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Claire Fox, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the perils of the ‘Don-roe doctrine’, Iran’s struggle for freedom and the police lies about Maccabi Tel Aviv. Watch the second half of the discussion on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast, exclusively for spiked supporters – here: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/why-everyone-hates-keir-starmer/ Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/Sign up today for your £1-a-month trial with Shopify and start selling today: shopify.co.uk/spiked Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Lenore Skenazy let her nine-year-old use the New York Subway on his own, she was dubbed ‘America’s Worst Mom’. In our age of safetyism, children are expected to be supervised, monitored and coddled at all times – not left alone to explore the outside world. No generation has ever been so sheltered. And nor has any generation felt so anxious and depressed. Here, Lenore Skenazy – president of Let Grow – makes the case for free-range parenting, for letting kids have some independence from their parents, and toning down the panic over ‘stranger danger’. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/     Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

*As a Christmas treat, we have removed the paywall for this episode of spiked podcast: unlocked, our exclusive podcast for spiked supporters.*  Simon Evans, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss Britain's broken borders, the revolutionary rise of Reform, the revenge of the millennial left, and why woke refuses to die. Want a signed copy of Vibe Shift, the brilliant new book by Brendan O’Neill? Donate £50 or more to our Christmas appeal and we’ll pop one in the post: https://www.spiked-online.com/xmas/ Become a spiked supporter to watch every episode of spiked podcast: unlocked:  https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want a signed copy of Vibe Shift, the brilliant new book by Brendan O’Neill? Donate £50 or more – or £30 or more, if you’re a spiked supporter – to our Christmas appeal and we’ll pop one in the post: https://www.spiked-online.com/xmas/  Simon Evans, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the Bondi Beach attack and the scourge of Islamist anti-Semitism, and the battle for free speech after the murder of Charlie Kirk. Watch the second half of the discussion on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast, exclusively for spiked supporters – here: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/2025-the-year-of-the-vibe-shift/ Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ella Whelan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on how our broken borders threaten women and girls, Sandie Peggie’s fight for single-sex spaces and Jamie Michael’s never-ending persecution. Want a signed copy of Vibe Shift, the brilliant new book by Brendan O’Neill? Donate £50 or more – or £30 or more, if you’re a spiked supporter – to our Christmas appeal and we’ll pop one in the post: https://www.spiked-online.com/xmas/  Watch the second half of the discussion on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast, exclusively for spiked supporters – here: LINK Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices