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Claire Fox, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the end of the Assad regime, the ‘hot assassin’, the trial of Daniel Penny and the rise of Reform. Get your tickets for Brendan O’Neill online event with James Dreyfus, on Wednesday 18 December, 7pm BST. Sign up here: Please give generously to spiked’s Christmas give-a-thon. If you donate £50 or more, you can also get a free spiked mug, while stocks last. (UK postal addresses only.) Donate here: Take your business to the next level with Shopify. Sign up…

The Guardian newspaper appears to have it in for spiked. It keeps smearing us as ‘hard right’. It has published ridiculous conspiracy theories about us being in the pocket of billionaires. This is despite spiked being a pro-freedom, pro-democracy, pro-choice, anti-racist and anti-monarchy publication, which is funded by our readers and viewers. Here, Tom Slater debunks the Guardian’s slurs. Plus, he argues that, if anything, the illiberal-liberal newspaper of record more closely fits the definition of ‘hard right’. After all, the Guardian published calls to subvert the mass democratic vote…

Rakib Ehsan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the Labour government’s botched reset. This is a clip from the latest episode of the spiked podcast. Watch the full thing here:

Rakib Ehsan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the fall of Michel Barnier’s government and the failure of technocratic ‘centrism’. This is a clip from the latest episode of the spiked podcast. Watch the full thing here:

The spiked podcast team on Starmer’s botched reset.

Josh Szeps – former ABC broadcaster and host of the Uncomfortable Conversations podcast – joined Brendan O’Neill on this week’s episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show. Josh discusses his break from the mainstream media, how diversity quotas breed conformity and the lost art of talking across the divide. Please give generously to spiked’s Christmas give-a-thon. If you give £50 or more, you can get a free spiked mug, while stocks last (UK donors only). Donate here: Take your business to the next level with Shopify. Sign up now and…

‘To fight evil.’ That’s why Macer Gifford gave up his comfortable life as a City of London currency trader to fight as an international volunteer in two major conflicts – first in Syria, and then in Ukraine. In 2014, he joined the Kurds in their battle against ISIS. In 2022, he helped Ukrainians fend off Putin’s Russia. Here, Macer reveals the perils of 21st-century warfare, recalls the joy of liberating Kherson, and explains why Ukrainians are still willing to risk it all for their freedom. Please donate generously to spiked’s…

spiked is funded by you. So please give generously to our Christmas appeal. Here, editor Tom Slater explains why your donations are more important than ever, as dodgy ‘anti-disinformation’ firms try to crush dissenting voices like ours. If you donate £50 or more, and are based in the UK, you can also get your hands on a free spiked mug. Plus, we’ll throw in a year’s membership to spiked supporters, our online donor community:

Jacob Reynolds, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss Labour MP Tahrir Ali’s campaign to criminalise ‘Islamophobia’. Please donate generously to spiked’s Christmas give-a-thon. If you give £50 or more, you can get a free spiked mug, while stocks last. (Sadly, the mug offer is for UK donors only.)

Tom Slater on Britain’s tweet police.