The alarming idiocy of the emergency alerts

Joseph Dinnage – senior press officer the Prosperity Institute – joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the Thirlwall Inquiry and the new Lucy Letby documentary, Andy Burnham’s plan to lift the ban on drinking at football matches, and how Labour is failing young people. Join us for Last Orders live at the Battle of Ideas on Sunday 18 October. Get 20 per cent off with the code SPIKED here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-ideas-2026-tickets-1851549427179?discount=SPIKED  Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in a future episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/         Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joanna Marchong – head of campaigns at Onward – joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the fake ‘epidemic’ of child gamblers, why you need a licence to do yoga in a park and how literally anything can now cause mental-health problems. Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in a future episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/         Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Miriam Cates – GB News host and former MP – joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the UK’s patronising and pointless emergency phone alerts, why France is freer than Britain and how the nanny state could bankrupt your football club. Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in a future episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/         Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

GB News’ Patrick Christys joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the not-so-small boats crisis, why bookies aren’t to blame for Britain’s decline and the junk science driving anti-sugar fanaticism. Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in a future episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/         Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rod Liddle – Spectator columnist and Times Radio host – has died at aged 66. He was a great champion of spiked and a regular contributor to our podcasts, videos and live events. Here are some of his best bits, including from The Brendan O’Neill Show, Last Orders and Podcast Live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

GB News’ Tom Harwood joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the spectacular athleticism of Cambridge’s youngest black professor, Restore Britain’s plan to bring back smoking in pubs, and the folly of a wealth tax.  Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in a future episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/         Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bookmaker Geoff Banks joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the nonsense statistics about ‘problem gambling’, why a wealth tax will not work, and local councils’ illegal war on KFC. Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in a future episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/         Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Benedict Spence joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the mirage of ‘Manchesterism’, why the Beeb should become a Netflix-style subscription service and the coming tax raid on the gambling industry. Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in a future episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/         Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Maxwell Marlow, director of public affairs at the Adam Smith Institute, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the ban on social media for under-16s, the late David Hockney’s war on the anti-smoking bores, and why pubs are being squeezed by the government yet again. Donate £40 or more to spiked’s summer appeal and receive a limited-edition ‘10 years of Brexit’ pint glass. Find out more and donate here: https://www.spiked-online.com/spiked-summer-appeal/  Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in a future episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/         Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Listen to Rod Liddle’s Times Radio show, Saturdays 10am to 1pm, on digital radio, your smart speaker or by downloading the free Times Radio app. Find out more here: https://www.thetimes.com/radio  Kristian Niemietz, editorial director at the Institute of Economic Affairs, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss Labour’s call for supermarket price caps, the junk science about gambling, and Zack Polanski’s mysterious appeal. Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in a future episode. Join us for the spiked summit, our biggest ever live event, on Saturday 27 June in Westminster. Featuring Lionel Shriver, Andrew Doyle, Katharine Birbalsingh, Toby Young, Allison Pearson, Paul Embery, Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater and more. Get tickets: https://www.spiked-online.com/event/spiked-summit/  Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/         Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices