Toby and Nick are back this week to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of Trump and DeSantis, Dominic Raab’s tomato hurling, government officials not being able to cope with hurty feelings, FTX and laundering allegations, advertising agencies threatening twitter and how GB News could shield themselves from ideological sabotage/lobbying. 
They speak about Dave Chappelle’s SNL controversy, how comedians have become incredibly important again, how uninspiring international football tournaments have become and how unbelievably hypocritical the current crop of prominent England football virtue signallers are being, by agreeing to take a repressive regime like Qatar’s money. 
Nick is joined by DailySceptic’s editor, Will Jones, to discuss the past week’s most interesting stories. And of course, this week’s hotly contested crown of Peak Woke goes to… Well, you’ll have to listen to find out… 
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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 strategy and decided to emphasise Keir Starmer’s weak leadership skills instead-Plus everyone’s favourite section, Peak Woke, and premium content on www.basedmedia.org, which this week includes: -Nigel Farage’s controversial exchange with Trevor Phillips about British Muslims and the BBC describing his Dover speech as ‘inflammatory’-The relaunch of Loaded and whether it’s actually a bit feminist-And the 70 year-old in a Suffolk village who chased some young hooligans down the street after they damaged her back gate (no pun intended)
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Absolute Shower

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 sensible coalition with a robust, Right-wing programme-And a brief canter through the stories we would have covered last week if Nick hadn’t been ill, courtesy of Toby-Plus everyone’s favourite section, Peak Woke, and premium content on www.basedmedia.org, which this week includes: 
-Donald Trump threatening to stand for a third term-The growing support for Trump among African-Americans and Hispanics-And Trump’s threat to send ‘kill teams’ to take out the leaders of the Mexican drug cartels-And in the Based Department, Toby nominates JK Rowling, Esther McVey and the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature for refusing to rename the ‘Hitler Beatle’
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Ofcommunists

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 claims?-Plus everyone’s favourite section, Peak Woke, and premium content on www.basedmedia.org, which this week includes: 
-Nick Fuentes being allowed back on X-Nigel Farage hinting he’s not looking to revive his political career in Britain-And in the Based Department, Toby nominates Deta Hardman, the 64 year-old darts player who refused to compete against a biological man in the women’s quarter-finals of the Denmark Open.
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Khant Win

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 deport asylum seekers to a country the Irish High Court has designated as ‘unsafe’ – in this case, the UK-Plus everyone’s favourite section, Peak Woke, and premium content on www.basedmedia.org, which this week includes: 
-The BBC more or less refusing to recruit white British males to its trainee scheme, prompting Toby and Nick to think about starting a podcast advising this despised minority how to start their own businesses-A new poll finds that more GB News viewers intend to vote Labour than Conservative, giving the lie to the smear that it’s a ‘far Right’ channel-And in the Based Department, Nick nominates Jacob Rees-Mogg for being unfazed by a mob of pro-Palestinian protestors and Toby nominates himself for forcing the BBC to remove the episode of Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg in which Chris Packham libelled the Daily Sceptic
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Humza Useless

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 is it about Cameron's A-listers?-The Met has got itself into a pickle over refusing to let Gideon Falter cross the road during a pro-Palestinian protest because he's "openly Jewish". Should Mark Rowley resign?-Plus everyone’s favourite section, Peak Woke, and premium content on www.basedmedia.org, which this week includes: 
-Should we criticise HIGNFY for only making fun of Gender Woo Woo when it became safe to do so, or celebrate the fact that the tide has turned?-16 year-old anorexic girls may be eligible with suicide help under Scotland's Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill-And in the Based Department, Nick nominates Camilla Tominey for telling Femi to go f*** himself
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Can DeSantis Top Trump?

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