Julia Hartley-Brewer, Simon Evans and Kate Andrews joined Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for this very special edition of the Last Orders podcast, recorded live at the Battle of Ideas festival in Westminster on Saturday 19 October. They discussed the rise of Ozempic, Labour’s plan to cleanse pubs of offensive speech, why weed is the boring drug, how speed could solve our productivity problem, and much more. 

This is your last chance to get tickets to see us at the Battle of Ideas festival this weekend. On Saturday, at Church House in Westminster, we’ll be doing a very special live show, featuring Julia Hartley-Brewer, Simon Evans, Kate Andrews and loads of audience participation. If you’re already coming to the Battle of Ideas, get yourself down to the Robert Runcie Room at 12.15pm on Saturday. If you’re not coming to the festival, why not? It’s brilliant, plus fans of this podcast can get 20 per cent off their tickets by using the code SPIKED24 at checkout or by clicking on this link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-ideas-festival-2024-tickets-807629249827?discount=SPIKED24  

Matthew Lesh – public policy fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs and country manager for Freshwater Strategy – joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the departure of London’s ‘night tsar’, Scotland’s regressive experiment with ‘minimum pricing’ for alcohol, and the battle to open a chip shop in a Welsh seaside town.  Don’t miss our live show at the Battle of Ideas festival. Chris and Tom will be joined by Julia Hartley-Brewer, Simon Evans and Kate Andrews in Westminster on Saturday 19 October. Get 20 per cent off your ticket by entering the promo code SPIKED24 at checkout or using this special link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-ideas-festival-2024-tickets-807629249827?discount=SPIKED24   You can find out more about the festival here: https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/  Donate £50 or more to spiked and get a signed copy of Brendan O’Neill’s new book, After the Pogrom: 7 October, Israel and the Crisis of Civilisation. We’ll also throw in a year’s membership to spiked supporters: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to [email protected] 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/

Josie Appleton, director of the Manifesto Club, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss Chris Whitty’s one-man crusade against smoking and drinking, the calls to abolish the pint glass, and what Labour’s ‘respect order’ will mean for civil liberties.  Don’t miss our upcoming live show at the Battle of Ideas festival. Chris and Tom will be joined by Julia Hartley-Brewer, Simon Evans and Kate Andrews in Westminster on Saturday 19 October. Fans of the podcast can get 20 per cent off their tickets. Just enter the promo code SPIKED24 at checkout or use this link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-ideas-festival-2024-tickets-807629249827?discount=SPIKED24   You can find out more about the festival here: https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/  Donate £50 or more to spiked and get a signed copy of Brendan O’Neill’s new book, After the Pogrom: 7 October, Israel and the Crisis of Civilisation. We’ll also throw in a year’s membership to spiked supporters: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  You can also order a regular copy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1068719303/  Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to [email protected] 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/

Smoking bans, a crackdown on junk food, state-sanctioned fat-shaming… it’s been a miserable few weeks in Keir Starmer’s Britain. In the latest episode of Last Orders, Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater discuss Labour’s zealous embrace of public-health paternalism – and whether or not it’s time for Chris to emigrate.  Don’t miss our upcoming live episode at the Battle of Ideas festival. Chris and Tom will be joined by some very special guests in Westminster on Saturday 19 October. Fans of the podcast can get 20 per cent off. Just enter the promo code SPIKED24 at checkout or use this URL: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-ideas-festival-2024-tickets-807629249827?discount=SPIKED24   You can find out more about the festival here: https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/  See you there! Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to [email protected] 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/

Rob Lyons, science and technology director at the Academy of Ideas, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss whether chatbots are the future of medicine, the sorry state of Irish boozing, and why ‘Gamblegate’ disappeared after the election. Send your postbag questions to [email protected] 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/

Big Brother Watch’s Mark Johnson is this week’s guest on Last Orders, with Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater. They discuss the crackdown on free speech after the riots, the creepy rise of facial-recognition technology, why booze and nicotine can be good for you, and the return of monkeypox.  Send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. You can get tickets to Simon Evans’s Alas, Smith and Hume! here and Footnotes to Smith here.  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/

The Free Speech Union’s Jan Macvarish returns to Last Orders with Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater. They discuss why Labour is abandoning the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act, how drinking made Western civilisation and the problem with ‘problem gambling’.  Send your postbag questions to [email protected] 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/

