dubbed ‘America’s Worst Mom’. In our age of safetyism, children are expected to be supervised, monitored and coddled at all times – not left alone to explore the outside world. No generation has ever been so sheltered. And nor has any generation felt so anxious and depressed. Here, Lenore Skenazy – president of L
2025: the year of the vibe shift? | spiked podcast: unlocked
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Simon Evans, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss Britain's broken borders, the revolutionary rise of Reform, the revenge of the millennial left, and why woke refuses to die.
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2025: Civilisation, barbarism and censorship
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Simon Evans, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the Bondi Beach attack and the scourge of Islamist anti-Semitism, and the battle for free speech after the murder
The Afghan asylum crime wave
Ella Whelan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on how our broken borders threaten women and girls, Sandie Peggie’s fight for single-sex spaces and Jamie Michael’s never-ending persecution.
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‘The police have imbibed the activist worldview’ | Ex-officer Paul Birch
‘The police have imbibed the activist worldview’ | Ex-officer Paul Birch
Arrests in Britain for social-media posts have soared by 58 per cent since 2019. Meanwhile, actual crimes like burglary or assault are only rarely pursued or solved. Here, Paul Birch – former Metropolitan Police officer and counter-terrorism specialist – explains why the police became so obsessed with tackling so-called tho
The lies of Rachel Reeves
Esther Krakue, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the UK chancellor’s ‘creative accounting’, David Lammy’s tyrannical war on juries and the celebrities on the march against Reform UK.
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