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* John O’Connell – chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance – joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of . They discuss local councils spending millions on diversity officers, Jolyon Maugham’s crusade against ‘Tufton Street’ and why a comedian’s tour posters were banned by the London Underground. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
* Candice Holdsworth joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss sin taxes on vaping, the call to ban cigars and Michael Gove’s crackdown on extremism. Get your ticket for ’s next live event – Brendan O’Neill in conversation with Matt Ridley – on Thursday 21 March at 7pm GMT: https://www.spiked-online.com/events/ Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
* Mick Hume joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss Prince Harry’s beef with the tabloids, banning smartphones for under-16s and whether believing in prohibitionism should be a ‘protected’ belief. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
* Harrison Griffiths joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss Rishi Sunak’s crusade against vaping, the tyranny of the World Health Organisation and Chris’s campaign for an extra day of summer. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
* Rob Lyons, science and technology director at the Academy of Ideas, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of . They discuss just how bad a Labour government will be for freedom, the public-health plot against large wine glasses and the sinister rise of Brummiephobia. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
* Lou Perez, comedian and author of https://www.amazon.co.uk/That-Joke-Isnt-Funny-Anymore/dp/1637582455, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of . They discuss the rise of anti-woke comedy, the hypocrisy of the health-food lobby and the joys of Wetherspoons. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
* The ’s Kate Andrews joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of . In this special end-of-year round-up, they discuss everything from food fads to fag bans to laughing gas to the coming crackdown on the internet. Enjoy! This episode is sponsored by Magic Mind. Fans of can get up to 56% off their first subscription or 20% off a one-time purchase. Just use the code LASTORDERS20 here: https://magicmind.com/products/magic-mind?utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=podcasts&utm_campaign=lastorder Please dig deep for this Christmas. Donate: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Get a mug: https://www.spiked-online.com/mug/ Support : https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to ’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out ’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
* Andrew Orlowski joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of . They discuss the hysteria over AI, New Zealand’s u-turn on smoking and whether selfies are a public-health risk. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
* Alka Sehgal Cuthbert, director of Don’t Divide Us, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of . They discuss the rise of racial identity politics in schools, the uselessness of the WHO, and the perils of prohibition. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
* The ’s Madeline Grant and GB News’s Patrick Christys joined Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for a very special live episode of at the Battle of Ideas festival last weekend. They discussed how the Tories became the party of the nanny state, the farcical Covid inquiry, the debanking scandal, banning Bully XLs, and much more. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
* Matthew Lesh, director of public policy and communications at the Institute of Economic Affairs, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of . They discuss the Voice to Parliament referendum in Australia, the latest on Rishi Sunak’s crusade against smoking, and Labour’s plan to criminalise misgendering. We’re doing our first live show! On Saturday 28 October, Chris and Tom will be joined by the ’s Madeline Grant and GB News’s Patrick Christys for a special live edition of at the Battle of Ideas festival in Westminster. Find out more about the festival and get your tickets here: https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/ Enter the code SPIKED at checkout to get 20 per cent off your ticket. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
* Patrick O’Flynn, political commentator and former MEP, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss Rishi Sunak’s plan for smoking prohibition, the war on motorists, and why centrist Tories ruin everything. This episode is sponsored by Beckett’s Gin. Last Orders fans can get 20 per cent off all Beckett’s Gin products, including its London Dry Gin, Spirited Gin, Sloe Gin, Barrel-Aged Sloe Gin and the Gin Miniatures Variety Gift Set. To get your discount, click here. We’re doing our first live show! On Saturday 28 October, Chris, Tom and some very special guests will be recording a live edition of this podcast at the Battle of Ideas festival in Westminster. Find out more about the festival and get your tickets here: https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/ Enter the code SPIKED at checkout to get 20 per cent off your ticket. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
* Anthony Warner, food writer, author and self-styled Angry Chef, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the demonisation of ‘ultra-processed food’, the ban on disposable vapes, and why everyone is getting so fat. We’re doing our first live show! On Saturday 28 October, Chris, Tom and some very special guests will be recording a live edition of this podcast at the Battle of Ideas festival in Westminster. Find out more about the festival and get your tickets here: https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/ Enter the code SPIKED at checkout to get 20 per cent off your ticket. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
* Marc Glendening, head of cultural affairs at the Institute of Economic Affairs, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of . They discuss the philosophical clash between liberalism and transgenderism, the killjoys who want to limit you to two beers a week, and the tragic death of Ursula von der Leyen’s pony. We’re doing our first live show! On Saturday 28 October, Chris, Tom and some very special guests will be recording a live edition of this podcast at the Battle of Ideas festival in Westminster. Find out more about the festival and get your tickets here: https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/ Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