James Woudhuysen – visiting professor of forecasting and innovation at London South Bank University – returns to Last Orders with Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater. They discuss the Labour government’s disastrous green agenda, the snobbery of the nanny state and the rise of Lucy Letby trutherism.  Send your postbag questions to [email protected] 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/

spiked’s Tim Black joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss whether Keir Starmer is an empty suit or a crypto-Stalinist, the Gamble-gate hysteria and the pathetic attempt to turn ‘ultra-processed food’ into the ‘new tobacco’. Plus, we respond to an outraged nutritionist.   Send your postbag questions to [email protected] 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/

Political commentator Benedict Spence joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the shaming of England fans for singing ‘10 German bombers’, the World Health Organisation’s ‘anti-capitalist’ turn and the calls to lower the drink-driving limit. Send your postbag questions to [email protected] 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/

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 Last Orders. They discuss what Nigel Farage’s return might mean for the General Election, the panic over nicotine pouches and the pointlessness of the sugar tax.  This episode is sponsored by the Munk Debates: http://www.munkdebates.com/  Use the code SPIKED10 to get 10% off your supporter membership. Send your postbag questions to [email protected] 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/

Reem Ibrahim, communications officer at the Institute of Economic Affairs, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss Chris van Tulleken’s latest musings about UPF, why we shouldn’t ban shisha and why we should ban slow-walking in London. Send your postbag questions to [email protected] 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/

David Frost, former chief Brexit negotiator and Tory peer, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of <em>Last Orders</em>. They discuss how the Tories became the party of the nanny state, why freedom should be at the heart of politics and the prospects for Conservative electoral renewal. This episode is sponsored by the Munk Debates. Use the code SPIKED10 to get 10% off your supporter membership at munkdebates.com.  Find out more about spiked’s internship programme here: spiked-online.com/interns  Send your postbag questions to [email protected] 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/ 

Mark Birbeck, co-founder of the Our Fight campaign, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss Rishi Sunak’s smoking ban, what the public-health lobby gets wrong about alcohol and why even the anti-Israel bigots deserve free speech. Find out more about spiked’s internship programme here: spiked-online.com/interns  Send your postbag questions to [email protected] 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 Josh Howie joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the revelations from the Cass Review, the World Health Organisation’s fake news about vaping and how wokeness has divided the comedy industry. Find out more about spiked’s internship programme here: spiked-online.com/interns  Send your postbag questions to [email protected] 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/ 

John O’Connell – chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance – joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. 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 [email protected] 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 spiked’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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 Last Orders. 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 [email protected] 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 That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. 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 [email protected] 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 Spectator’s Kate Andrews joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. 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 Last Orders 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 spiked this Christmas.  Donate: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Get a mug: https://www.spiked-online.com/mug/  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/ 

Andrew Orlowski joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. 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 [email protected] 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 Last Orders. 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 [email protected] 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 Telegraph’s Madeline Grant and GB News’s Patrick Christys joined Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for a very special live episode of Last Orders 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 [email protected] 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 Last Orders. 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 Telegraph’s Madeline Grant and GB News’s Patrick Christys for a special live edition of Last Orders 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 Last Orders. 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 [email protected] 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 spiked columnist Simon Evans joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. 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 [email protected] 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/ 

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 [email protected] 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 Last Orders. 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 [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. 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/ 

James Woudhuysen – visiting professor of forecasting and innovation at London South Bank University – joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 Last Orders. They discuss the government’s attempt to clamp down on online speech, Panorama’s whacky food propaganda, and more. Send your postbag questions to [email protected] 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 Last Orders. 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 spiked book, A Heretic’s Manifesto. 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Find out more about spiked’s internship scheme here: 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/ 

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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode.

Patrick Christys joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss Labour’s war on smoking, Prince Harry’s crusade against the tabloids, and how wokeness has infected public health. 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 [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode.

Comedian Geoff Norcott joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss cash, smoking and Elon Musk. Get tickets to Geoff’s work-in-progress shows here: https://www.livenation.co.uk/artist-geoff-norcott-1252793  Donate to spiked this Christmas: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode.

