Hello and welcome to Spike Podcast Unlocked.

This is part two of our look back on 2025.

Before we get into the topics, Tom, do you want to remind people about this fantastic offer we have on Vibshift, Brennan-Ail's new book?

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going to 2026 with, you know, all the more impetus to fight for free speech and democracy and

all the rest of it. So in part two, we're going to be discussing the big issue, I think, that's

hit the UK, you know, migration. It's dominated the protest scene. It's leading to reform,

the populist party rising in the polls, leading to the woes of the protest scene. It's leading to reform the populist party rising in the polls,

leading to the woes of the Labour government. It is the number one issue that is constantly in polling. Tom, this has been the year where I guess, yeah, the border mattered more than ever,

really. It has been a looming problem in politics.

Yeah, completely. And it's, there's all kinds of reason why that is the case.

Obviously, something like the small boats crisis in particular begins under the Tories.

Obviously, it's gotten significantly worse in recent years because of the fact that you've had a Labour government that whilst claiming it wanted to smash the gangs, has proceeded to smash all of the records for people coming through that particular illicit route. I don't think anyone is surprised that that took place, even just the kind of mood music that was set by Stama coming in and saying he was going to get rid of the Rwanda plan, whatever criticisms or shortcomings that plan might have. It was clear there was going to be a bit of a softer touch applied, and so it has happened. I also think in general the

dam has broken in the media or social media space about the crimes that have been committed

by various illegal migrants, about the staggering array of stories that you now see on a daily

basis of people who frankly

should never have been here to begin with committing horrific violent offences, sexual offences,

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