* Stand-up comedian and columnist Simon Evans joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of . They discuss the witch-hunting of Graham Linehan, the ridiculous regulation of takeaway pints, and the mad plan to reintroduce wolves to the English countryside. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Get your ticket for Brendan O’Neill’s next live podcast, in conversation with Michael Shellenberger, on Tuesday 29 August at 7pm: https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/08/09/event-michael-shellenberger-and-brendan-oneill-live/ Buy Brendan O’Neill’s from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861 🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861 Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
* Comedian Leo Kearse joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss woke censorship in comedy, the junk science about ‘ultra-processed foods’, and why middle-aged, privately educated liberals are ruining everything. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Get your ticket for Brendan O’Neill's next live podcast, in conversation with Michael Shellenberger, on Tuesday 29 August at 7pm: https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/08/09/event-michael-shellenberger-and-brendan-oneill-live/ Buy Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861 🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861 Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
* Ralph Schoellhammer – assistant professor in economics and political science at Webster University Vienna – joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of . They discuss the revolt against green zealotry, Tony Blair’s call for more sin taxes, and the nanny-state lobby’s tantrum over free Barbies. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Buy Brendan O’Neill’s from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861 🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861 Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
* James Woudhuysen – visiting professor of forecasting and innovation at London South Bank University – joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of . They discuss Transport for London’s absurd junk-food advertising ban, the fear-mongering over problem gambling, and the deranged views of Just Stop Oil. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. 🖊️ 📕 Donate £50 to get a signed copy of Brendan O’Neill’s new book: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
* Robby Soave, senior editor at Reason and co-host of Rising on The Hill TV, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss why the misinformation cops got Covid so wrong, the ridiculousness of minimum pricing on alcohol, and how to take on Big Tech censorship. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Get your copy of Brendan O’Neill’s new book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861 Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
* Claire Fox, member of the House of Lords and director of the Academy of Ideas, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of . They discuss the government’s attempt to clamp down on online speech, Panorama’s whacky food propaganda, and more. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Get your copy of Brendan O’Neill’s new book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861 Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
* Paul North, director of Volteface, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of . They discuss the worst nanny states in Europe, the benefits of boozing, and the campaign for drug liberalisation. Get your tickets to the online launch of Brendan O’Neill’s new book, . Brendan will be interviewed by Andrew Doyle on Monday 5 June at 7pm. Find out more: https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/05/18/event-brendan-oneills-book-launch/ Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Apply now for spiked’s internship scheme: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
* Jan Macvarish – education and events director of the Free Speech Union – joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the attempt to No Platform Kathleen Stock, Labour’s war on smoking, and if artificial sweeteners are making us fat. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Pre-order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861 🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861 🖊️ 📕 Or donate £50 to get a signed copy: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Apply now for spiked’s internship scheme: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
* Australian journalist Nick Cater joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the hysteria over Coco Pops, George Osborne’s deranged attacks on smoking, and why Australia’s plan for an Indigenous ‘Voice to Parliament’ is a truly terrible idea. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Find out more about internship scheme here: https://www.spiked-online.com/ https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/04/28/this-is-your-chance-to-intern-at-spikedinterns Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
* Comedian and writer Dominic Frisby joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss Just Stop Oil's stunt at the Crucible, the government’s plan for state-sponsored vaping and the genius of PG Wodehouse. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Read Dominic’s Substack here: https://www.theflyingfrisby.com/ And listen to his serialised musical, Kisses on a Postcard, here: https://kissesonapostcard.com/
* Mark Littlewood – director-general of the Institute of Economic Affairs – joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss the laughing-gas ban, the coming crackdown on vaping and the madness of the ULEZ. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
* Liam Duffy – strategic advisor for the Counter Extremism Project – joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss the Islamist threat to free speech, the panic over young people vaping, and Chris’s triumph over Jonathan Portes. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
* Matt Ridley – co-author of Viral: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19 – joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss Covid cover-ups, the Lockdown Files and the zealotry of the anti-smoking lobby. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
* Big Brother Watch’s Silkie Carlo joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the government’s war on lockdown sceptics, Nicola Sturgeon’s nanny-state legacy, and the madness of the WHO. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode.
* Andrew Orlowski joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss the idiocy of our green elites, the rise and fall of FTX, and the cult of booze prohibition. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode.
* Francis Foster joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss the miserabilism of the nanny state, the ridiculousness of Seatbeltgate, and the authoritarian legacy of Jacinda Ardern. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode.
