2025: Civilisation, barbarism and censorship

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🗓️ 19 December 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Want a signed copy of Vibe Shift, the brilliant new book by Brendan O’Neill? Donate £50 or more – or £30 or more, if you’re a spiked supporter – to our Christmas appeal and we’ll pop one in the post: https://www.spiked-online.com/xmas/ Simon Evans, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the Bondi Beach attack and the scourge of Islamist anti-Semitism, and the battle for free speech after the murder of Charlie Kirk. Watch the second half of the discussion on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast, exclusively for spiked supporters – here: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/2025-the-year-of-the-vibe-shift/ Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Do you know what you want for Christmas?
0:02.0	A cute toy.
0:04.0	No, I just want my family back.
0:06.0	That's what I want for Christmas.
0:08.0	We'll see what Santa can do, okay?
0:10.0	It's Christmas, so dear good share.
0:12.0	Merry Christmas.
0:14.0	Tis the season to watch Tally on Channel 4.
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0:31.7	Bam, we're back.
0:32.9	Sean Bean is the Sheriff of Nottingham in the reimagined legend Robin Hood.
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0:40.3	Rebellion can spread like a plague. Whatever you're into, it's right here. Prime Video.
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0:50.3	This is an act of barbarism which I think has really shocked the world.
0:53.3	The Australian Prime Minister himself pivototed immediately towards committing to cracking down on the far right.
0:59.9	I mean, unless Islamism is now defined as the far right, which is reasonable, but it's almost certainly not what he intended to say.
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