The reparations grift

Doug Stokes – author of The Atonement Complex – joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the calls for Britain to pay reparations for slavery, the bursting of the AI bubble, and Rupert Lowe’s defence of gambling. 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

Impressionist Tony Lapidus and commentator Gawain Towler joined Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for this special live edition of Last Orders, filmed at the Battle of Ideas festival. With the help of some very special ‘guests’, also including Andy Burnham and Gary Stevenson, they discussed the folly of daylight-saving time, the perils of folic acid, and much more. See the spiked podcast live in London this November, featuring Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers, exclusively for spiked supporters. Get tickets here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/spikedltd/2397650  Join us for the spiked summit 2027. Find out more and get your tickets here: https://www.spiked-online.com/2026/10/19/get-your-tickets-for-the-spiked-summit-2027/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Will Kingston – GB News presenter and host of Fire at Will – joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss what it means to be English, how nanny statism captured Wales, and the 15-year-old arrested for calling someone a rent boy. 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

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