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 pointless * Plus everyone’s favourite section Peak Woke * Premium content in this week’s episode includes Trump’s bizarre decision to start selling trainers, the row between a father and daughter on X and the Based Department, in which Toby and Nick manage to find a few nuggets of soundness in what remains of Great Britain * Sign up for all the extra content on our new platform, BASED, www.basedmedia.org * This week’s sponsors are Thor Holt! contact him on https://www.linkedin.com/in/thorholt/ or on WhatsApp: 07906 321593; The Live-In Care Company www.theliveincarecompany.co.uk or 01189-145300; and Podscapers www.podscapers.com * To advertise to our large and discerning audience (1.3 million downloads and counting!) drop Toby a line weeklysceptic@gmail.com * You can listen to or watch the podcast www.basedmedia.org * Donate to the Daily Sceptic www.dailysceptic.org/donate/ * Join the Free Speech Union www.freespeechunion.org/join/ * Listen to Nick’s podcast – The Current Thing – https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-current-thing/id1671573905 * Subscribe to Nick’s Substack here [nickdixon.substack.com/] * Help Nick keep both of his podcasts going by buying him a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon * Produced by Podscapers www.podscapers.com * Music by Tinderella www.tinderella.info
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