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Spikes editor Tom Slater and the co-founder of thoughtful therapists and coordinator of the

Declaration for Biological Reality it's James Essies. therapists and

coordinator of the Declaration for Biological Reality, it's James Essies.

Nice to be here.

Coming up on today's show, we'll be talking about the Armistist Day

Palestine protest, the ban on conversion therapy, and Justop Oil's trip to the National Gallery.

So, Tom, tensions are kind of building over this upcoming March on Saturday.

Palestine protesters essentially planning to march on Armistice Day.

The government is putting pressure on the metropolitan police to ban it outright.

The police have refused saying that it doesn't meet the threshold for danger or disorder

in terms of the intelligence they've gathered. There's also been around with with Sweller Braverman, the home secretary

who's accused the police of being far too lenient on these marches and not treated them

like they would any other kind of protest. I mean what have you made of this?

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