Welcome to The Weekly Sceptic, episode 71!
This week:
- A new YouGov poll predicts an extinction-level event for the Conservatives at the next election unless the party does something radical- Rishi Sunak struggles to quell the growing rebellion over the Rwanda Bill, but would Kemi Badenoch be any better?- Trump wins big in Iowa, Vivek throws in the towel and speculation mounts as to who the Donald will choose as his running mate- Gary Lineker deletes his tweet calling for Israel to be banned from the Euros, claiming he thought he was just retweeting a news story (cue Jimmy Hill chin-rubbing)- James Cleverly bans Hizb al-Tahrir, but is it too little, too late?- Plus Peak Woke and Review of the Reviews
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News Commentary

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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Dross of St George

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 Ruth Hunt, pretend they never really believed in Gender Woo in the first place-Reform UK throws another prospective parliamentary candidate under the bus, only to discover that this one is already dead-Plus everyone’s favourite section, Peak Woke, and premium content on www.basedmedia.org, which this week includes: 
-Trump faces his first criminal trial and Nick and Toby argue about whether this is another example of progressive lawfare or just holding a lawbreaker to account-And in the Based Department, Toby nominates Katharine Birbalsingh for seeing off a troublemaking Muslim student in the High CourtGo to www.basedmedia.org to sign up as a premium subscriber for as little as £5 a month!  
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Bully Boys in Brussels

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 ship-Angela Rayner is caught telling porkies to avoid capital gains tax and David Lammy's attempts to defend her make things exponentially worse-Toby is described in the Telegraph as a "Right-wing hate figure" in a surprisingly positive article-Plus everyone’s favourite section, Peak Woke, and premium content on www.basedmedia.org, which this week includes: 
-The Rock announces he won't be endorsing either Presidential candidate because he's too famous and doesn't want to influence the result-No Labels folds its tent, thereby giving Biden a much-needed boost-And in the Based Department, Nick nominates Angela Rayner's cushion for proving she was lying about the house she sold being her primary residence.  Go to www.basedmedia.org to sign up as a premium subscriber for as little as £5 a month!  
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