The Weekly Sceptic

The Weekly Sceptic

Welcome to The Weekly Sceptic. Host Nick Dixon discusses the events of the past week with Toby Young. It’s serious, it’s funny, it’s frankly the best podcast in the UK. Don’t forget to subscribe, and stay sceptical. Produced by Jason Clift. Music by Tinderella http://tinderella.info

Episodes

April 24, 2024 74 mins

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...

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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 ...

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April 10, 2024 79 mins

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...

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April 3, 2024 88 mins

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...

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March 26, 2024 75 mins

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...

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March 19, 2024 83 mins

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...

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March 12, 2024 93 mins

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...

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March 5, 2024 101 mins

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...

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February 27, 2024 106 mins

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...

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February 20, 2024 83 mins

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...

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February 13, 2024 61 mins

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 ...

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February 6, 2024 95 mins

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...

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January 30, 2024 124 mins

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...

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January 23, 2024 98 mins

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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January 16, 2024 105 mins

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...

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January 9, 2024 140 mins

Welcome to The Weekly Sceptic, episode 70!

This week:

- Carl Borg-Neal wins a stunning victory against woke tyranny, with the help of the FSU  - Paula Vennells agrees to return her CBE for her failure to address the post office scandal  - Rishi Sunak says the General Election will be in the second half of the year
 - Carol Vorderman gets into a spat with Shaun Bailey amidst accusations of misogyny  - Mark Cuban claims DEI is a good...

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January 2, 2024 112 mins

Welcome to The Weekly Sceptic, episode 69!

This week:

-Rishi’s secret meeting with Dominic Cummings is leaked

-Kemi Badenoch tops polls to become the next leader of the Conservative Party

-Sadiq Khan receives criticism for his narcissist New Year’s Eve

-Donald Trump is removed from the primary ballot in Maine

-Ricky Gervais and Dave Ch...

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December 19, 2023 129 mins

Welcome to The Weekly Sceptic, episode 68!

This week: -Aviva cracks down against sexism by being sexist and racist, but it’s ok because it’s only aimed at white men 
-British Airways removes a Jewish sitcom from their flights 
-Eddie Izzard fails in his bid to become Labour candidate for Brighton Pavilion  -Tucker Carlson launches a new media network, while Elon Musk starts his own university
 -Vivek Ramaswamy has some choice words...

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December 12, 2023 107 mins

Welcome to The Weekly Sceptic, episode 67, the second ever Weekly Sceptic Live!

We had an amazing sold out show at Lola’s, at the Hippodrome in Leicester Square (the audio doesn’t capture the largeness of the crowd, but trust us, they were there, and they loved it).

This week: -Nigel Farage leaves the jungle as a conquering hero, despite only making it to 3rd place -Following Robert Jenrick’s resignation, we discuss Rishi Sunak’s...

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December 5, 2023 84 mins

Welcome to The Weekly Sceptic, episode 66!

This week: -James Cleverly unveils the government’s latest 5 point plan -Keir Starmer has an unlikely new hero -A BBC presenter’s mental health is damaged by the sheer number of white people in his workplace  -In a bold new strategy, Elon Musk tells any advertiser boycotting his company to to ‘Go f*** yourself’ -Conor McGregor considers running to be president of Ireland  Plus the Daily Sc...

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