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This is the second half of historian David Starkey’s conversation with spiked’s Fraser Myers. Here, David and Fraser discuss the Northern Irelandisation of British politics, why Tommy Robinson and Danny Tommo are emerging as the ‘community leaders’ of the ignored working classes, and why the UK needs a Great Repeal Act to restore sovereignty to parliament. Watch the first half on the 25th anniversary of 9/11 here: https://youtu.be/cR_bIKkOQtA?si=fBgDfIRcSQWSJyTp  Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and enjoy a whole host of other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Or become a member of our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked/join  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Katja Hoyer – historian and author of Weimar: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe – sat down with spiked’s Fraser Myers to discuss the seismic results of the Saxony-Anhalt state elections. Katja and Fraser discuss the collapse of Germany’s centrist parties, the spectacular failure of the AfD ‘firewall’, why the former East Germany is so ripe for rebellion and why the AfD’s more unsavoury characters are not putting off voters. Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and enjoy a whole host of other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Or become a member of our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked/join  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is the first half of historian David Starkey’s conversation with spiked’s Fraser Myers. On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, they discuss the religious roots of Islamic extremism, the insanity of the Iraq War and how the West gave up on its civilisation. The second half is coming soon.  Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and enjoy a whole host of other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Or become a member of our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked/join  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mark Dolan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the Dover and Portsmouth protests, the AfD surge and the return of Harry and Meghan. If you’re a spiked supporter https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast/spiked-podcast-unlocked/  Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and enjoy a whole host of other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Or become a member of our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked/join  Join us for the spiked podcast live at the Battle of Ideas on Saturday 17 October. Get 20 per cent off with the code SPIKED or via this link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-ideas-2026-tickets-1851549427179?discount=SPIKED  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ella Whelan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on a year of mad Zack, why Andy Burnham is not your friend and why the French won’t stop the boats.  If you’re a spiked supporter https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast/spiked-podcast-unlocked/  Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and enjoy a whole host of other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Or become a member of our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked/join  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Connie Shaw, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the Cambridge don who joined an Islamist terror group, the unravelling of the Green Party and Birmingham’s fatwa on the England flag. If you’re a spiked supporter https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast/spiked-podcast-unlocked/  Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and enjoy a whole host of other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Or become a member of our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked/join  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Esther Krakue joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers for the latest episode of the spiked podcast. They discuss the deification of Jason Arday, the whitewashing of his falsehoods and fantasies, and why we must defend press freedom against the onslaught of smears. The conversation continues on spiked podcast: unlocked, where we discuss the early-prison release and the wildfire alert:https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast/spiked-podcast-unlocked/  Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and enjoy a whole host of other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Get tickets to The Academy 2026 here: https://ideasmatter.org.uk/hollow-leviathan-the-state-against-the-demos-the-academy-2026  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Candice Holdsworth joins Tom Slater and Hugo Timms for the latest episode of the spiked podcast. They discuss Nigel Farage’s victory in Clacton, Andy Burnham’s stuttering ‘listening tour’ and the latest border fiasco.  The conversation continues on the spiked podcast: unlocked, where they discuss the strange case of Cambridge’s Farah Ahmed. Watch it here: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/the-cambridge-madrasa/ Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and enjoy a whole host of other perks here: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Get tickets to The Academy 2026 here: https://ideasmatter.org.uk/hollow-leviathan-the-state-against-the-demos-the-academy-2026 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jacob Reynolds, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the Cambridge professor who fooled the world, Spain’s migration catastrophe and Rod Liddle’s legacy. The conversation continues on spiked podcast: unlocked, where we discuss the Reform-Restore rapprochement: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast/spiked-podcast-unlocked/  Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and enjoy a whole host of other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Get tickets to The Academy 2026 here: https://ideasmatter.org.uk/hollow-leviathan-the-state-against-the-demos-the-academy-2026  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Esteemed Israeli historian Benny Morris joins spiked’s Tom Slater to bust the myths about the Israel-Palestine conflict, from the claims Israel is a ‘settler-colonial’ project to the notion that the Jewish State has perpetrated a genocide in Gaza. They also discuss the role radical Islam plays in the