Charlie Peters, GB News documentary filmmaker, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the Online Safety Bill, Nicola Sturgeon’s nanny state, the grooming-gangs scandal and more. Send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/  Become a spiked supporter and get your free ticket to Brendan O’Neill’s upcoming live show with Toby Young: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/

Julia Hartley-Brewer, TalkTV’s breakfast-show host, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss knee-taking, free speech on campus, the campaign to cut our energy use, and more. Send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/  Become a spiked supporter and get your free ticket to Brendan O’Neill’s upcoming live show with Toby Young: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/

Nick Gillespie, editor-at-large of Reason, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the Midterms, the war on nicotine, Elon Musk and more.  Send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/

Rod Liddle, journalist and member of the SDP, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the propaganda war on smokers, the madness of Just Stop Oil and the future of British politics.  Send your postbag questions to [email protected] 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/

Sam Ashworth-Hayes joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss Liz Truss’s war on the nanny state. Plus, we discuss James O’Brien’s queue conspiracy theory and answer your questions in our postbag section. Send your questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Donate £50 to spiked and get a free, signed copy of ‘How Woke Won’, plus a year’s free membership to spiked supporters: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/

Comedian Leo Kearse joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the cancellation of Jerry Sadowitz, the perilous state of pubs and the moral crusade against gambling. Plus, we answer your questions in our new postbag section. Send your questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Order your copy of ‘How Woke Won’ by Joanna Williams here: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ 

Joanna Williams, author of How Woke Won, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss monkeypox, the fall of the Tavistock and the rise of Britain’s thoughtpolice. Plus, we answer your questions in our new postbag section. Send your questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Order your copy of ‘How Woke Won’ by Joanna Williams here: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ 

Claire Fox, director of the Academy of Ideas, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the plans for a smoke-free England and abortion rights after Roe. Plus, we answer your questions in our new postbag section. Send your questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Order your copy of ‘How Woke Won’ by Joanna Williams: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/

Patrick O’Flynn joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss Partygate, Ricky Gervais and Jamie Oliver.  Enjoy! And be sure to email any questions or comments you have for Chris and Tom to [email protected] – for our new mail-bag section at the end of each show.  Order your copy of ‘How Woke Won’ by Joanna Williams: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Hoping to get into journalism? Are you passionate about spiked’s pro-freedom, anti-woke politics? Apply now for our paid internship programme: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns  Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ 

GB News’ Andrew Doyle joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss Big Tech censorship, ‘grossly offensive’ jokes and calorie counts on menus. Get your ticket to “How woke won – with Joanna Williams and Brendan O’Neill”: https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/04/25/live-event-joanna-williams-and-brendan-oneill-on-how-woke-won/  Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sign up to our newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters

Brendan O’Neill joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the hot takes from the Oscars, the cost-of-living crisis and the Batley Grammar scandal. Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/   Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Sign up to our newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters

The end of Covid rules, Nadine Dorries vs Jimmy Carr, and the law of unintended consequences… comedian and financial writer Dominic Frisby joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss. Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/   Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Sign up to our newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters 

Vaccines, variants, Matt Hancock’s wandering hands… spiked columnist Rob Lyons joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to look back on the highs and lows of 2021. Donate to spiked this Christmas: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ 

The Omicron variant, America on the verge of breakdown and the genius of Barry Humphries – Simon Evans joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss. Become a spiked supporter and claim your free ticket to our live event with David Starkey and Brendan O’Neill: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/

Covid restrictions, David’s Law, Dave Chappelle and Scotland’s nanny state -- Charlie Peters joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss.  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/    Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/

Petrol panic, betting ads and Sleepy Joe -- the Spectator’s Freddy Gray joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/

Mark Littlewood, director-general of the IEA, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss eco-insanity, smoking bans and Zero Covid. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Related articles: Tom Slater: Extinction Rebellion doesn’t care what you think https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/08/26/extinction-rebellion-doesnt-care-what-you-think/  James Bolt: Australia is at breaking point https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/08/26/australia-is-at-breaking-point/

Comedian Leo Kearse joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss Freedom Day, fatty food and free speech. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Related articles: Tom Slater: Up the vaccines, down with vaccine passports https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/07/20/up-the-vaccines-down-with-vaccine-passports/ Chris Snowdon: Henry Dimbleby is right about one thing https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/07/16/henry-dimbleby-is-right-about-one-thing/ Leo Kearse: Cancel culture is a grave threat to comedy https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/07/15/cancel-culture-is-a-grave-threat-to-comedy/

Martin Durkin returns to the show to discuss his explosive new film on race in America. Plus: the fall of Matt Hancock and the intolerance of the public-health mob. Watch ‘Great American Race Game’ here: https://greatamericanracegame.com/

Julia Hartley-Brewer, host of talkRADIO’s breakfast show, joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss 21 June, taking the knee and defunding the WHO. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ 

Geoff Norcott, stand-up comedian and author of Where Did I Go Right?, joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss working-class Tories, the pub lockdown and PC policing. Sign up to our daily newsletter: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ 

Claire Fox joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss vaccine passports, the Batley Grammar cartoon controversy and public health after the pandemic.

Nick Cater joins Snowdon and Slater to talk Zero Covid, Australia vs Big Tech, and campus censorship. Sign up to Today on spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Support this show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ 

Timandra Harkness joins Snowdon and Slater to talk tech censorship, Covid vaccines and sin taxes. Listen to Timandra’s latest radio series, Steelmanning, on BBC Radio 4: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000rdzs Support Last Orders by donating to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ 

Comedian Simon Evans joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to look back at the year of lockdowns and woke authoritarianism.  Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

Madeline Grant joins Chris and Tom to discuss lockdown, green Toryism and junk food.  Buy the spiked book: https://www.spiked-online.com/book/

Daniel joins Tom and Chris to discuss the winter lockdown, hate speech and the Brexit negotiations. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

Corona, lockdown and the culture war -- James Delingpole, Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater discuss.  Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

Rob Lyons joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss some rare victories for liberty in an otherwise dismal year.  Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

Brendan O’Neill joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the myth of white privilege, Boris Johnson’s health kick and the great mask debate.  Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

The BLM cultural revolution, second waves, and Big Tech censorship. Konstantin Kisin joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

Matt Ridley joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss his new book, How Innovation Works, the UK’s never-ending lockdown, and the rise of corona prohibition. Pre-order How Innovation Works now: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Innovation-Works-Flourishes-Freedom/dp/0062916599/ref=nodl_

The cost of lockdown, Trump vs the WHO, and smoking away coronavirus. Toby Young, Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater discuss all this and more on the latest episode of Last Orders.  Check out Lockdown Sceptics: https://lockdownsceptics.org/ Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

Claire Fox joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss coronavirus. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

The man behind Titania McGrath joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss woke politics, coal fires and the state of the BBC. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

Dominic Frisby joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss prohibition, the Peasants’ Revolt and the fake news about fake news. Become a regular donor: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

Foreign aid, prohibition and Jamie Oliver -- Rob Lyons joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

Toby Young joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss Irn-Bru’s capitulation to the sugar tax, the departure of the nanny-in-chief, and the creepy use of kids in public-health campaigns. Check out the spiked shop: https://shop.spreadshirt.co.uk/spiked

Killer e-cigs, nanny-state fake news, and the demonisation of smokers -- Martin Durkin joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the latest in public-health killjoyism. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

The IEA’s Mark Littlewood joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss snack taxes, America’s vaping panic, and Britain’s ban on sexist adverts.   Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

The talkRADIO host joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss cannabis legalisation, Theresa May's prohibitionist legacy, and how the sugar tax ruined Irn-Bru. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/  

Timandra Harkness joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss Boris, vaping, spice and minimum pricing. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

Kate Andrews joins Snowdon and Slater to talk plain packs, smoking opium, and Jamie Oliver. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

Brendan O’Neill joins the show to talk junk-food ad bans, plastic politics and the war on vaping.   Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

Andrew Doyle joins us to talk porn passes, sock puppets and junk food.   Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/  

Geoff Norcott joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the latest nanny-state news.

Anthony Warner joins Chris and Tom to discuss society’s messed up relationship with food. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

Chris Snowdon, Tom Slater and Rob Lyons look back on the year in public-health killjoyism. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

Chris Snowdon, Dominic Frisby and Tom Slater discuss the 'crack cocaine of gambling', meat taxes and vaping. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

Simon Evans joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to talk drugs in London, nanny-state misfires and the Tory killjoys. Support the show here: www.spiked-online.com/newsite/about/326/