COVID, culture wars, climate change, we're cursed to live in interesting times.

Thankfully, Spiked is here to make sense of it all and to push back against the tide of

misanthropy, authoritarianism and identity politics.

But we need your help to do that.

We rely on donations from readers and listeners like yourself to keep our content freely available to all.

One-off donations are hugely appreciated, but monthly donations are even better.

They allow us to plan for the future and to grow. Even five pounds per month is a huge help.

So start donating now by going to Spiked-Online.com and clicking the red donate button in the top right corner.

That's Spiked hyphen online dot com and the red donate button.

Now on to the Spike Podcast.

Hello and welcome to the Spike Podcast.

I'm Fraser Myers and with me as ever we have Spike's deputy editor Tom Slater.

Hello.

And Spiked columnist Ella Wielin.

Hi.

Coming up on the show, The Queen's Speech, The Unravelling of Labour and Street Harassment.

So this state opening of Parliament of May 2021 gets underway.

Legislation will be introduced to protect freedom of speech.

My government will lead the way in ensuring internet safety for all.

A technological world west where abuse, radicalisation and any and all sorts of harm is above. So this week the government unveiled its Queen's speech, setting out its plans for post-pandemic Britain.

After a year of lockdown it's worth thinking about what the government has in store for our liberties.

Tom you've been looking at the government's plans for free speech at universities.

...