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249: Sunak’s Tories: going up in smoke?

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Politics, Government, News, Society & Culture

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Luke Gittos, Tom Slater and Lauren Smith discuss a listless Tory Party conference, the heinous murder of Elianne Andam, and a legal victory against CRT.

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0:00.0

Hi, it's Fraser here. Before we get into this week's Spiked Podcast, I just wanted to let you know about a very special event we've got coming up.

0:08.0

Spiked will be returning to the Battle of Ideas, Britain's Premier Ideas Festival where free speech truly rains.

0:15.9

While we're there, Spikes will be recording a very special live edition of this podcast.

0:22.2

That'll be on Saturday, the 28th of October at 12.15 p.m.

0:26.5

for the pods joining me will be Tom Slater as per usual plus some special guests

0:32.3

including Constantine Kissin, Rakee-San, and Inaya Falarin Iman.

0:38.0

Now, if you haven't got your ticket already to the Battle of Ideas, then now is the time to get one.

0:43.5

It won't just be our podcast.

0:45.6

We'll also be recording a special edition of Last Orders

0:48.2

with Tom Slater, Chris Snowden and special guests to come.

0:51.6

Plus, across the weekend weekend there will be loads of

0:54.0

spiked writers speaking on all kinds of panels as well as hundreds of other

0:58.4

fascinating thinkers. To get your ticket for the Battle of Ideas, just go to Battle of Ideas.org.

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UK and while you're there you can use the promo code spiked to get yourself 20% off a ticket. That's Battle of Ideas.org.

1:18.3

UK and the promo code spiked to get yourself a 20% off discount. See you at the event.

1:26.0

Hello and welcome back to the Spike podcast. I'm Lauren Smith filling in for Fraser

1:30.0

this week and joining me in the studio today is Tom Slater editor of Spiked and Luke

1:34.7

Gittos spiked columnist.

1:36.7

Coming up on this week's show we'll be discussing Vichy Sunak's dearth of vision the

1:40.1

scourge of knife crime in London and the silencing of BLM critics.

1:45.0

So the Conservative Party Conference wrapped up on Wednesday this week

1:51.0

and it has been a bit of a mixed bag when it comes to

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