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93: On the right to insult politicians

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4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Westminster protests, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and diversity casting - Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello and Spiked columnist Ella Wielen.

0:03.2

I'm here today with Spike's deputy editor and host of the Last Orders podcast, Tom Slater.

0:08.6

Hello?

0:09.6

And Spiked columnist Ella Wielen.

0:11.0

Hi.

0:12.0

Today on the show we'll be discussing the protests against Anna

0:14.0

Subbury, the viral stardom of Alexandria Akazio Cortez and Brian

0:18.4

Cranston's latest role as a disabled billionaire.

0:21.0

Right, well apologies to if you're offended by what you're listening to.

0:27.0

This is what has happened to our country.

0:30.0

Come on, S. Why do you think you're better than 17.4 million?

0:37.0

Come on.

0:40.0

It's an angry, isn't they? A Tump one! I'm a T-O-I'm a T-O-I must have these lovely people.

0:47.0

Look at these lovely people. Keep going. This week outside Parliament protesters targeted the Tory MP and Arch Remainer

0:56.6

Anisubri calling her a Nazi. The response was extraordinary. MPs called on the

1:02.2

police to ramp up security around Parliament and many in the

1:05.1

media called for the protesters to be locked up. Tom, have they lost their minds?

1:10.0

I think they have lost their minds. Now I don't want to appear callous to people who felt

1:14.8

intimidated by some of those protesters, but if you look at the videos of the protesters

1:19.6

surrounding Anasuberi or the one surrounding Owen Jones.

1:22.6

What they're effectively doing is shouting at them, calling, heckling them, calling them Nazis and traitors,

1:28.4

pretty infantile stuff, but you know, it's a free country, and filming them and trying to ask them questions.

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