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Hello and welcome to the Spiked Podcast.

I'm Fraser Meyers and joining me this week, as ever Hello and Spiked columnist Ella Wielen.

I'm Fraser Meyers and joining me this week,

as ever we have Spikes Deputy Editor Tom Slater.

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And Spiked columnist Ella Wheeling.

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Coming up on the show, The Week in coronavirus, Joe Biden and Tara Reed, and the

latest free speech route at Oxford University.

In the seventh week of the lockdown, the United Kingdom has now recorded Europe's highest number of deaths

Professor Neil Ferguson had flouted social distancing rules.

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