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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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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

    Humza Useless

    Humza Useless

    Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode 86
    This week: 
    -Nick and Toby discuss the short and disastrous career of ‘Humza the Brief’, puzzling over why he wanted to lead a country he regarded as ‘structurally racist’?-A Conservative MP defects to Labour, prompting more demands for Rishi Sunak to fall on his sword -The Irish Government takes a leaf out of our book and tries to pass a law so its senior judges can’t block efforts to deport asylum seekers to a country the Irish High Court has designated as ‘unsafe’ – in this case, the UK-Plus everyone’s favourite section, Peak Woke, and premium content on www.basedmedia.org, which this week includes: 
    -The BBC more or less refusing to recruit white British males to its trainee scheme, prompting Toby and Nick to think about starting a podcast advising this despised minority how to start their own businesses-A new poll finds that more GB News viewers intend to vote Labour than Conservative, giving the lie to the smear that it’s a ‘far Right’ channel-And in the Based Department, Nick nominates Jacob Rees-Mogg for being unfazed by a mob of pro-Palestinian protestors and Toby nominates himself for forcing the BBC to remove the episode of Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg in which Chris Packham libelled the Daily Sceptic
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    Produced by Lambeth Walk Productions.  
    Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.     
    Music by Tinderella www.tinderella.info

    • 1 hr 25 min
    Dross of St George

    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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    This week’s sponsors: Thor Holt 
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    To advertise to our large and loyal audience, drop Toby a line on theweeklysceptic@gmail.com      
    You can listen to or watch the podcast at: www.basedmedia.org    
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    Listen to Nick’s podcast – The Current Thing –  https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-current-thing/id1671573905    
    Subscribe to Nick’s Substack www.nickdixon.net  
    Help Nick keep both of his podcasts going by buying him a coffee  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon    
    Produced by Lambeth Walk Productions.  
    Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.     
    Music by Tinderella www.tinderella.info

    • 1 hr 14 min
    Bully Boys in Brussels

    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!  
    This week’s sponsors: Thor Holt 
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    Listen to Nick’s podcast – The Current Thing –  https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-current-thing/id1671573905    
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    Help Nick keep both of his podcasts going by buying him a coffee  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon    
    Produced by Lambeth Walk Productions.  
    Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.     
    Music by Tinderella www.tinderella.info

    • 1 hr 21 min
    Wraggs to Snitches

    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. 
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    This week’s sponsors: Thor Holy and Car26
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    To advertise to our large and loyal audience, drop Toby a line on theweeklysceptic@gmail.com      
    You can listen to or watch the podcast at: www.basedmedia.org    
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    Help Nick keep both of his podcasts going by buying him a coffee  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon    
    Produced by Lambeth Walk Productions.  
    Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.     
    Music by Tinderella www.tinderella.info

    • 1 hr 19 min
    J.K. Trolling

    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!
    Buy tickets to The Weekly Sceptic Live: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-weekly-sceptic-live-tickets-861636396657?aff=oddtdtcreator
    This week’s sponsor:
    Thor HoltGo to GrowthPresenter.com
    To advertise to our large and loyal audience, drop Toby a line on theweeklysceptic@gmail.com    
    You can listen to or watch the podcast at: www.basedmedia.org  
    Donate to the Daily Sceptic www.dailysceptic.org/donate/  
    Join the Free Speech Union www.freespeechunion.org/join/  
    Listen to Nick’s podcast – The Current Thing –  https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-current-thing/id1671573905  
    Subscribe to Nick’s Substack www.nickdixon.net
    Help Nick keep both of his podcasts going by buying him a coffee  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon  
    Produced by Lambeth Walk Productions. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.   
    Music by Tinderella www.tinderella.info

    • 1 hr 28 min
    St George is Cross

    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!
    Buy tickets to The Weekly Sceptic Live: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-weekly-sceptic-live-tickets-861636396657?aff=oddtdtcreator
    This week’s sponsor:
    The Live-In Care Companywww.theliveincarecompany.co.uk01189-145300
    To advertise to our large and loyal audience, drop Toby a line on theweeklysceptic@gmail.com    
    You can listen to or watch the podcast at: www.basedmedia.org  
    Donate to the Daily Sceptic www.dailysceptic.org/donate/  
    Join the Free Speech Union www.freespeechunion.org/join/  
    Listen to Nick’s podcast – The Current Thing –  https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-current-thing/id1671573905  
    Subscribe to Nick’s Substack www.nickdixon.net
    Help Nick keep both of his podcasts going by buying him a coffee  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon  
    Produced by Lambeth Walk Productions. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.   
    Music by Tinderella www.tinderella.info

    • 1 hr 15 min

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