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Hello and welcome to Spectator Out Loud, where each week we choose some of our favourite pieces from the magazine and ask their writers to read them aloud.

I'm Petra Gibbons and on this week's podcast, following the row over the incoming Oxford Union president's comments about the death of Charlie

Kirk, John Power argues that the Oxford Union has a lynch mob mindset. Elizabeth Dampier,

who is German, explains why she would never date one of her compatriots. General Sir Nick Carter,

who previously served as Chief of the General Staff and then later Chief of the

Defence Staff, makes the case for licensing the drug MDMA to treat veterans with PTSD.

Maggie Ferguson reviews Ireland at the edge of the world, the forgotten history of Easter

Island by Mike Pitts. And finally, Mark Mason provides his notes on guided walks. Mark will also be hosting a guided walk for the Spectator, and for tickets, you can go to spectator.com.com.combeau-Uk

events. Up first, John Power.

The case of George Aberronia, the incoming Oxford Union president who rejoiced in the assassination of Charlie Kirk has provoked fierce debate about free speech

at Oxford. Aberonia considered the murder of the 31-year-old father of two, whom he had met at the

Oxford Union debate, to be a cause for celebration. On a WhatsApp group, he posted several messages

cheering the assassination, and on Instagram he crowed, Charlie Kirkuyat got shot, loll. Now messages from

student group chats linked to the Oxford Union reveal that those who objected to Abolrani's

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