meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The spiked podcast

133: Labour’s pork-barrel multiculturalism

The spiked podcast

spiked

Politics, Government, News, Society & Culture

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Brendan O’Neill, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss the explosive fallout from the Batley and Spen by-election, Labour’s toxic identity politics and the cowardice of the Conservative Party.

Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/

Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/

Related articles:

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Are you looking for the perfect gift for the pro-freedom anti-woke person in your life?

0:04.4

Then look no further than the spiked shop.

0:07.2

You can now get your favorite spiked slogan on a t-shirt, hoodie, tote bag or mug,

0:12.4

including ban nothing, Question Everything, Love Europe,

0:16.2

hate the EU and cancel, cancel culture.

0:20.0

And if you're a spike supporter, you can get a 15% discount on anything.

0:25.0

Just go to Spiked-Online.com forward slash shop to browse our items and make your purchases.

0:31.6

That's Spikes-Online.com forward slash shop. Now onto the

0:36.5

Spiked Podcast. Hello and welcome to the Spiked Podcast. I'm Fraser Myers.

0:41.4

No Tom Slater this week so we're joined by Spiked editor Brendan O'Neill.

0:45.2

Hello? And as usual we have Spiked columnist Ella Wheelen.

0:48.6

Hi. Today we'll be discussing the fallout from the Batley and Spen by election.

0:54.0

Kim Michelle Led Vita is duly elected.

0:57.0

Labour has secured a surprise victory in the Batley and Spen by election.

1:01.0

The pundits didn't expect, the pollsters didn't expect.

1:05.8

What a really important victory of hope over division

1:09.7

and decency over hatred. The result of this election cannot stand.

1:17.6

So Labour has held on to Batley and Spen, only just. Kim led Beattas scraped the contest with a majority of just 323 votes.

1:26.0

The Conservatives came second and left-wing Firebrand George Galloway came third.

1:30.9

Brendan, first off let's talk about Labour's win.

1:33.5

Kieer Starmer says Labour is back. Is it really?

1:36.7

No it's not, thank God. I mean the win is quite surprising actually because

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from spiked, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of spiked and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.