54: Britain’s Covid Ministry of Truth, with Silkie Carlo

The great Claire Fox joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for another episode of Last Orders, the spiked podcast all about freedom and the nanny state. They discuss the latest on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, the anti-terror law that shut down a flower show, and the scourge of the anti-smoking playbook. 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/ 

Comedian and writer Dominic Frisby joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for another episode of Last Orders, the spiked podcast all about freedom and the nanny state. They discuss the fear-mongering claims about moderate drinking, a victory for sex-based rights in the courts, the rise of clean-living comedians and the latest on the Tory gambling scandal.  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.

Luke Johnson joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders, the spiked podcast all about freedom and the nanny state. They discuss why so many pubs are closing down, the galaxy-brained plan to ban cigarette filters and what Trump’s tariffs will mean for the world.  Get your ticket for Brendan O’Neill’s next live podcast, where he’ll be joined by the brilliant Julia Hartley-Brewer, on Tuesday 15 April at 7pm BST. Sign up here: https://www.spiked-online.com/events/  Tom will be speaking at the Free Speech Union event, ‘Policing the streets vs policing our tweets’, in Belfast on Friday 11 April. Get tickets: https://freespeechunion.org/event/belfast-speakeasy-policing-the-streets-vs-policing-our-tweets/ 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/ 

Stand-up comedian Leo Kearse joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders, spiked’s nanny-state podcast. They discuss Labour’s joyless crackdown on pub humour, the unintended consequences of sugar taxes, the collapse in (legal) tobacco sales, and the rise of the Letbyist subculture. Celebrate 25 years of spiked. Donate £25 or more to get a year’s membership of spiked supporters for half the usual price: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ 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 the next episode. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/

Freddie Attenborough from the Free Speech Union joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders, our nanny-state podcast. They discuss Labour’s latest free-speech crackdown, why vaping really isn’t as bad as smoking, and the nonsensical claim that Britain’s students are hooked on gambling. Celebrate 25 years of spiked. Donate £25 or more to get a year’s membership of spiked supporters for half the usual price: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ 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 the next episode. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/

William Yarwood from the Taxpayers’ Alliance joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders, spiked’s nanny-state podcast. They discuss Elon Musk’s war on waste, Wales’s miserable experiment with minimum pricing and why civil servants shouldn’t be allowed to have lunch breaks.  Celebrate 25 years of spiked. Donate £25 or more to get a year’s membership of spiked supporters for half the usual price: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ 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 the next episode. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/

Timandra Harkness – author of Technology is Not the Problem – joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders, our nanny-state podcast. They discuss China and America’s AI arms race, how eating healthy is as cheap as chips, and why Lucy Letby is still guilty.  spiked supporters can still get early-bird tickets for spiked’s 25th anniversary bash here.  Apply for spiked’s internship programme:  https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/01/10/apply-now-to-become-a-spiked-intern-2/  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 the next episode. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/

spiked columnist Luke Gittos joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders, our nanny-state podcast. They discuss the post-Southport speech wars, Trump taking on the public-health lobby, and whether Labour will really go for growth.    Apply for spiked’s internship programme:  https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/01/10/apply-now-to-become-a-spiked-intern-2/  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 the next episode. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/

GB News presenter Tom Harwood joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders, our nanny-state podcast. They discuss how Trump’s victory has moved the Overton window, why Mark Zuckerberg is right to sack his fact-checkers, and the Dutch mother who tried to get her son off vaping by giving him cigarettes.  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 the next episode. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/

Patrick Christys – presenter for GB News – and Gawain Towler – former head of press for Reform UK – join Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for a very special episode of Last Orders. Not only is it the Christmas episode, it’s also the show’s 100th (kind of). They discuss whether Keir Starmer’s Britain is going the way of Kim Jong-un’s totalitarian hermit kingdom, the rise of Reform, and what Lucy Letby thinks about daylight savings.  Please give generously to spiked’s Christmas give-a-thon. If you donate £50 or more, you can also get a free spiked mug, while stocks last. (UK addresses only.)  https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  This episode is proudly sponsored by Beckett’s Gin. Listeners can get 20 per cent off all spirits, including Beckett’s brand new, limited-edition, single-malt English whisky, here: https://beckettsgin.co.uk/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 the next episode. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/