Hello and welcome to the Spike podcast, the first episode of the new year.

I'm Fraser Myers, Deputy Editor of Spiked.

It's delighted to be joined as ever, this time, down the line.

We're both actually down the line in hotel rooms, getting up to a project that we can reveal later on.

It's keeping a secret for now, but Tom's later.

Hello.

Hello, Fraser, from the room next door.

How you doing?

Okay, thanks. And also Fraser, from the room next door. How are you doing? Okay, thanks.

And also joining us down the line, brilliant, Spike columnist Joanna Williams.

I'm great to be with you, Beth.

Just wish I was in Paris too.

So coming up on the show today, we're going to be talking about the horrific terror attack in New Orleans, the historic abuse

of girls in the grooming gang scandal.

And finally, we'll talk a bit about what's going on in British politics, labour up,

reform down, that kind of thing.

There was an absolutely appalling attack during the New Year's Eve celebrations.

A car ran into a crowd in New Orleans, killing 15 people, injuring many more.

The suspect who has been killed by the police was found to have had an ISIS flag.

There are videos revealing his allegiance to

ISIS. Tom, this is yet another indication that the Islamist threat hasn't gone anywhere. It might

have been a while since America has had an attack like this, but it's a threat that hasn't

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