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  • 345: Welcome to Trumpworld, with Lionel Shriver

    345: Welcome to Trumpworld, with Lionel Shriver
    Mar 7 2025
    Lionel Shriver, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on Donald Trump’s first six weeks, two-tier justice, asylum insanity and the memory-holing of lockdown.

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    36 mins
  • 344: ‘Labour will ruin our best schools’ | Katharine Birbalsingh vs Bridget Phillipson

    344: ‘Labour will ruin our best schools’ | Katharine Birbalsingh vs Bridget Phillipson
    Mar 5 2025
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    Labour is about to destroy England’s top-performing state schools. That’s the stark warning of Katharine Birbalsingh, head of the Michaela Community School, often dubbed ‘Britain’s strictest headteacher’. Here, Birbalsingh recalls her clashes with Bridget Phillipson, the Labour education secretary. She explains why the government’s new schools bill will drive down academic standards, let bad behaviour slip and make it harder for kids to get into a decent state school. She also discusses the dangers of ‘decolonising’ the curriculum and why schools must cultivate a sense of national belonging.

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    23 mins
  • 343: The German populist revolt

    343: The German populist revolt
    Feb 28 2025
    Candice Holdsworth, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the rise of the AfD, TERF Island’s battle with woke America and the petty authoritarianism of Britain’s thoughtpolice.

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    30 mins
  • 342: Is burning a Koran now a crime in Britain?

    342: Is burning a Koran now a crime in Britain?
    Feb 21 2025
    Jacob Reynolds, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on Britain’s backdoor blasphemy laws, the betrayal of Ukraine and the depravity of Hamas.

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    36 mins
  • 341: ‘Germans are furious’ | Katja Hoyer on the fall of the elites and the rise of the AfD

    341: ‘Germans are furious’ | Katja Hoyer on the fall of the elites and the rise of the AfD
    Feb 19 2025
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    Germany’s ruling Social Democrats (SPD) are facing losses the party has not seen since the 19th century in this weekend’s federal elections, while the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) is set to double its vote share. Here, historian and journalist Katja Hoyer explains how a failing economy, out-of-control migration and intrusive Net Zero policies have led to mass disaffection with the mainstream parties. She also discusses the growing class divide, the rise and fall of ‘left-conservatism’, and why JD Vance’s warnings about free speech resonated with East Germans.

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    21 mins
  • 340: Britain’s border farce

    340: Britain’s border farce
    Feb 14 2025
    Luke Gittos, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the judicial power-grab behind the Gazan resettlement ruling, why we must kill the assisted-dying bill and the health minister who thinks you can identify as a llama.

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    41 mins
  • 339: The Munich attack: asylum, Islamism and the AfD

    339: The Munich attack: asylum, Islamism and the AfD
    Feb 14 2025
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    At least 30 people were injured in a suspected Islamist terror attack in Munich on Thursday, when an Afghan asylum seeker ploughed his car into a trade-union demonstration. Here, spiked’s Germany correspondent, Sabine Beppler-Spahl, joins Fraser Myers to discuss the suspect, the recent spate of Islamist attacks in Germany, and how rising public anger could boost the AfD in next week’s elections.

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    11 mins
  • 338: Labour’s Islamic blasphemy laws

    338: Labour’s Islamic blasphemy laws
    Feb 7 2025
    Ella Whelan, Paul Embery and Fraser Myers discuss how Angela Rayner could silence criticism of Islam, why the UK is ripe for a Reform revolt and Trump’s ban on men in women’s sport.

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    37 mins