Last Orders - a spiked podcast

Chris Snowdon, Tom Slater and guests discuss the latest in nanny-state killjoyism.

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113: The vape gang wars

June 15, 2025 • 44 mins

Will Kingston, host of the Spectator’s Fire at Will podcast, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for another episode of Last Orders. They discuss how Australia’s crackdown on vaping and smoking has led to firebombings, the death-cap mushroom killer, and where Chris should emigrate to.

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112: Do we even need doctors?

May 30, 2025 • 31 mins

The Taxpayers’ Alliance’s John O’Connell joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the rise of the quango state, the junk-food advertising ban and why doctors are overrated.

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111: The most miserable places in Europe

May 17, 2025 • 38 mins

The IEA’s Reem Ibrahim joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the Nanny State Index, the new trade deals with India and the US, and the defunding of public-health groups.

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110: The insanity of the war on vapes

May 3, 2025 • 52 mins

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.

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109: Is there really ‘no safe level’ of drinking?

April 20, 2025 • 44 mins

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.

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108: The death of the Great British boozer

April 6, 2025 • 39 mins

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.

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107: Banter bouncers and black-market cigs

March 22, 2025 • 40 mins

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.

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106: The nonsense of Islamophobia

March 8, 2025 • 37 mins

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.

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105: Does the UK need a DOGE?

February 22, 2025 • 39 mins

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.

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104: DeepSeek, deep-fried coriander and Lucy Letby

February 8, 2025 • 47 mins

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.

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103: Think before you post

January 25, 2025 • 42 mins

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.

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102: The vibe shift

January 12, 2025 • 47 mins

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.

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101: Liquid lunches in North Korea

December 20, 2024 • 43 mins

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, an...

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100: Scandal, gossip and Guido Fawkes

December 8, 2024 • 31 mins

Paul Staines – founding editor of Guido Fawkes – joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders, our nanny-state podcast. They discuss whether Westminster muckraking is a dying art, why Labour wants to ban adverts for porridge, and why young people should do more drugs.

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99: Non-crimes and the misery of veganism

November 23, 2024 • 32 mins

Writer and commentator Candice Holdsworth joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders, our nanny-state podcast. They discuss Allison Pearson’s visit from the thoughtpolice, the junk statistics about junk-food ‘addiction’, and why Dale Vince can do one.

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98: The banter era returns

November 9, 2024 • 36 mins

Reem Ibrahim – communications manager at the Institute of Economic Affairs – joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the hilarious backlash to Donald Trump’s re-election, the revival of the smoking ban, and why adults like flavoured vapes, too.

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97: Fat jabs, speed and the banter police

October 22, 2024 • 76 mins

Julia Hartley-Brewer, Simon Evans and Kate Andrews joined Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for this very special edition of the Last Orders podcast, recorded live at the Battle of Ideas festival in Westminster on Saturday 19 October. They discussed the rise of Ozempic, Labour’s plan to cleanse pubs of offensive speech, why weed is the boring drug, how speed could solve our productivity problem, and much more.

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96: See Last Orders live this weekend

October 17, 2024 • 1 min

This is your last chance to get tickets to see us at the Battle of Ideas festival this weekend. On Saturday, at Church House in Westminster, we’ll be doing a very special live show, featuring Julia Hartley-Brewer, Simon Evans, Kate Andrews and loads of audience participation. If you’re already coming to the Battle of Ideas, get yourself down to the Robert Runcie Room at 12.15pm on Saturday. If you’re not comi...

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95: Why London’s nightlife is dying

October 12, 2024 • 40 mins

Matthew Lesh – public policy fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs and country manager for Freshwater Strategy – joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the departure of London’s ‘night tsar’, Scotland’s regressive experiment with ‘minimum pricing’ for alcohol, and the battle to open a chip shop in a Welsh seaside town.

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94: Does Chris Whitty run the country?

September 28, 2024 • 34 mins

Josie Appleton, director of the Manifesto Club, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss Chris Whitty’s one-man crusade against smoking and drinking, the calls to abolish the pint glass, and what Labour’s ‘respect order’ will mean for civil liberties.

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Last Orders - a spiked podcast

Episodes

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111: The most miserable places in Europe

110: The insanity of the war on vapes

109: Is there really ‘no safe level’ of drinking?

108: The death of the Great British boozer

107: Banter bouncers and black-market cigs

106: The nonsense of Islamophobia

105: Does the UK need a DOGE?

104: DeepSeek, deep-fried coriander and Lucy Letby

103: Think before you post

102: The vibe shift

101: Liquid lunches in North Korea

100: Scandal, gossip and Guido Fawkes

99: Non-crimes and the misery of veganism

98: The banter era returns

97: Fat jabs, speed and the banter police

96: See Last Orders *live* this weekend

95: Why London’s nightlife is dying

94: Does Chris Whitty run the country?

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113: The vape gang wars

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