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Watch out for those COVID marshals.

Hello and welcome to the Spiked Podcast Ella Wielen.

I'm Fraser Myers and back with me this week we have Spiked Deputy Editor Tom Slater.

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And Spiked columnist Ella Wielen.

Hi.

Coming up on the show, the Brexit negotiations, the latest lockdown measures and Islamophobia in the press.

Yes, this does break international law in a very specific and limited way.

Brussels has threatened legal action if Britain doesn't back down.

We need a legal safety net to protect our country.

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