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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

    D-Day for Rishi

    D-Day for Rishi

    Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode #91
    In a week full of political news, Nick and Toby talk about:
    Rishi Sunak’s D-Day disaster and whether the Conservative election campaign is now holed below the waterline
    The ultra-woke Lib Dem manifesto, which reads as though it’s been written by junior staff members of the Guardian
    Keir Starmer’s unbelievably wooden, robotic performance in the two-way, ITV debate
    And premium content on www.basedmedia.org, which includes:
    The hostile reception given to Nigel Farage in the seven-way, BBC debate
    The European election results and whether it’s accurate to describe populist parties like Marine le Pen’s National Rally and Giorgia Meloni as “Hard Right”, “Radical Right” or “Extreme Right”
    Everyone’s favourite section Peak Woke, which includes a discussion of “front holes” and “bonus holes” as an alternative term for a Cervix
    And in the Based Department, the Welsh boys football club that has abolished girls’ football and the animal rights protestors who stuck a speech bubble attacking the RSPCA on Jonathan Yeo’s ghastly ‘red’ portrait of King Charles
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    Produced by Lambeth Walk Productions.
    Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.
    Music by Tinderella www.tinderella.info

    • 57 min
    Guess Who's Back?

    Guess Who's Back?

    Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode 90!
    In a week full of political news, Nick and Toby talk about: 
    -Nigel Farage's decision to stand in Clacton and become the leader of Reform
    -The many reasons Farage's shock announcement is bad news for Rishi Sunak, including the risk that he'll now have to contend with the Reform leader in a televised debate
    -Whether Reform can replace the Tories as the leading party of the Right by 2029
    -They then look across the pond to discuss Trump's conviction and ask what it is, exactly, he's been found guilty of?
     
    And premium content on www.basedmedia.org, which this week includes: 
    -A bumper week for 'far Right' smears, what with Tommy Robinson's protest march, the knife attack by an Islamist at an anti-Muslim rally in Germany, and Jess Phillips's attempt to cancel Liz Truss for appearing on Lotus Eaters
    -Peak woke, or, rather, Peak Pride, as they must learn to call it this month -What Toby intends to say to Owen Jones if they're ever on Question Time together
    -And in the Based Department the bar-owner in Idaho who's declared June to be 'Heterosexual Awareness Month'
     
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    This week’s sponsors: Thor Holt 
    For a free consultation chat with Thor, go 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    
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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
    Absolute Shower

    Absolute Shower

    Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode 89
    This week: 
    -In a General Election special, Nick and Toby talk about: -Why Rishi Sunak called a summer election, surprising everyone, including his Cabinet-Whether a ‘Presidential’ election, with the focus on the Prime Minister rather than the Conservative Party’s record in government, is Rishi’s best hope of limiting the damage-Why the Conservatives have rejected a ‘Devil Eyes’ election strategy and decided to emphasise Keir Starmer’s weak leadership skills instead-Plus everyone’s favourite section, Peak Woke, and premium content on www.basedmedia.org, which this week includes: -Nigel Farage’s controversial exchange with Trevor Phillips about British Muslims and the BBC describing his Dover speech as ‘inflammatory’-The relaunch of Loaded and whether it’s actually a bit feminist-And the 70 year-old in a Suffolk village who chased some young hooligans down the street after they damaged her back gate (no pun intended)
    Go 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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    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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    Produced by Lambeth Walk Productions.  
    Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.     
    Music by Tinderella www.tinderella.info

    • 56 min
    Ofcommunists

    Ofcommunists

    Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode 88
    This week: 
    -Nick and Toby  talk about Ofcom’s attack on GB News, why it’s unfair and what’s behind it-We’re all gutted about the death of the President of Iran, obviously, but why did Britain’s Deputy Ambassador to the UN stand to observe a minute’s silence for he “Butcher of Tehran”?-Everyone thought Geert Wilders wouldn't be able to form a government, but he’s built an unbelievably sensible coalition with a robust, Right-wing programme-And a brief canter through the stories we would have covered last week if Nick hadn’t been ill, courtesy of Toby-Plus everyone’s favourite section, Peak Woke, and premium content on www.basedmedia.org, which this week includes: 
    -Donald Trump threatening to stand for a third term-The growing support for Trump among African-Americans and Hispanics-And Trump’s threat to send ‘kill teams’ to take out the leaders of the Mexican drug cartels-And in the Based Department, Toby nominates JK Rowling, Esther McVey and the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature for refusing to rename the ‘Hitler Beatle’
    Go 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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    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 10 min
    Khant Win

    Khant Win

    Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode 87
    This week: 
    -Nick and Toby discuss Sadiq Khan’s victory in the London mayoral election and puzzle over why the Tories didn’t make more of an effort -Could Labour’s losses to pro-Palestinian, Muslim candidates be replicated in the general election, or will Keir Starmer give in to the Muslim Vote’s 18 demands?-Do the local election results point towards a hung parliament, as Rishi Sunak claims?-Plus everyone’s favourite section, Peak Woke, and premium content on www.basedmedia.org, which this week includes: 
    -Nick Fuentes being allowed back on X-Nigel Farage hinting he’s not looking to revive his political career in Britain-And in the Based Department, Toby nominates Deta Hardman, the 64 year-old darts player who refused to compete against a biological man in the women’s quarter-finals of the Denmark Open.
    Go 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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    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 11 min
    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
    Go 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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    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 25 min

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