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Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode #91
In a week full of political news, Nick and Toby talk about:
Rishi Sunak’s D-Day disaster and whether the Conservative election campaign is now holed below the waterline
The ultra-woke Lib Dem manifesto, which reads as though it’s been written by junior staff members of the Guardian
Keir Starmer’s unbelievably wooden, robotic performance in the two-way, ITV debate
And premium content on www....
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode 90!
In a week full of political news, Nick and Toby talk about:
-Nigel Farage's decision to stand in Clacton and become the leader of Reform
-The many reasons Farage's shock announcement is bad news for Rishi Sunak, including the risk that he'll now have to contend with the Reform leader in a televised debate
-Whether Reform can replace the Tories as the leading party of the Right by 2029
-The...
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode 89
This week:
-In a General Election special, Nick and Toby talk about: -Why Rishi Sunak called a summer election, surprising everyone, including his Cabinet -Whether a ‘Presidential’ election, with the focus on the Prime Minister rather than the Conservative Party’s record in government, is Rishi’s best hope of limiting the damage -Why the Conservatives have rejected a ‘Devil Eyes’ election ...
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode 88
This week:
-Nick and Toby talk about Ofcom’s attack on GB News, why it’s unfair and what’s behind it -We’re all gutted about the death of the President of Iran, obviously, but why did Britain’s Deputy Ambassador to the UN stand to observe a minute’s silence for he “Butcher of Tehran”? -Everyone thought Geert Wilders wouldn't be able to form a government, but he’s built an unbelievably sens...
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode 87
This week:
-Nick and Toby discuss Sadiq Khan’s victory in the London mayoral election and puzzle over why the Tories didn’t make more of an effort -Could Labour’s losses to pro-Palestinian, Muslim candidates be replicated in the general election, or will Keir Starmer give in to the Muslim Vote’s 18 demands? -Do the local election results point towards a hung parliament, as Rishi Sunak clai...
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode 86
This week:
-Nick and Toby discuss the short and disastrous career of ‘Humza the Brief’, puzzling over why he wanted to lead a country he regarded as ‘structurally racist’? -A Conservative MP defects to Labour, prompting more demands for Rishi Sunak to fall on his sword -The Irish Government takes a leaf out of our book and tries to pass a law so its senior judges can’t block efforts to dep...
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode 85
This week:
-Nick and Toby wish their viewers and listeners happy St George's Day – or, as Nick puts it, happy wankers-posting-about-how-St-George-was-really-Turkish Day -Are we heading for a summer election, given the passing of the Rwanda Bill and the increase in defence spending? -Mark Menzies is the latest in a string of gay Tory MPs to be caught up in an embarrassing sex scandal. What i...
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode 84
This week:
-Nick and Toby talk to their culture war correspondents on the frontline in Brussels to get the lowdown on the NatCon siege -Iran launches a drone attack on Israel and suddenly all the pro-Palestinian peaceniks stop banging on about a ceasefire and become pro-Iranian warmongers -The Cass Review turns the tide against the trans nonsense and previous cult leaders, like Stonewall’s ...
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode 83 (recorded live at the Hippodrome)
This week:
-Will Wragg is praised for being 'brave' by Jeremy Hunt after sending intimate photos to a spear phisher and then, when blackmailed, handing over fellow MPs' phone numbers -The Tories issue a poster with the dubious claim that the UK is the second most powerful country in the world and prove this by including photos of an American jet and a Swiss...
Welcome to The Weekly Sceptic, episode 82!
This week: -JK Rowling dares Humza Yousaf and his goons in Police Scotland to arrest her for the crime of 'misgendering'. -A devastating new poll has the Conservatives winning just 98 seats -- and Rishi's might not be one of them! -Team GB says to the Football Association: "You think you've desecrated a British flag? Hold my beer." -Plus everyone’s favourite section, Peak Woke, and premiu...
Welcome to The Weekly Sceptic, episode 81!
This week: -Nike comes out with a wildly unpopular ‘playful update’ of the England flag -Beau Dade of Lotus Eaters is dropped by Reform UK, following a hit-piece from Hope Not Hate -The Khan Review is released, and Toby explains all -Plus everyone’s favourite section, Peak Woke, and premium content on www.basedmedia.org, which this week includes: -Candace Owens getting fired from the Da...
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic, episode 80!
This week: -How much longer can Rishi Sunak survive after his worst week since becoming PM and with Penny Mordaunt on manoeuvres? -Vaughan Gething, the new Welsh First Minister, becomes the first black politician to lead a European country, but his record as Health Minister during the pandemic was appalling -Scotland rolls out its new Hate Crime law and whatever can go wrong, does go wrong...
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic, episode 79! This week: -We give Toby the right of reply about a controversial piece published by the Daily Sceptic, which led to an X pile-on (formerly known as a Twitter pile-on) -Lee Anderson defects to Reform UK -Will Boris return via the so-called ‘Henley Plot’? -Does David ‘Lord’ Cameron fancy another crack at the Tory leadership? -The Princess of Wales releases a poorly edited family photo, and...
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode 78!
This week: * George Galloway gives Keir Starmer a bloody nose in Rochdale, but can he do lasting damage to Labour’s electoral prospects? * Rishi Sunak tries to make a 'healing' speech celebrating Britain’s 'multi-faith democracy', but fails to revive his party's fortunes * On the even of the Budget, Jeremy Hunt burnishes his credentials as a 'wet' by saying he intends to emulate the 'pruden...
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode 77! This week: * Keir Starmer comes under pressure after persuading Lindsay Hoyle to tear up the parliamentary rule book to enable his MPs to kowtow to an islamic mob * Rishi Sunak rescues Starmer by suspending Lee Anderson, enabling the Labour leader to change the subject to the Tory Party's problem with 'Islamophobia' * Meanwhile, the French show us how it's done by deporting a Muslim hate p...
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode 76.
This week:
* Rishi Sunak reels from two by-election losses, prompting speculation about whether another leader would do better * Sadiq Khan politicises London’s Overground network, giving woke names to four of the six lines in the network * Alexei Navalny is murdered by Putin, rendering his attempt to come across as a seasoned elder statesman in his interview with Tucker Carlson rather poin...
Welcome to The Weekly Sceptic episode 75, live from The Hippodrome in London’s Leicester Square!
This week: -Joe Biden comes under heavy scrutiny for his dodgy memory -Trump reveals his radical approach to getting NATO to pay up -Tucker Carlson gets a history lesson from Vladimir Putin -Keir Starmer accuses Rishi Sunak of playing politics over a tragedy -Labour candidate Azhar Ali is caught sharing a conspiracy theory about the ...
Welcome to The Weekly Sceptic, episode 74!
This week:
-Toby has all the gossip from Liz Truss’s ‘PopCon’ event -A criminal who gamed the asylum system commits a despicable chemical attack, yet Gillian Keegan and others claim this is “not really about asylum” -MP Mike Freer steps down due to death threats and an arson attack -Some Premier League clubs appear to be spying on fans for wrongthink, in a massive story broken by the Free...
Welcome to The Weekly Sceptic, episode 73!
This week:
— As the world creeps ever closer to all-out war, Nick and Toby discuss whether they’d fight for their country — Laurence Fox loses his lawsuit, but why is it libellous to call someone a paedo but not a racist? — After distancing herself from the plot to replace Rishi Sunak, Kemi Badenoch turns out to be in a Tory WhatsApp group called ‘Evil Plotters’ — What accounts for the ide...
Welcome to The Weekly Sceptic, episode 72! This week:
— The Illegal Immigration Bill hits choppy waters in House of Lords — From Gauleiter to Gaslighter: Keir Starmer claims Culture War is a figment of the Tory imagination — Can Britain’s strictest headmistress teach Britain how to manage multiculturalism? — DeSantis pulls up, leaving ‘brown’ Nikki Haley in two-horse race with Trump — Plus Peak Woke and, for premium subscribers on...
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