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Kamala Harris has been hailed as the candidate of ‘joy’. But is there any substance beneath the supposedly feelgood vibes? Here, Lionel Shriver – author of Mania – tells spiked that there’s something fraudulent about Harris, who she says has never had an original idea nor held a consistent principle. Shriver also weighs in on the interminable ‘Trump is a fascist’ debate, the incompetence of Tim Walz and the dangers of a tight election result.

Julia Hartley-Brewer, Simon Evans and Kate Andrews joined Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for this very special edition of the Last Orders podcast, recorded live at the Battle of Ideas festival in Westminster on Saturday 19 October. They discussed the rise of Ozempic, Labour’s plan to cleanse pubs of offensive speech, why weed is the boring drug, how speed could solve our productivity problem, and much more.

Graham Linehan, Kathleen Stock and Rakib Ehsan joined Tom Slater and Fraser Myers for this special live edition of the spiked podcast, hosted at the Battle of Ideas festival on Sunday 20 October. They discussed why Keir Starmer has turned out to be so rubbish as PM, the plan to legalise assisted suicide, whether Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick is the ailing Tories’ best bet for renewal, whether America will plump for Trump or Kamala, and the killing of Yahya Sinwar.

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To elite Remainers in Britain, the EU is a beacon of economic dynamism, political stability and liberal-democratic values – and Brexit is the worst thing that ever happened. Prime minister Keir Starmer similarly sees cosying up to Brussels as the solution to the UK’s woes. Yet over on the continent, even the most ardent Europhiles are waking up to the EU’s catastrophic failures and dysfunctions. Top EU technocrats warn of decades of stagnation to come, while core EU member states are defying the bloc’s rules on migration and asylum. Here,…

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Matt Ridley, author of Viral, discusses the scientific establishment’s cover-up of the origins of Covid-19. Watch our full interview with Matt here: