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Hello and welcome to The Spiked Podcast.

I'm Fraser Myers.

Ella Wielen is away this week, but joining us instead is Spikes editor Brendan O'Neill.

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And as ever, we also have Spike's deputy editor Tom Slater.

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Coming up on the show, we'll discuss impeachment, Davos and Lawrence Fox.

President Trump is accused of coercing a foreign leader into interfering in our elections.

I had a very innocent conversation with a very fine gentleman.

Are we here because of a phone call?

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