Palestinian cause and why Iran should never get its hands on nuclear weapons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rod Liddle – Spectator columnist and Times Radio host – has died at aged 66. He was a great champion of spiked and a regular contributor to our podcasts, videos and live events. Here are some of his best bits, including from The Brendan O’Neill Show, Last Orders and Podcast Live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Albie Amankona, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the Berlin Pride attack and the fall of Zack Polanski The conversation continues on spiked podcast: unlocked, where we discuss the Jason Arday scandal and how DEI has warped the university sector. Watch it here: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast/spiked-podcast-unlocked/  Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and enjoy a whole host of other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Donate £40 or more to spiked’s summer appeal and receive a limited-edition ‘10 years of Brexit’ pint glass. Find out more and donate here: https://www.spiked-online.com/spiked-summer-appeal/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Will Jordan – aka the Critical Drinker and Critical Gamer – talks to spiked’s Fraser Myers about the Christopher Nolan film that launched a thousand takes. Plus, they discuss how diversity casting, girlbosses and oversaturated franchises are destroying the film industry, and why gamers were so quick to revolt against wokeness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joanna Williams, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the emptiness of Burnham-mania and what we now know about Ann Widdecombe’s murder. The conversation continues on spiked podcast: unlocked, where we discuss the Oxfordshire village in uproar over illegal migration and Cody Harper, the latest victim of Britain’s two-tier policing: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast/spiked-podcast-unlocked/  Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and enjoy a whole host of other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Donate £40 or more to spiked’s summer appeal and receive a limited-edition ‘10 years of Brexit’ pint glass. Find out more and donate here: https://www.spiked-online.com/spiked-summer-appeal/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Claire Fox joins Tom Slater and Hugo Timms to discuss the murder of Ann Widdecombe and the despicable reactions to it. Plus, they reflect on the cringey coronation of Andy Burnham. You don’t need anyone’s approval to make a living. Build your own business with a free trial at shopify.co.uk/spiked  Watch the spiked podcast: unlocked, where we delve into Keir Starmer’s legacy and Kemi Badenoch’s purge of the ‘wets’, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YspL3M4BYYI&t=55s Donate £40 or more to spiked’s summer appeal and receive a limited-edition ‘10 years of Brexit’ pint glass. Find out more and donate here: https://www.spiked-online.com/spiked-summer-appeal/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Francis Foster and Nick Tyrone join Tom Slater to discuss Farage’s Clacton gambit, Prince Harry’s humiliation in court, and Labour’s latest war on ‘misinformation’ Buy Francis’s book, (Un)educated: My Life as a Teacher, and Why You Should Never Become One, here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/educated-Teacher-Should-Never-Become/dp/0349021503  And pre-order Nick’s book, The Rise of Reform: The Inside Story of Britain's Political Disruptors, here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rise-Reform-Britains-political-disruptors-ebook/dp/B0GHRLHW1L  Watch spiked podcast: unlocked, where we delve into Francis’s and Nick’s books, here: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/two-books-you-need-to-read/https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/two-books-you-need-to-read/ Donate £40 or more to spiked’s summer appeal and receive a limited-edition ‘10 years of Brexit’ pint glass. Find out more and donate here: https://www.spiked-online.com/spiked-summer-appeal/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ross Kempsell, Luke Gittos and Fraser Myers on the hollowness of ‘Manchesterism’, the gang-rapist we can’t deport and the media myth of ‘Peak Reform’ Watch the videos from the spiked summit – our biggest ever live event. spiked supporters can get exclusive early access to the panels and speeches: https://www.spiked-online.com/2026/06/30/watch-the-spiked-summit-2026-our-biggest-ever-live-event/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Zia Yusuf – Reform UK’s home-affairs spokesperson – made a surprise appearance at the inaugural spiked summit on Saturday. He spoke to spiked editor Tom Slater about how the establishment will seek to frustrate a Reform government, the half-a-trillion-pound cost of mass migration, and the uselessness of Britain’s ruling class. Become a spiked supporter to get discounted tickets to our events, access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brendan O’Neill and Fraser Myers discuss Keir Starmer’s grey tyranny, Andy Burnham’s flip-flopping and why Labour will never win back the working class. Watch our extended interview with Michael Gove for the 10-year anniversary of Brexit, only for spiked supporters: LINK Watch ‘Brexit: a revolution betrayed?’ here: https://youtu.be/VrvmZRkhdLY?si=bdSRMqqTWn2l-V_X Donate £40 or more to spiked’s summer appeal and receive a limited-edition ‘10 years of Brexit’ pint glass. Find out more and donate here: https://www.spiked-online.com/spiked-summer-appeal/ The spiked summit has now SOLD OUT. To join the waitlist, email: supporters@spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sign up today for your £1-a-month trial with Shopify and start selling today: ⁠https://⁠⁠shopify.co.uk/spiked⁠ Julia Hartley-Brewer and Claire Fox join Tom Slater to discuss why Andy Burnham won’t bring ‘change’ to Labour, why Reform UK fell short, and whether Restore Britain will continue to nip at Farage’s heels Watch Brendan O’Neill’s exclusive Q&A, only for spiked supporters: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/brendan-oneill-live-and-in-conversation/ Donate £40 or more to spiked’s summer appeal and receive a limited-edition ‘10 years of Brexit’ pint glass. Find out more and donate here: https://www.spiked-online.com/spiked-summer-appeal/ The spiked summit has now SOLD OUT. To join the waitlist, email: supporters@spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices