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Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic, the Daily Sceptic podcast. Host Nick Dixon discusses the events of the past week with founder Toby Young and editor Will Jones, interviews special guests, and more
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Dross of St George
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode 85
This week:
-Nick and Toby wish their viewers and listeners happy St George's Day – or, as Nick puts it, happy wankers-posting-about-how-St-George-was-really-Turkish Day-Are we heading for a summer election, given the passing of the Rwanda Bill and the increase in defence spending?-Mark Menzies is the latest in a string of gay Tory MPs to be caught up in an embarrassing sex scandal. What is it about Cameron's A-listers?-The Met has got itself into a pickle over refusing to let Gideon Falter cross the road during a pro-Palestinian protest because he's "openly Jewish". Should Mark Rowley resign?-Plus everyone’s favourite section, Peak Woke, and premium content on www.basedmedia.org, which this week includes:
-Should we criticise HIGNFY for only making fun of Gender Woo Woo when it became safe to do so, or celebrate the fact that the tide has turned?-16 year-old anorexic girls may be eligible with suicide help under Scotland's Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill-And in the Based Department, Nick nominates Camilla Tominey for telling Femi to go f*** himself
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Bully Boys in Brussels
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode 84
This week:
-Nick and Toby talk to their culture war correspondents on the frontline in Brussels to get the lowdown on the NatCon siege-Iran launches a drone attack on Israel and suddenly all the pro-Palestinian peaceniks stop banging on about a ceasefire and become pro-Iranian warmongers-The Cass Review turns the tide against the trans nonsense and previous cult leaders, like Stonewall’s Ruth Hunt, pretend they never really believed in Gender Woo in the first place-Reform UK throws another prospective parliamentary candidate under the bus, only to discover that this one is already dead-Plus everyone’s favourite section, Peak Woke, and premium content on www.basedmedia.org, which this week includes:
-Trump faces his first criminal trial and Nick and Toby argue about whether this is another example of progressive lawfare or just holding a lawbreaker to account-And in the Based Department, Toby nominates Katharine Birbalsingh for seeing off a troublemaking Muslim student in the High CourtGo to www.basedmedia.org to sign up as a premium subscriber for as little as £5 a month!
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Wraggs to Snitches
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode 83 (recorded live at the Hippodrome)
This week:
-Will Wragg is praised for being 'brave' by Jeremy Hunt after sending intimate photos to a spear phisher and then, when blackmailed, handing over fellow MPs' phone numbers-The Tories issue a poster with the dubious claim that the UK is the second most powerful country in the world and prove this by including photos of an American jet and a Swiss ship-Angela Rayner is caught telling porkies to avoid capital gains tax and David Lammy's attempts to defend her make things exponentially worse-Toby is described in the Telegraph as a "Right-wing hate figure" in a surprisingly positive article-Plus everyone’s favourite section, Peak Woke, and premium content on www.basedmedia.org, which this week includes:
-The Rock announces he won't be endorsing either Presidential candidate because he's too famous and doesn't want to influence the result-No Labels folds its tent, thereby giving Biden a much-needed boost-And in the Based Department, Nick nominates Angela Rayner's cushion for proving she was lying about the house she sold being her primary residence. Go to www.basedmedia.org to sign up as a premium subscriber for as little as £5 a month!
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J.K. Trolling
Welcome to The Weekly Sceptic, episode 82!
This week:-JK Rowling dares Humza Yousaf and his goons in Police Scotland to arrest her for the crime of 'misgendering'.-A devastating new poll has the Conservatives winning just 98 seats -- and Rishi's might not be one of them!-Team GB says to the Football Association: "You think you've desecrated a British flag? Hold my beer." -Plus everyone’s favourite section, Peak Woke, and premium content on www.basedmedia.org, which this week includes:-Just 38% of American voters think Biden will remain alive long enough to see out a second term.-Matthew Parris says the quiet part about euthanasia out loud.-And in the Based Department, Nick and Toby praise the President of Guyana for putting a sanctimonious BBC interviewer in his place on the subject of Net Zero. Go to www.basedmedia.org to sign up as a premium subscriber for as little as £5 a month!
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St George is Cross
Welcome to The Weekly Sceptic, episode 81!
This week:-Nike comes out with a wildly unpopular ‘playful update’ of the England flag -Beau Dade of Lotus Eaters is dropped by Reform UK, following a hit-piece from Hope Not Hate -The Khan Review is released, and Toby explains all -Plus everyone’s favourite section, Peak Woke, and premium content on www.basedmedia.org, which this week includes:-Candace Owens getting fired from the Daily Wire-Owen Jones quitting the Labour Party Go to www.basedmedia.org to sign up as a premium subscriber for as little as £5 a month!
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Gone Soon-ak?
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic, episode 80!
This week:-How much longer can Rishi Sunak survive after his worst week since becoming PM and with Penny Mordaunt on manoeuvres?-Vaughan Gething, the new Welsh First Minister, becomes the first black politician to lead a European country, but his record as Health Minister during the pandemic was appalling-Scotland rolls out its new Hate Crime law and whatever can go wrong, does go wrong, including locating a hate crime reporting centre in a Glaswegian sex shop, recruiting a dodgy Islamist to explain how awful 'Islamophobia' is and activating the new law on April Fool’s Day-GB News found guilty of breaking Ofcom’s broadcasting rules. Is the regulator gearing up to withdrawing the channel's broadcasting licence to please its new Labour overlords?-Hope Not Hate's new 'State of Hate' report identifies three GB News reporters as dangerous purveyors of far Right hate-Plus everyone’s favourite section, Peak Woke!
Premium content this week includes:-The latest sightings of the Princess of Wales and why she doesn't scotch all the rumours about her health and her marriage by posing for an official photo?-The Donald Trump 'bloodbath' hoax-Elon Musk's interview with Don Lemon-Our nominations for the most ‘Based’ acts of the week, in the ‘Based Department’
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